A firm protested a Navy small business aside for latex balloons, contending that the awardee's balloons were not domestically manufactured. GAO held that the Navy improperly made award to the awardee, since regulations limit set-asides to sources supplying domestically produced products. Accordingly, the protest was sustained, and GAO recommended that the Navy reimburse the protester for its bid p...

PROCUREMENT Socio-Economic Policies Small business set-asides Small purchases Domestic products Restrictions Protest that agency improperly issued small business-small purchase set- aside order to source offering foreign-made product is sustained because such set-asides are limited by regulation to sources supplying domestically-produced products. Those balloons are not domestically manufactured....