What happens when an SBA area office finds a joint venture compliant with SBA rules in a size protest, but SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals says the same agreement fails to meet requirements in a status protest? Let’s find out.
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SDVOSB Joint Ventures: JV Agreement Must Name Program Manager
In Romeo and Juliet, the heroine famously muses “What’s in a name?” Juliet’s point, as your junior high English teacher probably emphasized, is that the young lovers’ family names should not define them. If Juliet had her way, names would be meaningless.
Tell that to the SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals. (How’s that for a segue?) SBA OHA has held that when it comes to service-disabled veteran-owned small business joint ventures, the parties must include the specific name of the SDVOSB employee who will serve as the project manager. Without a name, the SDVOSB joint venture is invalid.