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PSAD-81-5 1 (1980-10-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbcv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OCTOBER 15, 1980 PROCURKMEW AND SYSTlMS ACQUISITION DIVISION B-200627 The Honorable Lester L. Wolff lllhI/liIII Ifl II House of Representatives 113530 Dear Mr. Wolff:- Subject: nquiry of Contr ct Award to a Nonsmall Business Concern (PSAD-81-5) This is in reply to your letter of September 16, 1980, in which you asked us to look into two issues raised by the Filtron Manufacturing Company, Inc., in its unsuccessful bid to furnish filters for electronic communications systems under solicitation number DAAD 07-80-B-0093. The two issues are whether (1) the solicitation was a set-aside for small business and (2) the contracting officer followed applicable instructions and requirements of this procurement. Regarding the first issue, we were informed by the con- tracting officer that this solicitation was not a set-aside for small business. He further stated that, before advertis- ing for the contract, he had consulted with the local small business representative who had advised him there were insuf- ficient small business sources to compete on this contract. Therefore, the solicitation was issued without a provision limiting responses to small business concerns. We confirmed this information in a conversation with the small business representative. In section L.9 of the instructions to bidders, the solicitation does contain a reference to small business. The reference merely indicated the maximum number of employees a concern may have and still qualify as a small business. This instruction was included to assist prospec- tive bidders in responding to a question in the bid package which seeks to identify small business concerns. It does not have anything to do with setting aside the contract for small business. If the procurement had been set aside for small business, the solicitation would have clearly - 1(950637). '/ ,- / t'

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