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Familial relationship affiliation: SBA treats spouses as ‘one party’

June 5, 2017 By cs

The author of this article, Steve Koprince, is also author of the book entitled “The Small-Business Guide to Government Contracts.”

One common way that contractors attempt to avoid affiliation is by limiting a particular individual to a minority ownership interest (often 49%).

But as a recent SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals case demonstrates, when a company’s owners are spouses (or other close family members), the SBA may disregard the legal ownership split, and treat the family members as one person for purposes of the affiliation rules.

OHA’s decision in Size Appeal of Gregory Landscape Services, Inc., SBA No. SIZ-5817 (2017) involved an Army solicitation seeking grounds maintenance at Fort Rucker, Alabama.  The solicitation was issued as a WOSB set-aside under NAICS code 561730 (Landscaping Services), with a corresponding $7.5 million size standard.

After opening bids, the Air Force announced that Gregory Landscaping Services, Inc. was the apparent awardee.  An unsuccessful competitor then filed a size protest.  Although the size protest was untimely, the SBA saw potential merit to the protester’s allegations.  The SBA adopted the size protest and initiated a size determination.

Keep reading this article at: http://smallgovcon.com/sbaohadecisions/familial-relationship-affiliation-sba-treats-spouses-as-one-party/

Filed Under: Contracting Tips Tagged With: affiliation, award protest, certification, OHA, SBA, size determination, size standards, small business, wosb

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