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B-401043.3 1 (2011-01-28)

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A        GA       O                                                  Comptroller General
.,u in  Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                      of the United States
  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548

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          Decision


          Matter  of:  Eagle Collaborative Computing Services, Inc.

          File:        B-401043.3

          Date:        January 28, 2011

          Jason M. Pelt, Esq., Goodall & Pelt, P.C., for the protester.
          Linda Fallowfield, Esq., Blythe I. Rodgers, Esq., and William R. Taylor, Esq.,
          Department  of Housing and Urban Development; and John W. Klein, Esq., and
          Meagan  K. Guerzon, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies.
          Wesley I. Dunn, Esq., Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the
          General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Agency properly awarded a sole-source contract under the Small Business
          Administration's section 8(a) program where award was consistent with section 8(a)
          sole-source requirements.
          DECISION

          Eagle Collaborative Computing Services, Inc. (ECCS), of Stafford, Virginia, a small
          business, protests the award of a sole-source contract to Deque Systems, Inc.
          (Deque), of Reston, Virginia, by the Department of Housing and Urban Development
          (HUD)  for Rehabilitation Act support and training services under the Small Business
          Administration's (SBA) section 8(a) program. ECCS argues that HUD did not
          comply with the sole-source procedures applicable to the section 8(a) program in the
          Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) when it awarded the contract to Deque.

          We  deny the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          On July 15, 2008, HUD issued request for quotations (RFQ) No. R-OPC-23323, using
          full and open competition, seeking assistive technology support services and

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