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B-187461 1 (1976-10-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadeeu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ONJ - -A THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION * OF THE UNITED 6TAT63P / VVASHINGTON. D.C. OO0I40 FILE: 8-127461 DATE: October 5, 176 MATTER OF: Indian Made Products Company DIGEST: General Accounting Office has no authority to review a Small Business Administration determi- nation to decline to issue a Certificate of Competency. This is a protest by Indian Made Produts Company (Indian Mande) concerning the decision of the Small Business Administration (SBA) not to issue a Certificate of Competency (COC) for Indian Mide under solicitation FP00-E2-48910A, issued by the CenerAl Services Administration. The firm requests that the denial be reconsideted by the SBA. Under 15 U.S.C. § 637(b)(7) (1970), SEA has the authority to ccncluivel% detc-mine the capacity and credit ef aomall business concerns for a particular procurement, Our Offize is not authorized to review SBA determinLtions or to require the SBA to issue a COC or to reopen a case when a COC has been denied. Env!rontnental TectonicsCorporation, 8-185259, February 13, 1976, 76-1 CPD 101; Unitron EngineeringCompan3, B-183350, August 20, 1974, 714-2 CPD 112. S1A Regulations provide that if an applicant requests a meeting with the appropriate SBA regional personnel to discuss the reasons for denial of a COC, such a meeting will be held 1ii order to explain fully to the applicant the reasons for SBA's action. 13 C.F.R. § 124.8-16(d) (1976). However, such conference is for th2 sole purpose of enabling the applicant to improve or correct its capacity of' credit and does not ccnstitute a basis for reopening the case in which the Certificate was dented. 13 C.F.R., supra. Accordingly, the protest is dismissed. Paul C. Deibi ing General Counsel - 1 -

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