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B-298931 1 (2006-12-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptasso0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: ViroMed Laboratories File: B-298931 Date: December 20, 2006 Thomas A. Schmutz, Esq., and Jennifer A. Bowen, Esq., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, for the protester. Maj. ChristinaLynn E. McCoy, Department of the Army, and Laura Mann Eyester, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency failed to conduct adequate market research to determine appropriateness of small business set-aside by failing to verify the representations of small business offerors regarding their capabilities is denied; in the absence of evidence that small business sources had misrepresented their capabilities, it was reasonable for the contracting officer to rely upon these representations in making set-aside determination. DECISION ViroMed Laboratories protests the decision by the Department of the Army to set aside for small business competition request for proposals (RFP) No. W81K04-06-R- 0014, for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) testing and reporting services. The protester contends that the contracting officer failed to make reasonable efforts to determine whether fair market price offers from two or more responsible small business concerns would be received. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, which was issued on August 29, 2006, contemplated the award of a fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The contract was to cover a 1-year base, and four 1-year option, periods.

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