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B-420217,B-420217.2 Dec 22, 2021 1 (2021-12-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaomog0001 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 Decision Matter of: Monbo Group International File: B-420217; B-420217.2 Date: December 22, 2021 Dee Monbo, CPA, Monbo Group International, for the protester. Blythe I. Rodgers, Esq., Justin D. Haselden, Esq., Julie K. Cannatti, Esq., Department of Housing and Urban Development, for the agency. Emily R. O'Hara, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency improperly exercised an option under a vendor's contract, when the vendor had graduated from the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program, is denied where the agency reasonably determined that exercising the option was the most advantageous means of satisfying the agency's needs. DECISION Monbo Group International, a small business of Owings Mills, Maryland, protests the exercise of an option to extend services under contract no. DU100R-17-C-14, awarded to Hamilton Enterprises, LLC, of Washington, D.C., by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for mortgage insurance claims processing services. The protester contends that the agency violated procurement regulations in exercising the option on a contract with a firm that had graduated from the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program.1 We deny the protest. 1 Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. § 637(a), authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to enter into contracts with government agencies and to arrange for performance through subcontracts with socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.800. This program is commonly referred to as the 8(a) Business Development program (or simply 8(a) program).

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