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B-206501.2 1 (1982-07-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadknq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THES r.'PC3MPTFOLLEV! GENE14A1 103EWS11V OF THE UNITBO STATES WAP3HINLO3TON, O,C, 20!V48 ILE; • B-206501,2 DATE; July 30, 1982 MATTER OF: fitcrotech Industries Inc. -.- Reconsideration Small Blsinegs Administration size standard regulations as they are appAied to 8(a) program participants difer significantly from normal vompetitive procurements because an 8(a) firm must only meet the size stanilard applicable to its principal business activity and not the standard applicable to the specific pro- curement. k; Microtech Industries, In, requests reconsidera- ,. tion of our decision, 0-206501, March 2, 1982, 82-1 CPD .189, dismissing licrotech's protest against the Department of Commerce's procurig micrographic ser- vices under the Small Business Adj.inistration's (SBA) 8(a) program rather than by unrestric.ted competition. As explained in our decision, section 8(a) of the Small Business Act,u151.,S,C S 637(a ) (Supp. III 1979), authorizes SBA to enter into contracts with any Government agency with procuring authority, I', and to arrange for the perforrmance of such con- tracts by awarding subcontraets to nocially and economically disadvantage small business concerns. 4!>il As its basis for reconsideration, Microtei-h alleges that Commerce is currently negotiating with a firm, Automated Datatron, Inc., which SBA has determined to be other than small under the size standard appli- cable to this procurement. We affirm our pr.kor de- I cision since Microtech presents no legal or factual basis for revising the decision. The protester notes that on May 19, 1980, IBA determined Automated Datatron to be other than small for the purpose of a procurement having an S.1 I) I 9t , T? .1 , ~ * ' . , ,I 'p ._.S '. - I , i i - I

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