B-201956,B-201956.2: Jul 21, 1981

Two firms protested the award of contracts under a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of Commerce for different reasons. The RFP was issued as a 30-percent set-aside for small business. The first firm, a small business, protested that the 30-percent partial set-aside formulation was proper and that cancellation of the set-aside was arbitrary and capricious. In addition, the small...

B-201956,B-201956.2: Jul 21, 1981

AGENCY DETERMINATION TO WITHDRAW PARTIAL SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE WAS PROPER WHERE PRICE OF ONLY TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE SMALL BUSINESS PROPOSAL WAS ALMOST DOUBLE THAT OF PRICE OF LARGE BUSINESS PROPOSAL WHICH RECEIVED ESSENTIALLY EQUAL TECHNICAL EVALUATION SCORE. 2. PROTEST AGAINST AGENCY DETERMINATION TO MAKE AWARDS ON UNRESTRICTED BASIS IS DENIED WHERE PARTIAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE WAS PROPER...