13 CFR § 121.110 - What must a concern do in order to be identified as a small business concern in any Federal procurement databases?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s121.110"
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title: "13 CFR § 121.110 - What must a concern do in order to be identified as a small business concern in any Federal procurement databases?"
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "121.110"
section_name: "What must a concern do in order to be identified as a small business concern in any Federal procurement databases?"
chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "121"
part_name: "SMALL BUSINESS SIZE REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 632, 634(b)(6), 636(a)(36), 662, and 694a(9)."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 121.110 What must a concern do in order to be identified as a small business concern in any Federal procurement databases?
(a) In order to be identified as a small business concern in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (or any successor thereto), a concern must certify its size in connection with specific size standards at least annually.
(b) If a firm identified as a small business concern in SAM fails to certify its size within one year of a size certification, the firm will not be listed as a small business concern in SAM, unless and until the firm recertifies its size.
[78 FR 38817, June 28, 2013. Redesignated at 80 FR 7536, Feb. 11, 2015]