13 C.F.R. PART 124--8(a) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS STATUS DETERMINATIONS
TITLE 13--Business Credit and Assistance
CHAPTER I--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
PART 124--8(a) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS STATUS DETERMINATIONS
Subpart A--8(A) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
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| What is the purpose of the 8(a) Business Development program?
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| What length of time may a business participate in the 8(a) BD program?
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| What definitions are important in the 8(a) BD program?
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| What are the basic requirements a concern must meet for the 8(a) BD program?
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| What size business is eligible to participate in the 8(a) BD program?
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| Who is socially disadvantaged?
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| Who is economically disadvantaged?
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| What does it mean to be unconditionally owned by one or more disadvantaged individuals?
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| When do disadvantaged individuals control an applicant or Participant?
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| What is potential for success?
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| What other eligibility requirements apply for individuals or businesses?
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| Do Indian tribes and Alaska Native Corporations have any special rules for applying to the 8(a) BD program?
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| Do Native Hawaiian Organizations have any special rules for applying to the 8(a) BD program?
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| Do Community Development Corporations (CDCs) have any special rules for applying to the 8(a) BD program?
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| What criteria must a business meet to remain eligible to participate in the 8(a) BD program?
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| May any business submit an application?
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| Where must an application be filed?
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| What must a concern submit to apply to the 8(a) BD program?
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| How does SBA process applications for 8(a) BD program admission?
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| Can an applicant ask SBA to reconsider SBA's initial decision to decline its application?
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| What appeal rights are available to an applicant that has been denied admission?
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| Can an applicant reapply for admission to the 8(a) BD program?
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| What are the ways a business may leave the 8(a) BD program?
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| What is early graduation?
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| What are the procedures for early graduation and termination?
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| What is suspension and how is a Participant suspended from the 8(a) BD program?
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| Which SBA field office services a Participant?
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| How does a Participant develop a business plan?
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| How is a business plan updated and modified?
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| What business development assistance is available to Participants during the two stages of participation in the 8(a) BD program?
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| How does a Participant obtain Federal Government surplus property?
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| What general provisions apply to the award of 8(a) contracts?
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| How does an agency offer a procurement to SBA for award through the 8(a) BD program?
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| How does SBA accept a procurement for award through the 8(a) BD program?
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| What circumstances limit SBA's ability to accept a procurement for award as an 8(a) contract?
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| When will SBA appeal the terms or conditions of a particular 8(a) contract or a procuring activity decision not to reserve a requirement for the 8(a) BD program?
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| At what dollar threshold must an 8(a) procurement be competed among eligible Participants?
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| What procedures apply to competitive 8(a) procurements?
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| How is an 8(a) contract executed?
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| What are non-8(a) business activity targets?
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| What percentage of work must a Participant perform on an 8(a) contract?
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| How is fair market price determined for an 8(a) contract?
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| Delegation of contract administration to procuring agencies.
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| Under what circumstances can a joint venture be awarded an 8(a) contract?
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| Exercise of 8(a) options and modifications.
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| Can a Participant change its ownership or control and continue to perform an 8(a) contract, and can it transfer performance to another firm?
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| Who decides contract disputes arising between a Participant and a procuring activity after the award of an 8(a) contract?
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| Can the eligibility or size of a Participant for award of an 8(a) contract be questioned?
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| How can an 8(a) contract be terminated before performance is completed?
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| Are there any dollar limits on the amount of 8(a) contracts that a Participant may receive?
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| What reports does SBA require concerning parties who assist Participants in obtaining federal contracts?
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| What kind of annual financial statement must a Participant submit to SBA?
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| What reports regarding the continued business operations of former Participants does SBA require?
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| What is the purpose of the 7(j) management and technical assistance program?
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| What types of assistance are available through the 7(j) program?
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| Who is eligible to receive 7(j) assistance?
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| What additional management and technical assistance is reserved exclusively for concerns eligible to receive 8(a) contracts?
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Subpart B--ELIGIBILITY, CERTIFICATION, AND PROTESTS RELATING TO FEDERAL SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS PROGRAMS
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| What is a Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)?
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| What is a Private Certifier?
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| How does an organization or business concern become a Private Certifier?
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| Can a fee be charged to a firm to process the firm's application for SDB certification?
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| Is there a list of Private Certifiers?
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| How long may an organization or business concern be a Private Certifier?
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| How does a firm become certified as an SDB?
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| How does a firm appeal a decision of a Private Certifier?
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| Can a firm represent itself to be an SDB if it has not yet been certified as an SDB?
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| What is a misrepresentation of SDB status?
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| Can a firm reapply for SDB certification?
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| Is there a list of certified SDBs?
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| How long does an SDB certification last?
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| What is the effect of receiving an SDB certification?
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| Can SBA re-evaluate the SDB status of a firm after SBA certifies it to be SDB?
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| Who may protest the disadvantaged status of a concern?
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| When will SBA not decide an SDB protest?
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| Who decides disadvantaged status protests?
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| What procedures apply to disadvantaged status protests?
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| What format, degree of specificity, and basis does SBA require to consider an SDB protest?
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| What will SBA do when it receives an SDB protest?
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| How does SBA make disadvantaged status determinations in considering an SDB protest?
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| Appeals of disadvantaged status determinations.
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