A firm protested any Defense Personnel Support Center (DPSC) contract award for perishable food items, contending that DPSC: (1) improperly determined that it was not a regular dealer in the required items; and (2) should have applied a small-disadvantaged-business evaluation preference in evaluating its bid. GAO held that DPSC reasonably determined that the protester was not a regular dealer in p...

PROCUREMENT - Socio-Economic Policies - Small businesses - Disadvantaged business - Set-asides - Preferences - Eligibility DIGEST: Agency reasonably determined that a small disadvantaged business (SDB) was not a regular dealer in perishable food items. Thus was not eligible for SDB evaluation preference under solicitations for these goods. Where record indicates that the SDB does not maintain a tr...