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U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548 of the United States
DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decisionl a GAO Protective Order. The entire decision has been
approved for public release.
Matter of: Mission SOLAIYA JV, LLC
File: B-421775.11
Date: November 7, 2024
Scott Arnold, Esq., Dominique Casimir, Esq., and Samarth Barot, Esq., Blank Rome
LLP, for the protester.
Christopher Murphy, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency.
Michelle Litteken, Esq., April Y. Shields, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the
General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging exclusion of the protester's proposals from consideration for award
is denied where the agency's evaluation of the proposals was reasonable and
consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION
Mission SOLAIYA JV, LLC (MSJV), a mentor-prot6g6 joint venture' of Boca Raton,
Florida, protests the General Services Administration's (GSA) exclusion of MSJV's
proposals from consideration for award under request for proposals
(RFP) No. 47QRCA23R0001. GSA issued the RFP for the award of multiple indefinite-
delivery, indefinite-quantity governmentwide acquisition contracts for a variety of
services-based solutions, known as One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services
1 MSJV is a mentor-prot6g6 joint venture comprised of Mission 1st Group, Inc., as the
mentor member, and SOLAIYA LLLP as the prot6g6 member. Protest at 2. The Small
Business Administration's (SBA) small business mentor-prot6g6 program allows small
or large business firms to serve as mentors to small business prot6g6 firms to provide
business development assistance to the prot6g6 firms and to improve the prot6g6
firms' ability to successfully compete for federal contracts. 13 C.F.R. § 125.9(a), (b);
see 15 U.S.C. § 644(q)(1)(C). One benefit of the mentor-prot6g6 program is that a
prot6g6 and mentor may form a joint venture. 13 C.F.R. § 125.9(d). If SBA approves a
mentor-prot6g6 joint venture, the mentor-prot6g6 joint venture is permitted to compete
as a small business for any government prime contract or subcontract or sale, provided
the prot6g6 qualifies as small for the procurement[.] Id. § 125.9(d)(1).](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaorbb0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)