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B-417901.3 1 (2020-03-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeaut0001 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: MCI Diagnostic Center, LLC File: B-417901.3 Date: March 25, 2020 Kathleen Henderson, for the protester. Scott N. Flesch, Esq., Major Wayne T. Branom, Lieutenant Colonel Stephen M. Hernandez, and Robert B. Neill, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Heather Self, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's decision not to set aside a procurement for small businesses is denied because the agency reasonably concluded from its market research that it did not have a reasonable expectation of receiving quotations from two or more small businesses at a fair market price. DECISION MCI Diagnostic Center, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Tulsa, Oklahoma, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. W81 KOO-1 9-Q-0198, issued by the Department of the Army for blood donor testing services. MCI argues that the solicitation should have been set aside for small businesses. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND In June and July of 2019, the agency conducted market research to assess the availability of small business concerns to perform blood donor testing services at government blood donor facilities located at Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The agency's market research included, among other things, issuance of a sources sought notice to gauge the capability of small businesses to perform the blood donor testing requirements, as well as their interest in performing the work. Agency Report (AR), Tab 19, Market Research Memorandum, July 16, 2019; Tab 18, Small Business Administration (SBA) Market Search Records, June 10, 2019. In response to

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