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SBA Required To Dismiss Unspecific SDVOSB Status Protest

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A protester’s failure to be specific enough in an SDVOSB status protest will result in dismissal of the protest.

The decision of the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals in Jamaica Bearings Company, SBA No. VET-257 (Aug. 9, 2016), reinforces the SBA’s rule concerning specificity in filing a service disabled veteran-owned status protest. The rule provides, “[p]rotests must be in writing and must specify all the grounds upon which the protest is based. A protest merely asserting that the protested concern is not an eligible SDVOSB, without setting forth specific facts or allegations is insufficient.”

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SBA Size Protests: COs Not Required To Assist Protesters

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Contracting Officers are not required to assist potential protesters by furnishing them with information to use in SBA size protests.

According to a recent size appeal decision of the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals, the SBA properly dismissed a size protest for lack of support, notwithstanding the protester’s allegation that the Contracting Officer had failed to provide information needed to support the size protest.

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SBA Size Protests: “Bare Allegations” Are Insufficient

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A SBA size protest must contain some basis for the belief that the company being protested is not an eligible small business.

As demonstrated in a recent decision of the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals, a protester’s “bare allegation” that the protested firm does not qualify is insufficient, and will cause the SBA to dismiss the size protest.

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SBA Tosses Vague SDVOSB Protest

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The SBA refused to address a vague SDVOSB protest on its merits–even when the protester attempted to introduce new supporting evidence as part of its appeal.

In a recent decision, the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals upheld the SBA’s decision to toss out the vague SDVOSB protest.  SBA OHA held that in order for a SDVOSB protest to be viable, it must set forth information or evidence supporting the protester’s allegations.

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Three Common SBA Size Protest Mistakes

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Nobody’s perfect, the old saying goes.  While I might beg to differ in the case of my daughter (who, in my unbiased opinion, is perfectly adorable), the saying definitely holds true when it comes to SBA size protests.

I read every published SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals decision (I’m sure you are jealous), and I see many of the same mistakes repeated over and over,  Often, these mistakes cost the protester its chance at a successful size protest.

So, without further ado, here are my top three most common SBA size protest mistakes.

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SBA OHA Dismisses SBA Size Protest Based on Contractor’s CCR Profile

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To survive dismissal, a SBA size protest must be “specific,” that is, it must explain why the protested contractor is not small, and (in many cases), provide third-party evidence supporting the claim.

In Size Appeal of SoftConcept, Inc., SBA No. SIZ-5197 (2011), the SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals held that a SBA size protest was insufficiently specific when the protester alleged that the contract awardee did not list the NAICS code in question, NAICS code 541519, in its Central Contractor Registration profile.

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