[Protest of Navy Contract Award for Base Support Services]

A firm protested its exclusion from consideration for a follow-on small business set-aside contract for Navy support services, contending that the: (1) Small Business Administration's (SBA) procedures prohibited a follow-on award that would disadvantage a small business; and (2) contracting officer acted in bad faith. GAO held that the: (1) SBA procedures were internal guidelines, without force of law; and (2) protester failed to prove that the contracting officer had a specific, malicious intent to cause it harm. Accordingly, the protest was denied.