B-190360: Oct 21, 1977

SINCE NOTHING IN SMALL BUSINESS ACT OR PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS MANDATES THAT ANY PARTICULAR PROCUREMENT BE SET ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND SINCE GAO WILL NOT REVIEW AGENCY'S DETERMINATION NOT TO MAKE "8(A)" AWARD FOR GIVEN PROCUREMENT. CONTENTION THAT PARTICULAR PROCUREMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE UNDER "8(A)" PROGRAM WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. MULTI-MAC WAS THE INCUMBENT PURSUANT TO "8(A)" AWARD BUT...

B-190360: Oct 21, 1977

The protester contended that a certain procurement should have been a small business set-aside. There is nothing in the Small Business Act or procurement regulations which mandates that any particular procurement be set aside for small business. GAO will not review an agency's determination not to make an "8(a)" award for a given procurement. The contention that a particular procurement should hav...