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B-299368 1 (2007-04-10)

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A         G    A    O                                                 Comptroller General
.       Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                       of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548



          Decision


          Matter of: International Filter Manufacturing, Inc.

          File:        B-299368

          Date:        April 10, 2007

          William Blakely, Esq., and Lauren P. DeSantis-Then, Esq., Polsinelli Shalton Welte
          Suelthaus PC, for the protester.
          Michael Walters, Esq., and Matthew Geary, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, and
          John W. Klein, Esq., and Kenneth Dodds, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the
          agencies.
          Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
          Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest that agency should have issued a solicitation for part kits as a set-aside for
          historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone) small business concerns is
          denied, where the agency's market research did not reveal that the agency could
          reasonably anticipate receiving offers from two or more HUBZone small businesses.
          DECISION

          International Filter Manufacturing Corp. (IFM) protests the decision of the Defense
          Logistics Agency (DLA), Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC) to issue request
          for proposals (RFP) No. SPM7M3-07-R-0008 for part kits on an unrestricted basis
          rather than as a historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone) set-aside.

          We deny the protest.

          IFM is a small disadvantaged, woman-owned, minority-owned, HUBZone business
          concern that manufactures filters and assembles part kits. In the past, IFM has
          provided fluid pressure filter part kits to the agency that included its manufactured
          filters under a HUBZone set-aside contract. The contract was set aside for HUBZone
          contractors because the filter, which constituted a large portion of the kit, was
          manufactured by HUBZone small business concerns, including IFM.

          The RFP, issued in December 2006, sought 5,950 fluid pressure filter part kits,
          National Stock Number (NSN) 4330-01-495-6900, with an option for an additional

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