Agency Not Required to Make Responsibility Determination During Market Research; GAO B-414365, Walker Development & Trading Group Inc.

Protest challenging the agency’s decision to set aside the procurement for service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns is denied, where the agency’s market research identified two firms capable of meeting the requirement, where the agency was not required to consider whether the firms would comply with the nonmanufacturer rule because the Small Business Administration had issued a class waiver to the applicable NAICS code, and where the agency was not required to make a responsibility determination as part of its market research.