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B-414578 1 (2017-07-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtpu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Bluehorse Corporation File: B-414578 Date: July 20, 2017 Akenaten Bluehorse, for the protester. Brian A. Quint, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's decision not to set aside procurement for Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises (ISBEEs) is denied where agency's market research demonstrated that agency was not likely to receive quotations from at least two ISBEEs. DECISION Bluehorse Corporation, of Reno, Nevada, an Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE), protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. Al 7PS00477, issued by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for multi-shot capable electronic control devices.' Bluehorse contends that the agency should have set the solicitation aside for ISBEEs and that the agency's requirement for Taser or equal electronic control devices is restrictive of competition. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On March 23, 2017, the agency issued a sources sought notice seeking qualified Indian Economic Enterprise (lEE) or ISBEE contractors to provide brand name or equal products meeting the minimum characteristics described therein. The notice sought brand name Taser model X2 electronic control devices or equal (as well as components 1 According to the agency these devices are also referred to as conducted energy weapons or conducted energy devices. Memorandum of Law (MOL) at 1 n. 1.

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