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B-412730,B-412730.2 1 (2016-05-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsfs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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 - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Fiskars Brands, Inc., dba Gerber Legendary Blades File: B-412730; B-412730.2 Date: May 20, 2016 Frank Murray, Esq., David T. Ralston, Jr., Esq., and Anna S. Ross, Esq., Foley & Lardner LLP, for the protester. Dustin F. Hecker, Esq., Posternak Blankstein & Lund, LLP, for the intervenor. Colleen T. Loughran, Esq. and Gwendolyn M. Hoover, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Laura Eyester, Esq., and Cherie J. Owen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Procuring agency has the discretion to make a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) sole-source award even if the requirement could be satisfied using the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Schedule. 2. Procuring agency has the discretion to make an SDVOSB sole-source award where the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that two or more SDVOSBs would submit quotations for the work. 3. Procuring agency is not required to file an SDVOSB status protest when there is nothing in the quotation that calls into question the awardee's SDVOSB status. DECISION Fiskars Brands, Inc., dba Gerber Legendary Blades, of Portland, Oregon, protests the award of a sole-source contract for combat knives to ARG Tactical LLC, of Phoenix, Arizona, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), under request for quotations (RFQ) number SPE7MX-1 5-X-0020, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). Gerber contends that the agency's SDVOSB sole-source award to ARG Tactical is contrary to law because the requirement could have been satisfied through the General Services Administration's (GSA's) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program, the agency's market research does not support the SDVOSB sole-source award, and the agency was required to refer the awardee to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for a status determination.

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