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 1997-06-27 monographic deposited born digital 6 p. GA 1.13:B-276535 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-276535 P0b002ee18fd44b38 f:276535 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-276535 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-276535 B-276535 Comptroller General Decision

Protest that contracting agency's offering of requirement to Small Business Administration for acceptance into 8(a) program on sole source basis was improper because agency failed to identify protester as interested firm is denied where contracting agency took reasonable steps to identify and solicit 8(a) vendors with appropriate expertise and was not made aware of protester's alleged interest in the procurement, and nothing in the record suggests that protester took any affirmative steps to make its interest known to agency. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-276535/html/GAOREPORTS-B-276535.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-276535/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-276535.pdf GAO/B-276535 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-276535 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-276535; T3 Corporation, B-276535, June 27, 1997; Title 15 Section 637(a) 15 U.S.C. 637(a)