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B-422187,B-422187.2,B-422187.3 Feb 01, 2024 1 (2024-02-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaopvj0001 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 redacted version has been approved for public release Matter of: Anika Systems, Inc. File: B-422187; B-422187.2; B-422187.3 Date: February 1, 2024 Dominique L. Casimir, Esq., and Shane M. Hannon, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for the protester. Peter B. Ford, Esq., Katherine B. Burrows, Esq., Eric A. Valle, Esq., and Dozier L. Gardner, Jr., Esq., Piliero Mazza, PLLC, for Peregrine Advisors Benefit, Inc., the intervenor. Jeffrey C. Walker, Esq., and Michael K. Greene, Esq., Securities and Exchange Commission, and Mark R. Hagedorn, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency unreasonably divided its requirement to make a sole-source award for an interim or bridge contract in violation of 13 C.F.R. § 124.506(a)(5) is denied because the regulation does not apply to the award of bridge contracts. 2. Protest that the Small Business Administration unreasonably accepted a requirement into the 8(a) program without conducting an equitable distribution analysis under 13 C.F.R. § 124.503(g)(1)(iii) is denied where the record shows that the agency followed its regulations. DECISION Anika Systems, Inc., of Leesburg, Virginia, protests the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) decision to award a contract to Peregrine Advisors Benefit, Inc., of Potomac, Maryland, on a sole-source basis through the Small Business Administration's (SBA) 8(a) Business Development (BD) Program. Anika argues that the SEC unreasonably awarded the contract without competition, and that the SBA improperly accepted the contract. We deny the protest.

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