Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/06/25/2014-14337/advisory-small-business-size-decisions
Timestamp: 2015-05-30 16:36:31
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 121', '§ 121', '§ 121', '§ 121', '§ 121', '§ 121', '§ 121', '§ 121', '§ 121', '§ 121', '§ 121', '§ 121', '§ 121', '§ 121', '§ 121']

Federal Register | Advisory Small Business Size Decisions
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Document Number: 2014-14337
Shorter URL: https://federalregister.gov/a/2014-14337 Related Topics
Advisory Small Business Size Decisions 3 actions from June 25th, 2014 to January 2015
All comments will be posted on www.regulations.gov. If you wish to submit confidential business information (CBI) as defined in the User Notice at www.regulations.gov, please submit the information to Dean R. Koppel, Assistant Director, Office of Policy and Research, Office of Government Contracting, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., 8th floor, Washington, DC 20416, or send an email to dean.koppel@sba.gov. Highlight the information that you consider to be CBI and explain why you believe SBA should hold this information as confidential. SBA will review the information and make the final determination whether it will make the information public.
Exemption From Penalties for Misrepresentation of Size Status Back to Top
Small Business Status Advisory Opinions Back to Top
Circumstances in Which SBA May Request a Formal Size Determination Back to Top
The third proposed change to the size rules pertains to the circumstances under which SBA officials may request formal size determinations. Current § 121.1001(b)(9) references the Central Contractor Registry, a procurement related federal government database that has been replaced by the System for Award Management. The proposed change clarifies the stated purpose of this provision and updates it to refer to the System for Award Management.
Compliance With Executive Orders 12866, 12988, 13175, and 13132, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612), and the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C., Ch. 35). Back to Top
2. What is SBA's description and estimate of the number of small entities to which the rule will apply? Because SBA's programs do not apply to small governmental jurisdictions or small organizations, only small businesses will be affected by this proposed rule. Additionally, the proposed rule will not apply to all small businesses generally, but only to those firms that represent themselves as being small for purposes of federal procurement opportunities.
2.Amend § 121.108 by revising the section heading and adding paragraph (e)(4) to read as follows: § 121.108 What are the penalties for misrepresentation of size status?
(4) Limitation of Liability. An individual or business concern will not be subject to the penalties imposed under 15 U.S.C. 645(a) where it acted in good faith reliance on a small business status advisory opinion accepted by SBA under § 121.109.
§ 121.109 [Redesignated as § 121.110]
3.Redesignate § 121.109 as § 121.110. 4.Add new § 121.109 to read as follows: § 121.109 What is a small business status advisory opinion?
(4) Include, as an attachment, copies of the evidence provided by the covered concern to the SBDC or PTAC clearly documenting its annual receipts and/or number of employees as those terms are defined by §§ 121.104 and 121.106.
(5) Include, as an attachment, a written statement signed by at least one principal of the concern affirming that all the information provided to the SBDC or PTAC for the purpose of obtaining the small business status advisory opinion is, to the best of his/ her knowledge, true, accurate, and complete.
(d) Reliance. A concern that receives a small business status advisory opinion holding that it does not exceed the applicable size standard(s) may rely upon that determination for purposes of responding to federal procurement opportunities from the date it is issued unless and until that advisory opinion is rejected by SBA in accordance with paragraph (c) of this section or § 121.1009.
(e) Referral for Size Determination. Nothing in this section precludes SBA from requesting a formal size determination for a concern that is the subject of a small business status advisory opinion pursuant to § 121.1001(b)(9).
5.Amend § 121.1001 by revising paragraph (b)(9) to read as follows: § 121.1001 Who may initiate a size protest or request a formal size determination?