13 CFR § 126.800 - Who may protest the status of a certified HUBZone small business concern?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s126.800"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "13 CFR § 126.800 - Who may protest the status of a certified HUBZone small business concern?"
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "126.800"
section_name: "Who may protest the status of a certified HUBZone small business concern?"
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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# 126.800 Who may protest the status of a certified HUBZone small business concern?
(a) For a HUBZone sole source procurement, SBA or the contracting officer may protest the intended awardee's status as a certified HUBZone small business concern.
(b) For HUBZone contracts other than sole source procurements, including multiple award contracts (*see* § 125.1 of this chapter), SBA, the contracting officer, or any other interested party may protest the apparent successful offeror's status as a certified HUBZone small business concern (or the HUBZone joint venture offeror's compliance with § 126.616).
(c) For other than HUBZone contracts, any offeror for that contract, the contracting officer or SBA may protest an apparent successful offeror's status as a certified HUBZone small business concern.
[89 FR 102504, Dec. 17, 2024]