B-201248: Feb 10, 1981

A firm protested the Department of the Army's withdrawal of a set-aside under the Small Business Administration's (SBA) program and its replacement with a 100 percent small business set-aside on a competitive basis. The protester contended that the Army had no authority to withdraw the set-aside without the approval of SBA and alleged that it had never been formally notified that the commitment ha...

B-201248: Feb 10, 1981

DIGEST: PROTEST ALLEGING BAD FAITH IN WITHDRAWAL OF SET-ASIDE UNDER SECTION 8(A)(1)(A) OF SMALL BUSINESS ACT IS WITHOUT MERIT WHERE RECORD CONTAINS NO EVIDENCE OF BAD FAITH. THE PURPOSE OF THE SOLICITATION WAS TO OBTAIN CUSTODIAL SERVICES AT THIRTEEN U. THIS PROCUREMENT WAS ORIGINALLY SET ASIDE UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF SECTION 8(A)(1) OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT. IS AUTHORIZED "IN HIS DISCRETION" TO...