https://www.gao.gov/products/407574

B-272174,B-272177: Oct 2, 1996

Small Business Administration failed to follow its published regulatory implementation of the statutory requirement that 8(a) construction contracts be awarded to 8(a) concerns located within the county or state where the work will be performed by imposing geographic restrictions linking the eligibility of an 8(a) concern to compete for such contracts with the location at which the 8(a) concern ma...

https://www.gao.gov/products/157635

B-272174,B-272177: Oct 2, 1996

A firm protested two Air Force and Army solicitations for construction services, contending that: (1) the geographic specifications were unduly restrictive; and (2) it should have been considered eligible to compete under each of the 8(a) solicitations, since it regularly maintains a branch office within the appropriate geographic areas designated by the Small Business Administration (SBA). GAO he...