Agency Properly Referred Eventual Awardee for COC Determination Based on Unacceptability of Corporate Experience, Key Personnel Factors; GAO B-416892, Lawson Environmental Services LLC

Protest alleging the agency improperly referred the awardee to the Small Business Administration for consideration under certificate of competency procedures is dismissed, where the awardee’s proposal was found technically unacceptable under responsibility-type factors and where the protester did not allege any bad faith on the agency’s part.