United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 2002-07-03 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:B-290444 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-290444 P0b002ee18fd4671c f:290444 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-290444 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-290444 B-290444 Comptroller General Decision 1. Contracting officer acted properly where the record reflects that he diligently reviewed the protester's responsibility, found the protester nonresponsible, and then promptly referred the matter to the Small Business Administration (SBA) under certificate of competency (COC) procedures, and because of the length of time required to complete these reviews, the bidders were requested to extend their bids; there was no regulation or other legal requirement that provides that a contracting officer's referral of a small business bidder to the SBA for a COC must take place at such a time in the process so as to permit the SBA to make its COC determination prior to the expiration of the bidder's initial bid acceptance period.<p/>2. Bidder that allegedly submitted its bid extension by facsimile transmission assumed the risk of nonreceipt by the agency, and the bidder's evidence of its facsimile transmission does not establish receipt where, as here, the agency denies receipt and there is no other evidence of receipt. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-290444/html/GAOREPORTS-B-290444.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-290444/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-290444.pdf GAO/B-290444 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-290444 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-290444; Brickwood Contractors, Inc.;