B-229710,B-229719,B-229720: Feb 8, 1988

A firm protested three Army solicitations for articulated concrete mattresses, contending that the Army improperly restricted competition to small businesses, since there was no reasonable expectation that at least two responsible small businesses would bid at reasonable prices. The protester also contended that the offerers under these annual solicitations engaged in collusive bidding. GAO held t...

B-229710,B-229719,B-229720: Feb 8, 1988

DIGEST: Protests challenging contracting officer's decision to set aside procurements for competition exclusively among small business concerns are denied where the record indicates the contracting officer had a reasonable expectation that offers would be obtained from at least two small business concerns and where protester fails to show that awards to small business bidders under prior set-aside...