[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 13, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 13CFR121.705]

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                TITLE 13--BUSINESS CREDIT AND ASSISTANCE
 
                CHAPTER I--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 121_SMALL BUSINESS SIZE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart A_Size Eligibility Provisions and Standards
 
Sec. 121.705  Must a business concern self-certify its size status?

    (a) A firm must self-certify it is small in its SBIR funding 
proposal.

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    (b) A funding agreement officer may accept a concern's self-
certification as true for the particular funding agreement involved in 
the absence of a written protest by other offerors or other credible 
information which would cause the funding agreement officer or SBA to 
question the size of the concern.
    (c) Procedures for protesting an offeror's self-certification are 
set forth in Sec. Sec. 121.1001 through 121.1009.

      Size Eligibility Requirements for Paying Reduced Patent Fees