B-241394: Oct 16, 1990

A firm protested a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) contract award for elevator maintenance, contending that VA: (1) failed to provide it with a copy of the solicitation; and (2) improperly failed to set the procurement aside for small businesses. GAO held that: (1) the VA failure to furnish the protester with a copy of the solicitation did not adversely affect competition; (2) VA did not inten...

B-241394: Oct 16, 1990

Protest of agency's failure to furnish incumbent contractor with copy of solicitation is dismissed where protester has not alleged or shown that competition and reasonable prices were not obtained or that agency acted deliberately to exclude protester from the competition. Protest of agency's failure to set procurement aside for small business is untimely where not filed until after bid opening. W...