[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 13, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 13CFR124.205]



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                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.