8(a) Exemption to Affiliation Not Applicable Where Joint Venture Partners Have Shared Business Relations and Familial Identity of Interest; SBA No. SIZ-5824, Size Appeal of Veterans Construction Coalition LLC re: Megen-AWA 2 LLC

Appeal of a size determination is granted, and the matter is remanded to the Area Office for further review, where the area office misinterpreted SBA regulations regarding the exemption to affiliation for 8(a) joint venture partners, and failed to consider whether the joint venture partners were affiliated by business relations and a shared familial identity of interest.