[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 13, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 13CFR124.205]

[Page 303]
 
                TITLE 13--BUSINESS CREDIT AND ASSISTANCE
 
                CHAPTER I--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 124--8(A) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS STATUS DETERMINATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart A--8(a) Business Development
 
Sec. 124.205  Can an applicant ask SBA to reconsider SBA's initial decision to decline its application?

    (a) An applicant may request the AA/8(a)BD to reconsider his or her 
initial decline decision by filing a request for reconsideration with 
the SBA field office that originally processed its application. Filing 
means submission by personal delivery, first-class mail, express mail, 
fascimile transmission followed by first-class mail, or commercial 
delivery service. The applicant must submit its request for 
reconsideration within 45 days of receiving notice that its application 
was declined. The applicant must provide any additional information and 
documentation pertinent to overcoming the reason(s) for the initial 
decline.
    (b) The AA/8(a)BD will issue a written decision within 45 days of 
the regional DPCE's receipt of the applicant's request. The AA/8(a)BD 
may either approve the application, deny it on the same grounds as the 
original decision, or deny it on other grounds. If denied, the AA/8(a)BD 
will explain why the applicant is not eligible for admission to the 8(a) 
BD program and give specific reasons for the decline.
    (c) If the AA/8(a)BD declines the application solely on issues not 
raised in the initial decline, the applicant can ask for reconsideration 
as if it were an initial decline.