May a business concern self-certify its small business size status?

13 C.F.R. § 121.405
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01
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(a) A concern must self-certify it is small under the size standard specified in the solicitation, or as clarified, completed or supplied by SBA pursuant to § 121.402(d). (b) A contracting officer may accept a concern's self-certification as true for the particular procurement involved in the absence of a written protest by other offerors or other credible information which causes the contracting officer or SBA to question the size of the concern. (c) Procedures for protesting the self-certification of an offeror are set forth in §§ 121.1001 through 121.1009.

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