13 CFR § 121.410 - What are the size standards for SBA's Section 8(d) Subcontracting Program?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s121.410"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "13 CFR § 121.410 - What are the size standards for SBA's Section 8(d) Subcontracting Program?"
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "121.410"
section_name: "What are the size standards for SBA's Section 8(d) Subcontracting Program?"
chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "121"
part_name: "SMALL BUSINESS SIZE REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "121"
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# 121.410 What are the size standards for SBA's Section 8(d) Subcontracting Program?
For subcontracting purposes pursuant to sections 8(d) of the Small Business Act, a concern is small for subcontracts which relate to Government procurements if it does not exceed the size standard for the NAICS code that the prime contractor believes best describes the product or service being acquired by the subcontract. However, subcontracts for engineering services awarded under the National Energy Policy Act of 1992 have the same size standard as Military and Aerospace Equipment and Military Weapons under NAICS code 541330.
[61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 65 FR 30863, May 15, 2000; 69 FR 29205, May 21, 2004; 74 FR 46313, Sept. 9, 2009]