Other than Small Business

    

The U.S.  Small Business Administration (SBA) has compiled a list of business entities that its Office of Government Contracting (Government Contracting) has determined are other than small under specific size standards.  SBA is making this list available for contracting officers, SBA personnel and other interested members of the public.  SBA's statutory authority to determine whether a concern qualifies as a small business rests in the Small Business Act, at 15 U.S.C. 632(a) and 637(b)(6).  SBA's Small Business Size Regulations are located at 13 CFR part 121, and the applicable Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) are located at 48 CFR part 19.

 

In most cases, SBA determined the size status of the listed firms after receiving protests challenging the firm's self-certification that it qualifies as a small business under the size standard for the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to a particular Federal procurement.  In other instances SBA determined the size standard for the listed firms in connection with other SBA or Federal Government programs or regulatory actions.

 

SBA's size determinations are based on the existing size standards set forth in SBA's Small Business Size Regulations.  Size standards vary from industry to industry, as defined under NAICS, which replaced the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system.  There is a single table of small business size standards that applies to both Federal procurement and SBA's financial assistance programs.  A few SBA programs, such as the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC) and Surety Bond Guarantee (SBG) Programs, have unique size standards designed to accommodate their specialized needs.  All Federal agencies are required to use SBA's size standards for their programs in the absence of Congressional authority or specific approval from SBA's Administrator to do otherwise.

 

The list of firms SBA determined to be other than small under specific size standard contains only those that SBA made in the Federal Government's current fiscal years beginning with FY 2005.  It does not include those that SBA subsequently determined were small businesses.  Size standards based on a concern's annual receipts are determined by the concern's three most recently completed fiscal years.  Size standards based on a concern's number of employees are determined by the concern's twelve most recently completed calendar months (i.e., not its calendar year). 

 

The list provides the following information:

  • the firm's name and address
  • the applicable NAICS or SIC codes and corresponding size standards under which the firm was found to be other than small
  • the date of the SBA determination
  • the SBA Government Contracting Area Office (I through VI) that made the determination.

Please note the following:

  • These size determinations are limited to the NAICS or SIC code under which SBA found the company to be other than small.
  • The size standards expressed are those that were in effect for these NAICS or SIC codes when the size determination was made.  They are expressed in annual receipts (used primarily for service industries) or number of employees (used primarily for manufacturing industries).
  • The date given is the date of the size determination.

 

Before using this list, be aware that listed companies may qualify as small:

  • under NAICS one or more other NAICS industries;
  • because subsequent changes in their financial condition, organizational form, or other circumstances can affect size status;
  • because SBA's later increased the small business size standard under which they were determined to be other than small;
  • because they appealed to SBA's Office of Hearings and Appeals who may have recently reversed the determination or remanded it to the Office of Government Contracting for a new size determination;
  • because SBA recertified the concerns as small.

Contracting Officers, SBA personnel and other interested parties must follow governing procedures for protesting and challenging a firm's status as a small business, as set forth in 13 CFR part 121.

 

Any person who believes a firm is listed in error or who has any questions concerning the list should contact one of the following:

 

Office of Size Standards
Size Determination Program Manager
U.S.  Small Business Administration
Office of Government Contracting
409 3rd Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C.  20416
Phone: 202-205-6618
or 

The Government Contracting office nearest the address of the contractor.  List of Government Contracting offices .

 

Download the list of Other than Small Size Determinations.   PDF   XLS

 

For more information:

 

Visit SBA's Small Business Size Determinations web site.

Visit SBA's Office of Government Contracting web site.

 

To obtain a copy of one or more size determinations, please make a request under the Freedom of Information Act to the SBA Area Office of Government Contracting that made the determination.