Avoiding Negative Control in SBA MPP Joint Ventures

The Small Business Administration (SBA) Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP) allows small businesses to pair with large contractors to form joint venture (JV) entities that can pursue any small business set-aside contract for which the protégé firm individually qualifies as small. The program is designed to be mutually beneficial for participating firms, allowing the protégé to take advantage of the mentor firm’s business development assistance while simultaneously enabling the mentor firm to perform on certain contracts it would …