An individual protested an Army contract award for cleaning services, contending that the Small Business Administration (SBA) failed to: (1) determine whether limiting the procurement to small disadvantaged businesses would have an adverse impact on other small businesses; and (2) publicize the procurement and solicit competitive bids. GAO held that: (1) an impact analysis was not required, since...

Protest of Small Business Administration's alleged failure to prepare an impact analysis for the Small Business Act's section 8(a) program is denied where the 8(a) contract is for services not previously procured from small business. Section 8(a) subcontracting program is a noncompetitive procedure established by statute which grants contracting agencies broad discretion to determine the appropria...