B-286800: Feb 21, 2001

A firm protested an Army Corps of Engineers' solicitation for environmental remediation services, contending that the Corps' decision to set the procurement aside for 8(a) small businesses contradicted procurement regulations that give preference to local businesses who may not be eligible for 8(a) preference. GAO held that the Corps reasonably set the procurement aside for 8(a) businesses , since...

B-286800: Feb 21, 2001

DIGEST Army Corps of Engineers' issuance of a solicitation for environmental remediation work at a closed military base as a competitive 8(a) set-aside was consistent with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement subpart 226.71. Where there was a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from 8(a) eligible concerns located in the vicinity of the work. The statute relevant here...