How does an interested party file a HUBZone status protest?

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 13

(a) (2) The protest procedures described in this part are separate from those governing size protests and appeals. All protests relating to whether a certified HUBZone small business concern is other than small for purposes of any Federal program are subject to part 121 of this chapter and must be filed in accordance with that part. If a protester protests both the size of the HUBZone small business concern and whether the concern meets the HUBZone eligibility requirements set forth in § 126.200, SBA will process the protests concurrently, under the procedures set forth in part 121 of this chapter and this part. (3) SBA does not review issues concerning the administration of a HUBZone contract. (b) (i) The protested concern did not meet the HUBZone eligibility requirements set forth in § 126.200; (ii) The protested joint venture does not meet the requirements set forth in § 126.616; (iii) The protested concern, as a HUBZone prime contractor, is unduly reliant on one or more small subcontractors that are not HUBZone-certified, or subcontractors that are not HUBZone-certified will perform the primary and vital requirements of the contract; and/or (iv) The protested concern, on the anniversary date of its initial HUBZone certification, failed to attempt to maintain compliance with the 35% HUBZone residency requirement during the performance of a HUBZone contract. (2) Specificity requires more than conclusions of ineligibility. A protest merely asserting that the protested (3) Fo

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 13:§ 126.801