B-206501.2: Jul 30, 1982

A firm requested reconsideration of a decision which dismissed its protest of the Department of Commerce's procuring micrographic services under the Small Business Administration's (SBA) 8(a) program rather than by unrestricted competition. As the basis for its reconsideration, the protester alleged that Commerce was negotiating with another firm which SBA had determined was not a small business....

B-206501.2: Jul 30, 1982

DIGEST: SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SIZE STANDARD REGULATIONS AS THEY ARE APPLIED TO 8(A) PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY FROM NORMAL COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENTS BECAUSE AN 8(A) FIRM MUST ONLY MEET THE SIZE STANDARD APPLICABLE TO ITS PRINCIPAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND NOT THE STANDARD APPLICABLE TO THE SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT. MICROTECH ALLEGES THAT COMMERCE IS CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING WITH A FIRM...