B-230838: Apr 8, 1988

A firm protested a Navy small-disadvantaged-business set-aside solicitation for mess attendant services, contending that the Navy should have allowed small businesses that had performed successfully under previous contracts for the same requirement to compete. GAO held that the Navy properly set aside the procurement consistently with an interim rule which allowed it to restrict the solicitation t...

B-230838: Apr 8, 1988

PROCUREMENT - Socio-Economic Policies - Disadvantaged business set asides - Use - Administrative discretion DIGEST: Department of Defense (DOD) set-aside program for small disadvantaged businesses which does not contain an exclusion for procurements which have been previously set aside for small businesses is a legally permissible implementation of section 1207 of the DOD Authorization Act. Which...