Use of Incumbent as Subcontractor, With its Workforce, Did Not Implicate Ostensible Subcontractor Rule; SBA No. SIZ-6008, Size Appeal of Inquiries Inc.

Appeal of the SBA area office’s denial of a protest challenging the awardee’s size is denied, where the small business in question in not affiliated with its large subcontractor and the subcontracting arrangement does not run afoul of the ostensible subcontractor rule.