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B-274378 1 (1996-11-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaelu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Grace Industries, Inc. File: B-274378 Date: November 8, 1996 Herbert V. Kelly, Esq., Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly, for the protester. Christopher M. Bellomy, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that Small Business Administration (SBA) improperly failed to perform adverse impact evaluation before accepting janitorial services requirement into section 8(a) program is denied where record supports SBA determination that requirement was new, and that adverse impact evaluation therefore was not required, because of significant increase in square footage under the requirement. DECISION Grace Industries, Inc. protests the decision by the Department of the Navy and the Small Business Administration (SBA) to include solicitation No. N62477-96-D-1044, for janitorial services at Quantico Marine Corps Base, in the SBA's section 8(a) set-aside program.1 We deny the protest. Grace was awarded a contract for janitorial services at Quantico in 1993; following a series of contract modifications, this contract ultimately covered a total of 203,868 square feet. In 1996, the agency decided to consolidate this requirement with additional requirements and to offer it to the SBA for inclusion in the section 8(a) program; the consolidated requirement covers 368,660 square feet. The SBA accepted the requirement for the section 8(a) program without performing an 1Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. § 637(a) (1994), authorizes the SBA to contract with government agencies and arrange for performance of those contracts by awarding subcontracts to small socially and economically disadvantaged businesses. 530118

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