Protest that Small Business Administration (SBA) improperly failed to perform adverse impact evaluation before accepting janitorial services requirement into section 8(a) program is denied where record supports SBA determination that requirement was "new. " and that adverse impact evaluation therefore was not required. Grace was awarded a contract for janitorial services at Quantico in 1993. It wa...

A firm protested a Navy solicitation for janitorial services, contending that the Navy and the Small Business Administration (SBA) should not have included the requirement in the SBA section 8(a) set-aside program without performing an adverse impact evaluation, since the same kind of services were covered under its incumbent contract. GAO held that: (1) SBA properly concluded that the instant pro...