Newly-Organized Concern Rule Inapplicable When Awardee’s Principal Had No High-Level Role or Authority to Control Former Company; SBA No. SIZ-5970, Size Appeal of TelaForce LLC

Appeal of the area office’s negative size determination is sustained, where the area office misapplied the newly-organized concern rule when it concluded that the appellant’s president was a former executive for the large concern serving as the appellant’s mentor, when in fact the individual had only temporarily served as a consultant to the firm that had acquired his previous employer and in that role had no power to direct operations.