About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-419024.5,B-419024.6 Dec 22, 2021 1 (2021-12-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaompt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: A. Prentice Ray & Associates, LLC File: B-419024.5; B-419024.6 Date: December 22, 2021 Jonathan T. Williams, Esq., Meghan F. Leemon, Esq., and Lauren R. Brier, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, for the protester. Stephen T. O'Neal, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Charmaine A. Stevenson, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly failed to refer protester to the Small Business Administration for a Certificate of Competency review is denied where the contracting officer did not make a nonresponsibility determination, but rather concluded that the protester's proposal was not among the highest technically rated proposals in line for award. DECISION A. Prentice Ray & Associates, LLC (APRA), an 8(a) small business of Washington, D.C., protests the decision by the General Services Administration (GSA) not to make an award to APRA under solicitation No. GSOOQ-13-DR-0002-8(a) for its One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) small business multiple award contract solution.1 The protester contends that the agency failed to implement the corrective action promised in response to APRA's prior protest. In addition, as in its earlier protests, APRA contends that the agency's improper scoring of its proposal under three financial capability factors was tantamount to a nonresponsibility determination that required GSA to refer APRA to SBA for a Certificate of Competency (COC) review. We deny the protest. 1 Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. § 637(a), authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to enter into contracts with government agencies and to arrange for performance through subcontracts with socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.800. This program is commonly referred to as the 8(a) program.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most