Invalid Mentor-Protégé Agreement Precludes Joint Venture from Qualifying as Small Business; COFC No. 15-1217C, Straughan Environmental Inc. v. United States

Protest of a contract awarded as a total small business set aside is sustained where the awardee, a joint venture between a large and small business, could not qualify as a small business under the SBA’s mentor-protégé rule due to an expired mentor-protégé agreement.