B-285813,B-285882: Oct 11, 2000

A firm protested a Marine Corps contract award for food services management, contending that the: (1) Corps should set aside the procurement for small business concerns; and (2) Corps' decision to consolidate its food service requirements into two regional contracts precluded small business participation. GAO held thatthe: (1) Corps reasonably determined not to set aside the requirements for small...

B-285813,B-285882: Oct 11, 2000

Protest that agency requirements for regional garrison food service should be set aside for small business concerns is denied where agency reasonably determined that there was no reasonable expectation of receiving fair market price offers from at least two responsible small business concerns. There was no indication that small business concerns had experience performing food service contracts of...