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B-190799 1 (1977-12-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfmx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: fot .H8,OD 5MPT?~LL.WN1 0EWRAL .s.T 10hC ilON .a P EMr m UNIT O E anWTArg W G WA IHINCTON. D.0. *054S FILE: D-190799 ATE: December 2, 1977 MATTER DF: Steamatic by S & Tolcser DIGEST: Whether procurement &hould be iet-aside under section 8(a) of Small Business Act and whether concern is eligible for and is meeting objectives of 8(a) pTogram are not consid- ered by GAO under bid protest procedure. Steamatic by N & S Tolcier (Steamatic) protests the award of a contract for janitorial services for the U.S. Federal Building, Concord, New Hampshire, under section 8(a) of the Small Busuines Act, 15 U.S.C. 637(a)(1) (1970). Steamatic contends that it was discrliinatorily denied 8(a) eligibility status by the Small Business Administration (SBA). It further contends that tward under the 8(a) program should not be made to the firm which has received the c.aerd for the past 2 years because either (1) the firm should have become a self- sustaining small business or (2) the fir' is not meetMng the objectives of the 8(a) program and therefore should be teibinated from that program. Finally, Steamatic stats tht award should be made under competitive bidding procedureu rathet thin pursuant to the 8(a) program. These are not matters within our bid ?rotest jurisdiction. The question of whether a firm is eligible for the 8(a) program is a matter for determination by SBA and not this Office. Tidewater Proiective Services, Inc., 3-189429, August 19, 1977, 77-2 CPD 131. Similarly, while the purpose of the 8(a) program is to bring socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns to a self-sustaining competitive level within a reasonable period - 1- II- IL:

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