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B-409711,B-409711.2 1 (2014-07-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqlg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Azimuth, Inc. File: B-409711; B-409711.2 Date: July 21, 2014 Lindsay Simmons, Esq., J. Eric Whytsell, Esq., Hopewell H. Darneille III, Esq., and Katherine A. Calogero, Esq., Jackson Kelly PLLC, for the protester. William K. Walker, Esq., Walker Reausaw, for Chenega Technical Innovations, LLC, the intervenor. Timothy L. Felker, Esq., William N. Lovelady, Esq., and Robert M. Sundberg, Esq., Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, and Alison M. Mueller, Esq., and John Klein, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of contracting agency's offer and Small Business Administration's (SBA) acceptance of requirement under SBA's section 8(a) program is denied where the record does not show bad faith on the part of government officials or that applicable regulations were violated. DECISION Azimuth, Inc., of Morgantown, West Virginia, protests the decision by the Corps of Engineers, Army Geospatial Center, and the Small Business Administration (SBA) to contract with Chenega Technical Innovations, LLC, of Dumfries, Virginia (an Alaska Native Corporation), under the SBA's section 8(a) Business Development Program, for ENFIRE systems (instrument set, reconnaissance and surveying systems). The protester argues that the Corps acted in bad faith and that the agencies violated applicable regulations in deciding to contract with Chenega under the 8(a) program. We deny the protest.

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