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B-276405 1 (1997-06-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafyg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Security Consultants Group, Inc. File: B-276405; B-276405.2 Date: June 9, 1997 James H. Roberts III, Esq., Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, for the protester. Hector Gonzalez Sanchez, for H.G. Security System, Inc., an intervenor. Scarlett D. Grose, Esq., General Services Administration, and David R. Kohler, Esq., and Timothy C. Treanor, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies. Linda S. Lebowitz, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In offering a requirement to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for acceptance into its 8(a) program, the contracting agency prejudicially failed to comply with the regulatory requirement to provide SBA with complete and accurate information regarding the proposed offering by not identifying the protester as an 8(a) concern which had expressed an interest in being considered for the ac quisitio n. DECISION Security Consultants Group, Inc. (SCG) protests the failure of the General Services Administration (GSA) to advise the Small Business Administration (SBA) of its interest in being considered for the award of a subcontract by SBA under its 8(a) program for the performance of site assessments and the installation of security systems for various GSA controlled buildings and/or facilities within Metropolitan New York City and the states of New Jersey and New York. SCG argues that it was prejudiced by GSA's failure to comply with the applicable regulation governing the offering of the requirement to SBA. We sustain the protests. GSA's requirement was for an indefinite quantity contract with a minimum ordering limitation of $300,000 and a maximum ordering limitation of $3,000,000. GSA's contracting officer's offering letter to SBA stated the following: To confirm our previous conversations, the above requirement has been identified by our agency as suitable for procurement under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act. This is an indefinite quantity contract with an estimated minimum of $300,000 and an estimated

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