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B-292380 1 (2003-07-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyjn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Il im G A 0Comptroller General - -Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: American Artisan Productions, Inc. File: B-292380 Date: July 30, 2003 Arthur L. Friedman for the protester. Alton E. Woods, Esq., and Jeanne A. Anderson, Esq., Department of the Interior, and John W. Klein, Esq., and Gene Marie M. Pade, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies. Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and Jerold D. Cohen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency properly imposed bond requirement in solicitation for the design, fabrication, and installation of exhibits, despite the fact that it may restrict competition, where agency reasonably determined that bonds were necessary to ensure timely completion of project and to protect the government from losses that would result from contractor default. 2. Agency's determination not to set aside procurement for small businesses was proper where agency reasonably concluded--based on market surveys and concurrence of the Small Business Administration--that it could not expect to receive proposals from at least two responsible small business offerors at fair market prices. DECISION American Artisan Productions, Inc. (AAP), protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. NDR030034, issued by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), for the design, fabrication, and installation of exhibits for two Interpretive Centers in Montana. AAP contends that the RFP, issued as an unrestricted solicitation, should have been set aside for small businesses, and that the bid and performance bond requirement restricts small business competition and is unnecessary. We deny the protest.

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