GAO Sustains Protest for Agency’s Violation of SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Regulations
By EsqSocial Corporation 11/05/21
In the recent matter of Innovate Now, LLC, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) sustained a protest on the grounds that the Agency’s solicitation required that both parties in a mentor-protégé joint venture (“MP-JV”) meet the same experience thresholds, despite Small Business Administration (“SBA”) regulations to the contrary. As background, the MP program allows a small…...
By: Vandeventer Black LLP