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B-419577 May 12, 2021 1 (2021-05-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaolsa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Foxhole Technology, Inc. File: B-419577 Date: May 12, 2021 Stuart B. Nibley, Esq., Sarah Burgart, Esq., Melody Alemansour, Esq., Amy C. Hoang, Esq., and Erica Bakies, Esq., K&L Gates LLP, for the protester. Tracey L. Sasser, Esq., and Megan Nathan, Esq., Department of Education, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's decision to set aside procurement for historically underutilized business zone small business concerns under a procurement conducted pursuant to the Federal Supply Schedule procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 8.4 is denied where three quotations were received from HUBZone businesses that are capable of performing the work. DECISION Foxhole Technology, Inc. of Fairfax, Virginia, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern, protests the decision of the Department of Education to set aside for historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone) small business concerns, request for quotations (RFQ) No. 9199002100001 for highly adaptive cyber augmentation services. Foxhole argues that the agency's decision to set aside the procurement for HUBZone small business concerns was based on inadequate market research and was therefore not justified. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency used General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) procedures, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4, for this procurement, and issued the RFQ as a set-aside for HUBZone small business concerns. The RFQ was issued under Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Special Item Number (SIN) 54151, highly adaptive cybersecurity and order level materials. Agency

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