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B-279924 1 (1998-08-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahue0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Information Ventures, Inc. File: B-279924 Date: August 7, 1998 Bruce H. Kleinstein for the protester. Thomas A. Darner, Esq., and Maria Kavouras, Esq., Environmental Protection Agency, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that request for proposals should have been set aside for exclusive small business participation is denied where the solicitation requirements called for particular technical expertise, the contracting officer conducted a market survey from which she reasonably concluded that the agency could not expect to receive proposals from two small business offerors capable of performing the solicitation requirements, and the representative of the agency's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization concurred with the decision not to set aside the pro curement. DECISION Information Ventures, Inc. (M) protests the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to issue request for proposals (RFP) No. PR-CI-98-10345, for safe drinking water hotline services on an unrestricted basis. M contends that the procurement should be set aside for exclusive small business participation. We deny the protest. The solicitation was issued on an unrestricted basis on April 2, 1998 seeking proposals to provide continued operation of a hotline to support various programs authorized by the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f to 300j-26 (1994). Among other things, the solicitation contemplates the performance of research and information retrieval responding to an estimated 4,000 to 6,000 inquiries per month. Section I of the solicitation statement of work (SOW) notes that the technical difficulty of the responses will vary widely and requires that the contractor shall ensure that all responses are based on up-to-date and appropriate EPA-approved material.

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