United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1996-10-18 monographic deposited born digital 3 p. GA 1.13:B-274315.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-274315-2 P0b002ee18fd47c7c f:2743152 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-274315-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-274315-2 B-274315.2 Comptroller General Decision

Contracting agency terminated delivery order issued under a small disadvantaged business's section 8(a) contract 3 weeks after another section 8(a) firm protested that the order was outside the contract's scope and denied the protester the chance to compete for the work. Protester is not entitled to protest costs notwithstanding its section 8(a) status since the General Accounting Office's concern with respect to entitlement claims is whether the contracting agency reacted quickly in response to a protest filing to review its actions and correct an impropriety, and in this case corrective action was taken promptly, early in the protest process. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-274315-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-274315-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-274315-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-274315-2.pdf GAO/B-274315.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-274315-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-274315.2; El Paso Analytics, Inc.--Entitlement to Costs; Title 15 Section 637(a) 15 U.S.C. 637(a)