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B-284622.2 1 (2000-05-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalax0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: The Writing Company File: B-284622.2 Date: May 19, 2000 Jerroll M. Sanders for the protester. Donald M. Suica, Esq., and Edward N. Ramras, Esq., Department of the Treasury, for the agency. Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency decision not to place procurement under 8(a) program or to set procurement aside for exclusive small business participation is unobjectionable where decision was concurred with by Small Business Administration, and there is no showing of bad faith on the part of government officials or that regulations may have been violated. DECISION The Writing Company protests certain terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. TIRNO-00-Q-00083, issued under simplified acquisition procedures by the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the redesign and rewriting of certain taxpayer notices. The Writing Company protests that the RFQ was improperly issued on an unrestricted basis, instead of being issued as a section 8(a) set-aside' or as a small business set-aside. We deny the protest. On March 3, 1998, the IRS awarded a time-and-materials contract (No. TIRNO-98-W- 00001) for the rewriting and redesign of certain IRS taxpayer notices to the Small 'Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. § 637(a) (1994), authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to enter into contracts with government agencies and to arrange for the performance of such contracts by letting subcontracts to socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns.

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