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B-421154,B-421154.2 Jan 17, 2023 1 (2023-01-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaoodv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. Matter of: PublicRelay File: B-421154; B-421154.2 Date: January 17, 2023 David S. Black, Esq., and Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester. Meagan K. Guerzon, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agency. Charmaine A. Stevenson, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency was required to enter into good faith negotiations for a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) phase III award on a sole-source basis is denied because such action is not required where the agency was not pursuing production of the technology developed by the SBIR awardee under its prior phase I or II awards, and did not otherwise seek to procure the technology. DECISION PublicRelay, a small business of Vienna, Virginia, protests the issuance of an order to Red Carrot, Inc., a small business of Miami, Florida, under solicitation No. 73351022Q0087, issued by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for a media database, monitoring and analytics, and news briefing services for SBA's Office of Communication and Public Liaison (OCPL). The protester contends that SBA incorrectly concluded that OCPL's requirement does not qualify for a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) phase III award, and should have engaged in good faith negotiations with PublicRelay to enter into a phase III contract. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The SBIR program was established under the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982, and is codified in section 98 of the Small Business Act. 15 U.S.C. § 638. The program is designed to increase the participation of small business concerns in federally funded research or research and development (R/R&D). See id. Pursuant to

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