The GAO has confirmed that procuring agencies may require contractors to re-certify their “small” sizes in connection with task order competitions under a small business multiple-award contract. The GAO’s recent decision in The Ross Group Construction Corporation, B-405180.3 (Aug. 7, 2012) demonstrates that procuring agencies have broad discretion to request size re-certification–even for task order competitions for which re-certification was not initially requested.
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GAO: Agencies May Request Size Recertification on Long-Term IDIQs
Ordinarily, a business is “small” for purposes of a set-aside government contract if it falls below the applicable size standard (determined by NAICS code) on the date of its initial offer. The same policy holds true on long-term indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts: if a business is small for the initial IDIQ award, it is small for subsequent task orders—unless the procuring agency asks for recertification, and the contractor has grown in the interim.