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B-190905 1 (1978-07-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjaj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: t4Pq7r r 4 A- - \. WrlE COMPTROLLSR WMENERAL OECISiON .( .1a. OF THE UNITE,!C STATEB V 'd AS H IN C3 TO N (3. C 2 0 5B FILE: 1-190q05 DATE: JulY 11, 1978 MATTER OF: J.u. Rutter Rex Manufacturing Co., Inc. DIGEST: 1. Since Small Business Act provides that fair proportion of total contracts awarded by Government should be placed with small business concerns, fact that small business concerns :tay receive a significant pro- portion of Government contracts for a particular category of items does nnt necessarily mean that they are receiving more than a fair proportion of the total contracts. 2. Agency's use of small business award goals as a management tool is not objectionable since its small business set-asides are made in accordance with applicable law and regulations and not in order to meet established quotas. 3. GAO Bid Protest Procedures request agency to file report on protest as expeditiously as possible, generally within 25 working days, but late receipt uf agency report does not provide basis to disregard substantive information therein or to sustain protest by default. J.H. Rutter Rex Manufacturing Co., Inc. (Rutter Rex), a large business firm, protests invitation for bids (IFB) No. DLA00-78-B-0189, a total small business set-aside, issued by the Defense Personnel Support Center, Defense Logistics Agency ;DLA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rutter Rex contends tht DLA's decision to restrict the procurement was improperly based on the determination, to comply with quotas wbich were established for awards to small business firms. i,_

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