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B-282942 1 (1999-07-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajkw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: h -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Nordic Sensor Technologies, hie. File: B-282942 Date: July 23, 1999 Kenneth S. Kramer, Esq., KSK Consulting, for the protester. Marion T. Cordova, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Procurement under simplified acquisition threshold for a laboratory electronic sensor instrument was properly set aside for exclusive small business participation where contracting officer reasonably determined that there was a reasonable expectation of obtaining offers from at least two responsible small business concerns at a competitive market price. DECISION Nordic Sensor Technologies, Inc. protests the specifications under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 021-4384-99, issued by the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service as a small business set-aside for the acquisition of a laboratory electronic sensor instrument known as an electronic nose. Nordic objects that the procurement should not be set aside for exclusive small business participation and asserts that the RFQ specifications are otherwise unduly restrictive. We deny the protest. The RFQ was issued on May 26, 1999, by publication in the Commerce Business Daily, with a June 11 due date for receipt of quotes. Designated as a small business set-aside with a standard industrial classification code (SIC) of 3826 and a small business size standard of 500 employees, the RFQ contained a number of performance specifications for a high performance electronic nose system. The government estimate for the procurement was $40,500. On June 8, Nordic filed this protest with our Office, objecting to the RFQ.

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