13 CFR 121.405 : Business Credit And Assistance (Parts 1-100 To Parts 501-599) — (Parts 1-100 To Parts 501-599) — Small Business Administration (Parts 1-100 To Parts 148-199) — Small Business Size Regulations (§ 121.101 To § 121.1206) — Size Eligibility Provisions And Standards (§ 121.101 To § 121.1103) — Size Eligibility Requirements For Government Procurement (§ 121.401 To § 121.413) — May a business concern self-certify its small business size status?

(a) A concern must self-certify it is small under the size standard specified in the solicitation, or as clarified, completed or supplied by SBA pursuant to § 121.402(d).

(b) A contracting officer may accept a concern's self-certification as true for the particular procurement involved in the absence of a written protest by other offerors or other credible information which causes the contracting officer or SBA to question the size of the concern.

(c) Procedures for protesting the self-certification of an offeror are set forth in §§ 121.1001 through 121.1009.