B-233940: Mar 28, 1989

A firm protested a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract award for eggs, contending that DLA: (1) improperly limited application of a price evaluation factor to certain small disadvantaged businesses (SDB) found to be regular dealers; (2) violated regulations encouraging SDB participation in government procurements; and (3) refused to accept it as a regular dealer, even though it offered eggs fo...

B-233940: Mar 28, 1989

Is within the agency's authority to impose. 2. Agency reasonably determined that a small disadvantaged business (SDB) was not a regular dealer in fresh shell eggs. Thus was not eligible for SDB evaluation preference under solicitation for these goods. Where record indicates that the SDB has never before sold those goods to any customer and does not maintain a true inventory from which sales are ma...