A firm requested reimbursement for its bid preparation costs under a solicitation for custodial services, following the Army's determination to restrict competition to small businesses, contending that the Army improperly: (1) failed to notify offerers of the restriction until after bid opening; and (2) eliminated it from competition, since it was a large business. GAO held that: (1) the Army acte...

Where General Accounting Office has no basis on which to legally object to the set-aside and there is no indication that the protester otherwise had a substantial chance of receiving the award. The RFP was issued April 6. 4 days before initial proposals were due. A potential offeror who was a small business concern filed a protest with our Office in which the firm contended that the solicitation s...