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B-410179,B-410179.2 1 (2014-11-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqsn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Edmond Scientific Company File: B-410179; B-410179.2 Date: November 12, 2014 Ron R. Hutchinson, Esq., and Gerard F. Doyle, Esq., Doyle & Bachman LLP, for the protester. Frank A. March, Esq., Department of the Army; and John W. Klein, Esq., and Sam Q. Le, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies. Lois Hanshaw, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. The set-aside provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) §§ 19.502-4 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F) apply to competitions for task and delivery orders issued under multiple-award contracts. 2. Protest is denied where agency used discretion pursuant to FAR §§ 19.502-4 and 16.505, as well as 13 C.F.R. § 125.2(e)(6)(ii), not to set aside for small businesses a task order issued under a multiple-award contract. 3. Protest alleging agency erred in using best mix standard in determining not to set-aside a task order for small business is denied where record shows the evaluation was reasonable. 4. Protest alleging agency improperly bundled and/or consolidated requirements is denied where record shows the task order was for new requirements and did not consolidate previous requirements within the meaning of the Small Business Act or the Small Business Jobs Act. DECISION Edmond Scientific Company (Edmond), of Chantilly, Virginia, a small business, protests the decision by the Department of the Army, Medical Research Acquisition Activity, not to set aside for small businesses task order proposal request (TOPR) No. TOPR-14, issued under a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity

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