B-211627.2,B-211627.5,B-211627.6: Dec 19, 1983

A firm protested the Air Force's intention to award a 100-percent small business set-aside contract for marine utility and tugboat services to another firm. The protester challenged the propriety of a provision of the request for proposals which allowed offerers to subcontract up to 100 percent of the work to large businesses and did not preclude subcontracting to the large business incumbent cont...

B-211627.2,B-211627.5,B-211627.6: Dec 19, 1983

DIGEST: PROTEST OF LARGE BUSINESS FIRM IS DISMISSED BECAUSE: (1) PROTESTER IS NOT AN "INTERESTED PARTY" SINCE ISSUES RAISED (AWARDEE'S ALLEGED LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY AND IMPROPER EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS) ARE EXTRANEOUS TO SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE PROVISION WHICH EXCLUDES THE LARGE BUSINESS FIRM FROM THE COMPETITION. (2) PROTESTER'S ARGUMENT REGARDING AN IMPROPER/AMBIGUOUS PROVISION RELATING TO SUB...