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B-299037 1 (2007-01-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaucp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Margni, Inc. File: B-299037 Date: January 26, 2007 Thomas J. Kelleher, Jr., Esq., Smith, Currie & Hancock, for the protester. Phillipa L. Anderson, Esq., and Dennis J. Foley, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, and John W. Klein, Esq., and Laura Mann Eyester, Esq., U.S. Small Business Administration, for the agencies. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Small Business Administration's (SBA) determination that placing a cemetery maintenance requirement into SBA's section 8(a) program would not have an adverse impact on an individual small business, a group of small businesses located in a specific geographical location, or other small business programs was reasonable, where the record shows that the SBA made requisite findings concerning the lack of adverse impact. DECISION Margni, Inc. protests the award of a sole-source contract to Native Contractors, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA-786-06-RP-0148 under the Small Business Administration's (SBA) section 8(a) program, for cemetery maintenance services for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at the Georgian National Cemetery, Canton, Georgia. We deny the protest. On March 29, 2006, under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA-786-06-RP-0050, the VA solicited the predecessor to this requirement as a service disabled veteran owned (SDVO) small business set-aside. Five SDVO small businesses, including Margni, submitted acceptable proposals by the April 28 closing date. On May 25, the VA awarded the contract to Benchmark Headstones LLC based on its low $2,437,704.57 price. The requirements contract awarded was for a base period from date of contract award through September 30, 2006, with four 1-year option periods.

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