Agencies Not Required to Seek Waiver of Nonmanufacturer Rule; GAO B-414640, AeroSage LLC

Protest challenging the agency’s decision not to seek a waiver of the small business nonmanufacturing rule for a procurement of fuel is denied where there is no statutory or regulatory requirement for the agency to do so; and protest challenging the adequacy of the agency’s market research regarding a partial set-aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses is dismissed where the protester is not an interested party to challenge the solicitation, because it failed to demonstrate that it would comply with the nonmanufacturer rule and therefore would not be eligible for award.