https://www.gao.gov/products/137496

B-232413: Dec 6, 1988

A firm protested an Army contract award for data collection services to the Small Business Administration (SBA), and the subsequent SBA subcontract award to another firm, contending that the Army and SBA acted in bad faith when they retained the procurement under the SBA Section 8(a) program, since: (1) SBA did not consider all of the relevant factors in deciding whether to release the procurement...

https://www.gao.gov/products/468693

B-232413: Dec 6, 1988

Are matters within the discretion of the contracting agency and the Small Business Administration. Such an award will not be reviewed by the General Accounting Office absent a showing of possible fraud or bad faith on the part of government officials or that regulations have not been followed. Allegation of bad faith on the part of government officials in deciding to retain the sample data collect...