B-270391: Feb 29, 1996

A firm protested a National Park Service (NPS) solicitation for trash collection, contending that NPS improperly withdrew the small business set aside; and (2) converted the solicitation into an unrestricted procurement. GAO held that it would not review the NPS decision to convert the solicitation, since it did not receive any reasonable bids from small businesses. Accordingly, the protest was de...

B-270391: Feb 29, 1996

Protest of agency's decision to convert small business set-aside into an unrestricted procurement under simplified acquisition procedures is denied where the decision to withdraw the set-aside was based on the receipt of unreasonably high quotations from small business concerns as judged by the most recent contract prices for similar services and two quotations received from otherwise ineligible l...