B-210766.2: Apr 25, 1983

A firm protested the Army's award of several contracts to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for subcontract awards under small business set-asides. The firm alleged that SBA did not prepare a report analyzing the impact on firms which are precluded from the set-asides, as required in the operating procedures for set-aside contracting. Statutory law authorizes SBA to enter into contracts with...

B-210766.2: Apr 25, 1983

DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT REVIEW THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION'S COMPLIANCE WITH ITS OWN INTERNAL GUIDELINES FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT'S SECTION 8(A) PROGRAM ABSENT A SHOWING OF POSSIBLE FRAUD OR BAD FAITH ON THE PART OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. OUR REVIEW OF ACTIONS UNDER THE PROGRAM IS ESSENTIALLY LIMITED TO DETERMINING WHETHER PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED AND WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN F...