Finding of Affiliation Erroneous Where Appellant is Not Controlled by Firm With Which it Has Subcontract Relationships; SBA No. SIZ-5818, Size Appeal of INV Technologies Inc.

Appeal of the area office’s determination that appellant is not small is granted, where the appellant was not affiliated with another firm because there was no evidence either had the ability to control the other, where subcontracts between the firms did not reach the 70 percent threshold for a finding of affiliation, and where the appellant’s owner was employed by the other firm, but was not a key employee with the power to exercise control over the company’s operations.