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B-415641,B-415641.2,B-415642,B-415642.2 1 (2018-02-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadump0001 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-415641 ; B-415641.2; B-415642; B-415642.2 Date: February 6, 2018 Akenaten Bluehorse for the protester. Brian A. Quint, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's failure to solicit a quotation from the protester under an oral solicitation conducted under simplified acquisition procedures is unobjectionable where the contracting officer obtained adequate competition and the record shows that the agency was unaware of protester's interest in submitting a quotation. DECISION Bluehorse Corporation, an Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) of Reno, Nevada, protests the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) award of two contracts to NSP-BCH LLC, of Chandler, Arizona. The first contract, No. 140Al 1 18P0004 (P0004), was for approximately 7,500 gallons of clear diesel fuel for the San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP) located in Coolidge, Arizona, and the second contract, No. 140Al 1 18P0005 (P0005), was for approximately 5,000 gallons of clear diesel fuel for the SCIP located in Sacaton, Arizona. Bluehorse contends that the agency improperly denied the firm the opportunity to compete for the contracts. We deny the protests. BACKGROUND In October 2017, BIA determined that it had two requirements for clear diesel fuel. Given the low dollar value for these requirements (both were under $25,000), the BIA decided to procure the fuel using oral solicitations from ISBEEs under the simplified acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 13. In conducting market research to identify ISBEE sources for these two requirements, the contracting officer consulted the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Dynamic Small Business

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