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B-310976 1 (2008-02-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavyt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Para Scientific Company File: B-310976 Date: February 25, 2008 Hiram Reinhart, Para Scientific Company, for the protester. Sherry K. Kaswell, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester's contention that a procurement must be set aside for small business concerns is dismissed where, during the course of the protest, the Small Business Administration concluded that the protester does not qualify as a small business under the applicable North American Industrial Classification System code; under these circumstances, the protester is not an interested party for the purposes of arguing that the procurement must be set aside. DECISION Para Scientific Company protests the decision of the Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, National Water Quality Laboratory (USGS), to issue request for quotations (RFQ) No. 08CRQQ0050, for various laboratory and water quality testing chemicals, on an unrestricted basis. Para Scientific, a small business, contends that the requirement should be set aside for small business concerns. We dismiss the protest. On November 21, 2007, USGS published a presolicitation notice on the Federal Business Opportunities website, in which it announced its intent to procure on an unrestricted basis various laboratory and water quality testing chemicals. The presolicitation notice stated that the list of chemicals would be included in the solicitation that would be available on or about December 3 on the designated website. The presolicitation notice further stated that no hard copy of the solicitation would be available.

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