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B-311244 1 (2008-02-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavzn0001 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: IBV, Ltd. File: B-311244 Date: February 21, 2008 H. Wendell Gardner for the protester. Maj. John G. Terra, and Col. Neil S. Whiteman, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Decision to set aside procurement for small business participation instead of service- disabled veteran-owned small business concerns (SDVOSBC) was unobjectionable where, prior to making decision, contracting officer concluded that agency would not receive fair market price in offers from SDVOSBCs and conclusion was confirmed when all SDVOSBC proposals received, including protester's, significantly exceeded agency's estimate and prices proposed by non-SDVOSBCs. DECISION IBV, Ltd. protests the Department of the Air Force's decision to issue request for proposals (RFP) No. FA4416-08-R-0003, for collection and removal of solid waste, as a total small business set-aside. IBV, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern (SDVOSBC), asserts that the agency should have set aside the procurement for SDVOSBCs or awarded the firm a contract on a sole-source basis. We deny the protest. The RFP contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for non-hazardous waste refuse collection, transportation, and disposal services at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, and related sites, for a period of 8 months, with 4 option years. The incumbent contractor is a small business and the contracting officer, with the concurrence of the agency's small business specialist, determined to set the RFP aside for small business concerns. In order to enhance competition, the contracting officer decided not to further restrict the procurement to SDVOSBCs. Based on her knowledge of the market, the contracting officer was concerned that SDVOSBCs

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