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B-188110 1 (1977-03-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadelb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: II ' ~TM COMPTROLLER 0EN012L DWCIBION .v . irun upwrme erAves t WA HINGTON. C.C. 064U FILE: 3-18110 DATE: March 15, 1977 MATTER OF: Crawford Development and Manufacturing DIGEST: Under 15 U.S.C. I 637(b)(7) SBA has authority to issue or deny COC and our Office will not review SBA determination, require.issuance of COC or reopen case when COC denied. While GAO will recommend a reassessment of responsibility of prospective contractor where it appears all ralevant information has not been considered, such does not appear to be case here. Crawford Development and Manufacturing (Crawford) has protested the awari of a contract to any other bidder for items 0002, 0004, and 0006 under solicitation No. DAAA-09-77--0037 sued by the United States Army, Rock Island Arsenal. Specifically, Crawford questions the judgment 'of the Small Business Admtnistration, apparently in connection with Certificate of Competency proce~eding,. in oxpressing doubt as to the ability of the Property Maintenance Company (Property Maintenance) to supply Crawford wich necessary funds to undertake and complete the contract. Crawford states that Property Maine.ance in fact has sufficient funds and has issued a $60,000 letter of commitment to Crawford. Under 15.U.S.C. S 637(b)(7) (1970), the SBA has the authority to issue or deny a COC and our Office will not review an SBA determination, require isonance of a COC, oyr'reopen a case when a COC has bet.a denied. Ein or Construtio Company ;Inc., B-185390, December 16, l1,5, 75-2 CPD 397; Precision Electronice Labs, B-186751, October'29, 1976, 76-2 CPD 369. While our Office will recommend a reassessment of the responsibility.of a prospective contractor where it appears that all relevant information has not been considered, see, Precision Electronics Labs, sura, such does not appear to be the case here. In this regard, the Army has advised us that the SBA has fully considered both the matter of Property Maintenance's ability to supply Crawford with sufficient funds and the matter of the alleged $60,000 letter of commitment from Property Maintenance to Crawford. I--1b

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