13 CFR § 126.600 - What are HUBZone contracts?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s126.600"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "13 CFR § 126.600 - What are HUBZone contracts?"
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "126.600"
section_name: "What are HUBZone contracts?"
chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "126"
part_name: "HUBZONE PROGRAM"
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(a), 632(j), 632(p), 644 and 657a."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 31908, June 11, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "126"
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# 126.600 What are HUBZone contracts?
HUBZone contracts are prime contracts awarded to a certified HUBZone small business concern (or a HUBZone joint venture that complies with the requirements of § 126.616), regardless of the place of performance, through any of the following procurement methods:
(a) Sole source awards awarded pursuant to § 126.612 to certified HUBZone small business concerns (or HUBZone joint ventures that comply with the requirements of § 126.616);
(b) Set-aside awards (including partial set-asides and set-aside multiple award contracts) based on competition restricted to certified HUBZone small business concerns;
(c) Awards through full and open competition after the HUBZone price evaluation preference is applied to an other than small business in favor of a certified HUBZone small business;
(d) Awards based on a reserve for certified HUBZone small business in an unrestricted solicitation;
(e) Orders awarded to certified HUBZone small business concerns under a multiple award contract that was set-aside for certified HUBZone small business concerns;
(f) Orders set-aside for certified HUBZone small business concerns under a multiple award contract that was awarded using full and open competitive procedures;
(g) Orders set-aside for certified HUBZone small business concerns under a multiple award contract that was awarded as a small business set-aside.
[89 FR 102502, Dec. 17, 2024]