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B-411540,B-411540.2 1 (2015-08-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrjk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SG A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Rice Services, Inc. File: B-411540; B-411540.2 Date: August 20, 2015 William R. Purdy, Esq., and Aron C. Beezley, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the protester. Allen Lotz, Esq. and William H. Butterfield, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's decision not to set aside procurement for small businesses is denied where agency's market research demonstrated that agency was not likely to receive proposals from at least two small businesses capable of performing the required services. DECISION Rice Services, Inc., of Smithville, Tennessee, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. HSCG84-15-R-AA1 441, issued by the Department of Homeland Security for full food service at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. Rice contends that the agency is required to set the procurement aside exclusively for small businesses. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND To assess commercial sources' capability to meet the Coast Guard Academy's full food service requirements, the agency posted a Sources Sought notice on the FedBizOpps website on November 18, 2013. The notice informed potential offerors of the requirements for the collegiate facility, which included, among others things, formal, family-style, and buffet-style food service, as well as special event and medical clinic dining. Contracting Officer (CO) Statement at 1-3; Sources Sought Notice, Nov. 18, 2013, at 1.

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