48 CFR § 19.814 - 19.814 Requesting a formal size determination (8(a) sole source requirements).
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title: "48 CFR § 19.814 - 19.814 Requesting a formal size determination (8(a) sole source requirements)."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "19.814"
section_name: "19.814 Requesting a formal size determination (8(a) sole source requirements)."
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chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS"
part_number: "19"
part_name: "SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS"
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authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 42240, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
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# 19.814 19.814 Requesting a formal size determination (8(a) sole source requirements).
(a) If the size status of an 8(a) participant nominated for award of an 8(a) sole source contract is called into question, a request for a formal size determination may be submitted to SBA pursuant to 13 CFR 121.1001(b)(2)(ii) by—
(1) The 8(a) participant nominated for award of the particular sole source contract;
(2) The contracting officer who has been delegated SBA's 8(a) contract execution functions, where applicable, or the SBA program official with authority to execute the 8(a) contract;
(3) The SBA District Director in the district office that services the 8(a) participant or the Associate Administrator for Business Development; or
(4) The SBA Inspector General.
(b) SBA's Government Contracting Area Director will issue a formal size determination within 15 business days, if possible, after SBA receives the request for a formal size determination.
(c) An appeal of an SBA size determination shall follow the procedures at 19.302.
[82 FR 4730, Jan. 13, 2017]