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B-164497(1) 1 (1975-05-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafcp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 90548 - B-164497(0) MAY 5 1975 The Honorable Joe L. Evins Chairman, Committee on Small Business House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to your July 11, 1974, request, we have examined the circumstances surrounding the Small Business Administration's (Admin- istration's) award of a section 8(a)contract for Visual Approach Slope Indicators to Western Technical Associates, an 8(a) approved firm. Your interest concerned --whether Western Technical is eligible as a firm owned, operated, and controlled by a disadvantaged individual and --whether Administration regulations regarding acceptable con- tracting opportunities were violated because of this set-aside. We reviewed records and interviewed representatives at the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., offices of the Administration and the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration office in Washington, D.C. We also interviewed principals of Western Technical in Los Angeles, as well as the four other small businesses manufacturing Indicators. As you know, our work was delayed since our manpower resources were committed to fulfilling the mandate imposed upon us by Public Law 93-386, which requires a full-scale audit of the Administration and all its field offices. BACKGROUND Under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act of 1953, as amended, the Administration channels Government purchases to small businesses owned and controlled by socially or economically disadvantaged persons by contracting to provide supplies or services to a Federal agency and then subcontracting the contract's performance. The Administration has used 8(a) authority to develop a program to help small businesses which are owned and controlled by disadvantaged persons achieve a competitive position in the marketplace. Since 1968, when the 3(a) program was j oq5oi

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