This section applies to reviews of a small business concern's SDB status as a prime contractor or subcontractor.
- (a) SBA may initiate the review of SDB status on any firm that has represented itself to be an SDB on a prime contract or subcontract to a Federal prime contract whenever it receives credible information calling into question the SDB status of the firm.
- (b) Requests for an SBA review of SDB status may be forwarded to the Small Business Administration, Associate Administrator for Business Development (AA/BD), 409 Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416.
- (c) An SBA review of a subcontractor's SDB status differs from a formal protest. Protests of a concern's size as a prime contractor are processed under 19.302. Protests of a concern's size as a subcontractor are processed under 19.703(b).
[79 FR 61750, Oct. 14, 2014, as amended at 81 FR 45843, July 14, 2016; 88 FR 53752, Aug. 8, 2023; 89 FR 30254, Apr. 22, 2024]