# Presentation: 323588

## NAICS Solicitation Classifications

**NAICS Solicitation Classifications**
**&**
**Size Protests**

## Briefing Overview

**Jon Haitsuka**
**Office of Size Standards**
**202-205-6618**
**SizeStandards@SBA.GOV**
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## What is A Small Business?

**Entity Organized for Profit**
**Place of Business in the U.S.**
**Contributes to the U.S. economy—Taxes, Employment**
**Meets the Size Standard **
**Procurement – NAICS code assigned**
**Other – Primary Industry**
**Independently Owned & Operated**

##  NAICS CODES

**North American Industry Classification System**
**Common System of U.S., Canada, & Mexico**
**Replaced Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system in 1997**
**U. S. Census Bureau’s responsibility**
**http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html**
**Classification System to ID industries**
**Groups Establishments Producing Similar Goods & Services**
**Developed to collect Economic Data**

##  What NAICS Code to Choose?

_***FAR 19.303***_
_***13 CFR 121.402(b)***_
**Contracting Officer’s Responsibility**
**Specified in Solicitation **
**Contracting Officer decision**
**FAR Clause 52.204 Reps & Certs**

##  What NAICS Code to Choose?

**Selects the NAICS code which best describes the **_**Principal Purpose**_** of the product or service being acquired.**
**Usually, Component/Service Representing the Greatest Value**
**Other Considerations**
**Labor Categories**

##  What NAICS Code to Choose?

**Example:**
**Engineering Services**
**$4.5 million**
**                     ****Vs**
**Computer  System  Design**
**$23.5 million**

##  What NAICS Code to Choose?

**JUSTIFY, JUSTIFY, JUSTIFY**
**Work Statement**
**Labor Categories**
**Scope of Work**

## NAICS CODE APPEALS

**	****FAR 19.303****13 CFR 121.1102 & 134.301**_[www.sba.gov/oha](http://www.sba.gov/oha)_
**Companies can file appeal within 10 days after issuance of the initial solicitation**
**Filed with SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals**
**Independent office within SBA**
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**SBA’s OHA decision is final**

## On-Line Representation & Certification Application (ORCA)

**FAR Clause 52.204-8**
**Small Business Self-Certifications in the ORCA Profile**
**Pulls certain data fields from CCR, including NAICS**
**Clause states ORCA Profile is current and includes the solicitation’s NAICS code**

## Size Protests and Size Determinations

- 13 C.F.R. § 121.1001:
- Who may initiate a size protest or request a formal size determination?
- Size Protest:
- 	1.	Unsuccessful Offeror
- 	2.	CO
- 	3.	SBA GC Area Office
- 	4.	Other Interested Parties
- 	5.	Other Govt. Officials
- Size Determination:
- 	1.	Applicant for assistance
- 	2.	SBA Official

## Size Protests and Size Determinations

- 13 C.F.R § 121.1002:
- 	Who makes a formal size determination?
- 		GC Area Office
- 13 C.F.R. § 121.1003:
- 	Where should a size protest be filed?
- 		Contracting Officer of Agency where 		procurement was awarded

## Size Protests and Size Determinations

- 13 C.F.R. § 121.1004:  What time limits apply to size protest?
- Non-negotiated procurement or sale – 5 working days from date of bid opening.
- Negotiated procurement – 5 working days from notice to protester or identity of prospective awardee.
- 3.  Long-term contracts – 5 working days from notice of award.
- --For CO and SBA – no time limit
- --Effect of Award
- --Untimely protest
- --Premature protest
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## Size Protests and Size Determinations

- 13 C.F.R. § 121.1005:   How must a protest be filed with the contracting officer?
- There is no particular format for filing a protest.  A protestor should identify the business and its operators and supplement information to support their claim
- 13 C.F.R. § 121.1006:   When will a size protest be referred to an SBA Government Contracting Area Office?
- There is no time table, but it should be done immediately and it should include all materials supporting the protest.

## Size Protests and Size Determinations

- 13 C.F.R § 121.1007:   Must a protest of size status relate to a particular procurement and be specific?
- --Yes, and it should have specific facts that relate to the size of the protest business.
- --Non-specific protests will be dismissed.
- 13. C.F.R. § 121.1008:  What occurs after SBA received a size protest or request for a size determination?
- Notify protested business and request information.  Protested business has 3 business days to submit information requested (SBA Form 355).

## Size Protests and Size Determinations

- 13 C.F.R. §121.1009: What are the procedures for making a size determination?
- 	a. Time – 10 working days
- 	b. Basis for determination
- 	c. Burden of persuasion
- 	d. Weight of evidence
- 	e. Formal size determination
- 	f. Notification of determination
- 	g. Results of a SBA size determination
- 13 C.F.R. § 121.1010:  How does a concern become recertified as a small business?
- After a business is determined to be other than small, it can request for recertification, but application and approval will have an effect on future procurement or programs, only.

## Size Protests and Size Determinations

- 13 C.F.R. § 121.1010:  How does a concern become recertified as a small business?
- After a business is determined to be other than small, it can request for recertification, but application and approval will have an effect on future procurement or programs, only.

## Size Standards Information

**http://www.sba.gov/size**
**     ****Guide to Size Standards       Size Regulations **
**     ****Table of Size Standards        NAICS Definitions **
**     ****Specific FAQs                         What's New **
**     ****Contacts – Size Specialists**
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**Office Phone:  (202) 205-6618**