Decision Released: GSA OASIS+ IDIQ protest denial

File B-421775.5

Digest

Protest challenging the exclusion of the protester’s proposal from consideration for award under a solicitation that was set aside for small businesses is denied where the protester had recertified as other than small in accordance with federal regulations.

Discussion

The protester challenges the agency’s removal of its proposal from consideration for award. Jefferson argues that GSA exceeded its authority by declaring Jefferson other than small and challenges the agency’s application of 13 C.F.R. § 121.404(g)(2)(iii). Protest at 7-11. The protester asserts that its previous small business size status should control, contends that “recertification did not affect Jefferson’s initial size status certification,” and argues that GSA’s reliance on Jefferson’s recertification as other than small constitutes an inappropriate size status determination …

Decision

Jefferson Consulting Group, LLC, a small business of Washington, District of Columbia, protests the General Services Administration’s (GSA) exclusion of Jefferson’s proposal from consideration for award under request for proposals (RFP) No. 47QRCA23R0001. GSA issued the RFP for the award of multiple indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity governmentwide acquisition contracts for a variety of services-based solutions, known as One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Plus (OASIS+). Jefferson contends that the agency’s decision to remove its proposal from consideration for award is improper because GSA lacks the authority to decide that Jefferson is not a small business.

We deny the protest.

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