B-206501: Mar 2, 1982

A firm protested the use of negotiation rather than formal advertising for the procurement of micrographic services by an agency under the Small Business Administration's (SBA) 8(a) program. SBA is authorized to enter into contracts with any Government agency with procuring authority and to arrange the performance of such contracts by letting subcontracts to socially and economically disadvantaged...

B-206501: Mar 2, 1982

UNLESS THERE IS A SHOWING OF FRAUD OR BAD FAITH ON THE PART OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. THE REQUIREMENT IS BEING PROCURED UNDER THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION'S (SBA) 8(A) PROGRAM RATHER THAN BY UNRESTRICTED COMPETITION. UNLESS THERE IS A SHOWING OF FRAUD OR BAD FAITH ON THE PART OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. NEITHER FRAUD NOR BAD FAITH IS INVOLVED HERE. WE WILL. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED...