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Small Business Joint Venture Appeals

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Mentor Protégé Joint Venture Size Determination – A Responsible Manager Must Retain Exclusive Responsibility

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The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Mentor-Protégé Program allows a large company to joint venture with a smaller firm without the two entities being treated as one for size purposes – so long as a joint venture...more

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Bid Protest Spotlight: Size, Supply Schedules, SINs

This month’s Law360 Bid Protest Roundup focuses on two Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) decisions and one Office of Hearings and Appeals (“OHA”) decision. From General Services Administration (“GSA”) Schedule holders...more

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OHA Confirms: SBA Must Consider Operating Agreements in Joint Venture Size Determinations

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A recent Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) decision in the Size Appeal of DecisionPoint-Agile Defense JV, LLC, SIZ-6336 (Feb. 12, 2025) highlights the critical role of a thorough SBA...more

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OHA Decision Reaffirms SBA’s Strict Adherence to Joint Venture Requirements

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In a recent decision, the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) affirmed a Small Business Administration (SBA) Area Office’s size determination and held that procedural deficiencies in a contractor’s Joint Venture Agreement...more

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Attention SBIR Applicants…Remember that Affiliation Rules Still Apply

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The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program has an interesting construction. With seemingly no competition to bring size protests and the successful completion of a previous grant before a second grant, the unusual...more

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OHA Clarifies Negative Control Restrictions – But Do The New SDVOSB Regulations Limit Its Impact?

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Between new regulations from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and decisions from the SBA's Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA), the limits of acceptable actions by small business owners set on maintaining their small...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

A Tale of Two Protests: Itemized SBA JV Agreements and Dependence on a Large Business Determination Not Upheld

Recently, two Small Business cases that came out that are notable. Both protests affect Small Business Administration interpretation and application of affiliation rules. The first protest defeated a joint venture agreement...more

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