13 CFR 121.405
§ 121.405 May a business concern self-certify its small business size status?
United States · 13 CFR — Business Credit and Assistance · Status: effective
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- 13 CFR 121.405, § 121.405 May a business concern self-certify its small business size status?, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/52353
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(a) A concern must self-certify it is small under the size standard specified in the solicitation, or as clarified, completed or supplied by SBA pursuant to § 121.402(d).
(b) A contracting officer may accept a concern's self-certification as true for the particular procurement involved in the absence of a written protest by other offerors or other credible information which causes the contracting officer or SBA to question the size of the concern.
(c) Procedures for protesting the self-certification of an offeror are set forth in §§ 121.1001 through 121.1009.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.