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B-271012 1 (1996-05-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaece0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: CardioMetrix File: B-271012 Date: May 15, 1996 Robert J. Loring, Ph.D., for the protester. H. Charles Coburn, Esq., Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, for the agency. Peter A. Iannicelli, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that request for proposals for laboratory services should have been set aside for small businesses is denied where the record does not show that the contracting officer abused his discretion in determining that there was not a reasonable expectation of receiving proposals from at least two responsible small offerors. DECISION CardioMetrix protests the decision of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) not to set aside request for proposals (RFP) No. 276-1054 for exclusive small business participation. We deny the protest. Issued on December 15, 1995, the RFP sought proposals for providing clinical laboratory services at approximately 15 correctional institutions located within BOP's South Central Region. Under the RFP, offerors would have to have the capability to perform a great number of laboratory tests. The RFP contemplated award of a requirements contract for a 1-year period and contained options for 4 additional years. The procurement was conducted on the basis of full and open competition. The protester contends that the contracting officer should have known that at least two responsible small business concerns were likely to submit competitive bids. In this regard, the protester states that it identified six small businesses that were interested in competing to the local Small Business Administration (SBA) representative. In addition, CardioMetrix points out that 13 small businesses 1128513

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