Protégé Firm Allowed to Rely on Mentor’s Resources for Contract Performance; SBA No. SIZ-5888, Size Appeal of Hendall Inc.

Appeal of the agency’s size determination finding the awardee was an eligible small business is denied, where the joint venture partners had an approved mentor-protégé agreement and could therefore qualify under the protégé’s size status, and where the protester’s allegations of affiliation generally amounted to speculation.