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B-299741 1 (2007-08-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaczym0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General L LA Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Hawkeye Glove Manufacturing, Inc. File: B-299741 Date: August 2, 2007 Marc Lamer, Esq., Kostos & Lamer, PC, for the protester. Carol L. O'Riordan, Esq., The O'Riordan Bethel Law Firm, LLP, an intervenor. Maria Ventresca, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Julie D. Miller, and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Where solicitation divided requirement for gloves into two portions--one set aside for small business and the other unrestricted--and stated that agency intended to make multiple awards, agency nevertheless was not required to make multiple awards; agency properly awarded both portions of requirement to offeror whose proposal received highest technical score and offered lowest total price. DECISION Hawkeye Glove Manufacturing, Inc. (HGMI) protests the award of a contract to Nationwide Glove Company (NGC) under request for proposals (RFP) No. SPO100- 06-R-0057, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for quantities of gloves. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on May 9, 2006, was divided into two portions; 60 percent of the total quantity (including an option quantity) was set aside for small businesses and 40 percent (with option quantity) was unrestricted, with indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity terms applying to each. The RFP provided for a best value evaluation, taking into consideration five factors (and price) for the unrestricted portion, and three factors (and price) for the set-aside portion. RFP at 58. The solicitation also stated as follows: In the event that the proposals received for the 60% portion are not found to be technically acceptable and/or priced fair and reasonably, the Government reserves the right to dissolve this set aside portion and

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