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B-411174 1 (2015-06-05)

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   SGAO

~Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548



           Decision


           Matter of:  Jay Shapiro & Associates, Inc.


File:

Date:


Comptroller General
of the United States


B-411174

June 5, 2015


Jay Shapiro, Jay Shapiro & Associates, Inc., for the protester.
Robert J. McCall, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency.
Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Contention that agency improperly failed to award a contract to the protester, after
the Small Business Administration issued the protester a Certificate of Competency,
is denied where the agency's subsequent decision to award contracts to firms other
than the protester was not based on matters relating to the protester's responsibility.
DECISION

Jay Shapiro & Associates, Inc. (JS&A), of Far Hills, New Jersey, a small business,
protests the decision by the General Services Administration (GSA) to not award it
one of the multiple contracts awarded under request for proposals (RFP) No.
GS-03P-14-DX-C-0031 for construction management services. JS&A asserts that it
should have received one of the anticipated awards because the Small Business
Administration (SBA) issued the protester a Certificate of Competency (COC).1

We deny the protest.


1 A COC is a written decision issued by the SBA to a contracting officer certifying
that a small business concern is responsible for the purpose of receiving and
performing a government contract. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 19.601;
13 C.F.R. § 125.5(a).

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