Protester Committed to Small Business Subcontracting, but Not to Subcategory Goals; GAO B-414307, Pond Constructors Inc.

Protest challenging the evaluation under the small business participation subfactor is denied, where the protester committed to awarding a certain percentage of the contract work to small businesses but failed to commit to meeting any of the agency’s small business subcategory goals; and protest alleging the agency failed to conduct a cost realism analysis is dismissed, where the agency contemplated awarding a fixed-price contract and was not required to conduct such an analysis.