These days, government contractors are pursuing federal work
through joint ventures with increasing frequency. Among the reasons
for this are that joint ventures allow contractors to combine
resources and share risk. Not surprisingly, many joint ventures,
upon formation, focus primarily on the details of proposal
preparation and (hopefully) eventual contract performance. One
important consideration that often is not given much beforehand
attention is how, specifically, the JV will decide whether or not
to file a bid protest in the event that it does not win a given
contract. Neglecting this important consideration could result in a
situation where one JV partner wants to pursue a protest, but the
other JV partner does not, and the two partners are unable to
resolve their disagreement within the short window of time before a
protest must be filed. The Government Accountability Office's recent
decision in InSpace 21 LLC--Recon., B-410852.4, brings to light
this very real
