[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 13, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 13CFR124.1021]

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                               ASSISTANCE
 
                CHAPTER I--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 124--8(A) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS STATUS DETERMINATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart B--Eligibility, Certification, and Protests Relating to Federal 
                  Small Disadvantaged Business Programs
 
Sec. 124.1021  What format, degree of specificity, and basis does SBA require to consider an SDB protest?

    (a) Format. An SDB protest need not be in any specific format in 
order for SBA to consider it.
    (b) Specificity. A protest must be sufficiently specific to provide 
reasonable notice as to all grounds upon which the

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protested concern's disadvantaged status is challenged.
    (1) SBA will dismiss a protest that merely asserts that the 
protested concern is not disadvantaged, without setting forth specific 
facts or allegations.
    (2) The contracting officer must forward to SBA any non-premature 
protest received, notwithstanding whether he or she believes it is 
sufficiently specific or timely.
    (c) Basis. SBA will consider a protest challenging whether the 
apparent successful offeror is owned and controlled by one or more 
socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including whether 
one or more of the individuals claiming disadvantaged status is in fact 
socially or economically disadvantaged, only if the protest presents 
credible evidence that the firm's circumstances have materially changed 
since SBA certified it as an SDB, or that the firm's SDB application 
contained false or misleading information.