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B-290541 1 (2002-08-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaofw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity* Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: CMS Information Services, Inc. File: B-290541 Date: August 7, 2002 Richard L. Moorhouse, Esq., and James L. D'Agostino, Esq., Reed Smith, for the protester. Raymond M. Saunders, Esq., Department of the Army, and Jean H. Lewis, Esq., Missile Defense Agency, for the agency. John W. Klein, Esq., and Kenneth Dodds, Esq., for the Small Business Administration. Thedlus L. Thompson, Esq., for the General Services Administration. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Where a competitive request for quotations issued under the Federal Supply Schedule limits competition to small business vendors, procuring agency properly may require firms to certify as to their small business size status as of the time they submit their quotations. DECISION CMS Information Services, Inc. protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. HQ0006-02-Q-0012, issued by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to acquire automated information systems support services. CMS asserts that the RFQ improperly requires vendors to certify their small business status as of the time they submit their quotations. We deny the protest. The RFQ contemplates the award of a task order under the successful vendor's preexisting Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract, and specifically states that MDA is conducting a streamlined competitive procurement among small business

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