B-231871: Jul 26, 1988

A firm protested the Army's amendment of a solicitation for construction, contending that the Army's retroactive inclusion of a preference for small disadvantaged businesses was unfair to nondisadvantaged bidders. GAO held that the Army properly amended the solicitation to implement a procurement regulation requiring it to provide an evaluation preference for small disadvantaged businesses. Accord...

B-231871: Jul 26, 1988

PROCUREMENT - Socio-Economic Policies - Small business set-asides - Amendments - Disadvantaged business set-asides - Preferences DIGEST: Determination by agency to amend a small business set-aside solicitation to allow a preference for small disadvantaged business 20 days prior to bid opening is proper when amendment is necessary to implement recent statute providing for an evaluation preference t...