B-202874: May 5, 1981

A firm protested the Navy's intention to procure maintenance services through the Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) program instead of through competitive bidding. The firm requested that competitive bidding be used because, as the prior contractor, it purchased equipment useful only in that type of work, and it released the Government from its prior contract believing that competitive bidd...

B-202874: May 5, 1981

DIGEST: DETERMINATION WHETHER TO SET ASIDE PROCUREMENT UNDER SECTION 8(A) OF SMALL BUSINESS ACT IS MATTER FOR CONTRACTING AGENCY AND SBA AND WILL NOT BE REVIEWED BY GAO ABSENT SHOWING OF FRAUD OR BAD FAITH ON PART OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. THE CONTRACTING OFFICER OF THE PROCURING AGENCY IS AUTHORIZED "IN HIS DISCRETION" TO LET THE CONTRACT TO SBA. UNLESS THERE IS A SHOWING OF FRAUD OR BAD FAITH ON...