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Title 13Business Credit and AssistancePart / Section
Chapter ISmall Business Administration1 – 199
Part 121Small Business Size Regulations121.101 – 121.1206
Subpart ASize Eligibility Provisions and Standards121.101 – 121.1103
Provisions of General Applicability121.101 – 121.110
Size Standards Used To Define Small Business Concerns121.201
§ 121.201What size standards has SBA identified by North American Industry Classification System codes?
Size Eligibility Requirements For SBA Financial Assistance121.301 – 121.305
Size Eligibility Requirements for Government Procurement121.401 – 121.412
Size Eligibility Requirements for Sales or Lease of Government Property121.501 – 121.512
Size Eligibility Requirements for the 8(a) Business Development Program121.601 – 121.604
§ 121.601What is a small business for purposes of admission to SBA's 8(a) Business Development program?
§ 121.602At what point in time must a 8(a) BD applicant be small?
§ 121.603How does SBA determine whether a Participant is small for a particular 8(a) BD subcontract?
§ 121.604Are 8(a) BD Participants considered small for purposes of other SBA assistance?
Size and Eligibility Requirements for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs121.701 – 121.705
Size Eligibility Requirements for Paying Reduced Patent Fees121.801 – 121.805
Size Eligibility Requirements for Compliance With Programs of Other Agencies121.901 – 121.904
§ 121.901Can other Government agencies obtain SBA size determinations?
§ 121.902What size standards are applicable to programs of other agencies?
§ 121.903How may an agency use size standards for its programs that are different than those established by SBA?
§ 121.904When does SBA determine the size status of a business concern?
Procedures for Size Protests and Requests for Formal Size Determinations121.1001 – 121.1010
Appeals of Size Determinations and NAICS Code Designations121.1101 – 121.1103
§ 121.1101Are formal size determinations subject to appeal?
§ 121.1102Are NAICS code designations subject to appeal?
§ 121.1103What are the procedures for appealing a NAICS code or size standard designation?