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[Protest of IRS Contract Award for a Storage System]

B-258459 Published: Sep 16, 1994. Publicly Released: Sep 16, 1994.
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A firm protested an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) contract award for a storage system, contending that the awardee was not eligible for award, since its subcontractor was not a small disadvantaged business. GAO held that it would not consider the protest, since the Small Business Administration had jurisdiction to determine the subcontractor's size status. Accordingly, the protest was dismissed.

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