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 2007-01-29 monographic deposited born digital 7 p. GA 1.13:B-299054 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-299054 P0b002ee18fd447f0 f:299054 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-299054 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-299054 B-299054 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protester's contention that solicitation's cascading set-aside clause violates certain set-aside provisions in the Federal Acquisition Regulation is untimely when first raised after award; the alleged solicitation impropriety was clear from the face of the solicitation, and the protester was required, under our Bid Protest Regulations, to raise this issue prior to the time set for the submission of offers.<p/> 2. Contention by protester, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), that, under terms of the solicitation's cascading set-aside clause, agency should have made award in the SDVOSB tier is denied where agency reasonably decided that the condition for making award at that tier--receipt of adequate competition among SDVOSB firms--had not been met given that four of the five proposals submitted by SDVOSBs were found unacceptable for taking exception to the solicitation's limitations on subcontracting clause. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-299054/html/GAOREPORTS-B-299054.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-299054/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-299054.pdf GAO/B-299054 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-299054 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-299054; B-299054, Continental Staffing, Inc., January 29, 2007;