Certificate of Competency – How it Works in Practice

Yesterday we discussed SBA’s Certificate of Competency (COC) process which provides small businesses to receive a second look when a contracting officer has excluded them from consideration on a procurement because the company could not satisfy certain evaluation criteria to prove their capability to perform a Government contract. Today we want to illustrate how that works in practice by examining a recent GAO (Government Accountability Office) bid protest decision where a company was restored to “competency” as the result of the SBA review. If you missed yesterday’s post, click here to read it.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Certificate of Competency – How it Works in Practice