Size Determination Does Not Automatically Render Contractor Ineligible to Compete for Similar Contracts; COFC No. 16-101C, Q Integrated Companies, LLC. V. United States

The government’s motion for relief from the court’s order to reevaluate revised proposals or to issue a new solicitation is denied, where a decision by the Small Business Administration Office of Hearings and Appeals concluding that the appellant is not small does not automatically render the contractor ineligible to compete, because the agency may reissue the solicitation on an unrestricted basis, and because the finding that the appellant was other than small for a related procurement does not automatically mean the appellant will be found to be other than small for the contract set-asides at issue.