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HUBZone Archive
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Security Management and Integration, B-407742, January 30, 2013
Posted on February 6, 2013 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Security Management and Integration, Inc. (SMI), based on the rejection of its proposal under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Department of... -
Tennier Industries, Inc., B-403943.2, June 29, 2012
Posted on July 18, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Decision Protestor: Tennier Industries, Inc. Agency: Defense Logistics Agency; Small Business Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that Department of Defense agency improperly permitted Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI) to participate in an Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small business set-aside... -
NSR Solutions, Inc., B-406337, B-406337.2, April 18, 2012
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsLink: GAO Decision Protestor: NSR Solutions, Inc. Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest objecting to exclusion of proposal from competitive range is denied where agency reasonably determined that proposal failed to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of, and sound... -
Explo Systems, Inc., B-404952; B-404952.2, July 8, 2011
Posted on August 17, 2011 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest sustained in part, denied in part. Keywords: HUBZone Price Preference General Counsel P.C. Highlight: In a procurement not set aside for HUBZone companies, that procuring agency shall give offers from HUBZone small business concerns a price... -
Rice Services, Inc., B-402966.2, September 16, 2010
Posted on September 30, 2010 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Defense Commissary Agency Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: HUBZone Program Priority General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Under the law in effect at the time, the SBA’s HUBZone program had priority over all other programs (including 8(a) program and SDVO Program) for purposes of deciding... -
DGR Associates, Inc., B-402494, May 14, 2010
Posted on May 27, 2010 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: HUBZone Priority General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Despite the Department of Justice’s recommendation to the contrary, GAO finds that the HUBZone Small Business Program has priority over all other SBA programs such as the... -
Mission Critical Solutions v. United States, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, No. 09-864-C, March 2, 2010
Posted on March 11, 2010 | No CommentsLink: U.S. Court of Federal Claims Opinion Agency: U.S. Army Disposition: Protest sustained. Keywords: HUBZone Set-Aside General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Court rules that the Contracting Officer must first decide whether an award can be made under the HUBZone program before making award of the contract... -
Family Entertainment Services, Inc., B-401693; B-401693.2, October 20, 2009
Posted on October 20, 2009 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Energy Disposition: Protest denied. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that solicitation for facilities support services should have been set aside for historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone) businesses is denied, where agency reasonably determined from market research, past procurement history, consultation... -
Small Business Administration–Reconsideration, B-401057.2, July 6, 2009
Posted on July 6, 2009 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Small Business Administration Disposition: Request denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: 1. Request for reconsideration from the Small Business Administration (SBA), arguing that our Office exceeded its statutory grant of authority to decide bid protests when we concluded in Mission Critical Solutions, B-401057,... -
Mission Critical Solutions, B-401057, May 4, 2009
Posted on May 4, 2009 | No CommentsLink: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest sustained. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is sustained where contracting agency did not consider whether two or more qualified Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small businesses could be expected to submit offers and whether award could...
