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B-400278,B-400308 1 (2008-09-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadaov0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JiL AL A , GA O Comptroller General Acc untabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: International Program Group, Inc. File: B-400278; B-400308 Date: September 19, 2008 Leonard Holzworth for the protester. Major Matthew J. Kent and Theresa M. Young, Esq., United States Marine Corps, and John W. Klein, Esq., and Laura Mann Eyester, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies. Eric M. Ransom, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Given the unambiguous language of the applicable statutes regarding the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) and service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern (SDVOSBC) programs, contracting agency, before proceeding with an SDVOSBC set-aside, must first reasonably consider whether the conditions for a HUBZone set-aside exist, and, if they do, agency must proceed with a HUBZone set-aside. 2. Protests challenging agency's decision to acquire services through SDVOSBC set-asides are sustained where the agency failed to reasonably consider the possibility of a HUBZone small business set-aside, by failing to make a reasonable inquiry into the availability of HUBZone small businesses. DECISION International Program Group, Inc. (IPG), a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small business, protests the decision of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) to issue order No. M00681-08-P-0296 on a sole-source basis to Veteran Government Services (VGS), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern (SDVOSBC), and to set aside for competition restricted to SDVOSBCs solicitation No. M00681-08-T-0101. Both the order and the pending solicitation are for support services for pre-deployment training exercises. We sustain the protests.

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