A firm protested an Army solicitation for custodial and housekeeping services, contending that the Army should have issued the solicitation as a small business set-aside, rather than a section 8(a) set aside. GAO held that the Army properly issued the solicitation as a section 8(a) set-aside, since the Small Business Administration reasonably determined that doing so would not adversely impact oth...

This requirement was originally set aside for small businesses under section 15 of the Small Business Act in 1989. Award was made to an eligible small business concern. G&H was unable to satisfactorily perform the requirement. Award was made to Triple P Services for the remainder of the contract. [3] At the time of the 1993 award. Since there was no incumbent small business contractor. There was n...