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B-414630,B-414630.2 1 (2017-07-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtqx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: JRS Staffing Services File: B-414630; B-414630.2 Date: July 28, 2017 Jacqueline R. Sims for the protester. William Robinson, Esq., and Nihar Vora, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Alexander 0. Levine, 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 to negotiate a sole-source contract with a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small business concern is denied where the agency's decision was reasonably based on the agency's market research and the agency's lack of progress in meeting its HUBZone goals. DECISION JRS Staffing Services, a woman-owned small business (WOSB) located in Lawrenceville, Georgia, protests the decision of the Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to negotiate a sole-source award with ProHill Services LLC, a WOSB and a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small business concern, located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, for life connections program facilitator services at the Federal Medical Center Carswell, Ft. Worth, Texas. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On July 18, 2016, BOP issued a solicitation seeking a life connection program facilitator at the Federal Medical Center Carswell. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 1. The solicitation was issued without any restriction on competition. Id. Following a protest by JRS, the agency canceled the solicitation in order to conduct market research regarding whether it would be feasible to set aside the requirement for small businesses. Id. On December 12, the agency awarded a HUBZone sole-source contract for the requirement to ProHill in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 19.1306. Id.

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