13 C.F.R. PART 126--HUBZONE PROGRAM
TITLE 13--Business Credit and Assistance
CHAPTER I--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
PART 126--HUBZONE PROGRAM
Subpart A--PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY
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| What is the purpose of the HUBZone program?
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| Which government departments or agencies are affected directly by the HUBZone program?
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| What is the effect of the HUBZone program on the section 8(d) subcontracting program?
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| What definitions are important in the HUBZone program?
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Subpart B--REQUIREMENTS TO BE A QUALIFIED HUBZONE SBC
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| What requirements must a concern meet to receive SBA certification as a qualified HUBZone SBC?
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| Who does SBA consider to own a HUBZone SBC?
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| Who does SBA consider to control a HUBZone SBC?
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| What size standards apply to HUBZone SBCs?
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| May a qualified HUBZone SBC have affiliates?
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| May participants in other SBA programs be certified as qualified HUBZone SBCs?
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| May non-manufacturers be certified as qualified HUBZone SBCs?
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| May a qualified HUBZone SBC have offices or facilities in another HUBZone or outside a HUBZone?
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Subpart C--CERTIFICATION
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| How may a concern be certified as a qualified HUBZone SBC and what information will SBA consider?
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| Is there any other way for a concern to obtain certification?
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| When may a concern apply for certification?
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| Where must a concern submit its application and certification?
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| What must a concern submit to SBA?
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| What format must the certification to SBA take?
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| How will SBA process the certification?
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| Where will SBA maintain the List of qualified HUBZone SBCs?
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| What happens if SBA inadvertently omits a qualified HUBZone SBC from the List?
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| May a declined or decertified concern seek certification at a later date?
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Subpart D--PROGRAM EXAMINATIONS
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| Who will conduct program examinations?
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| What is a program examination and what will SBA examine?
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| When may SBA conduct program examinations?
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| May SBA require additional information from a HUBZone SBC?
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Subpart E--MAINTAINING HUBZONE STATUS
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| How does a qualified HUBZone SBC maintain HUBZone certification?
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| What are a qualified HUBZone SBC's ongoing obligations to SBA?
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| Is there a limit to the length of time a qualified HUBZone SBC may be on the List?
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| What happens if SBA is unable to verify a qualified HUBZone SBC's eligibility or determines that the concern is no longer eligible for the program?
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| When is a concern removed from the List?
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Subpart F--CONTRACTUAL ASSISTANCE
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| What are HUBZone contracts?
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| What additional requirements must a qualified HUBZone SBC meet to bid on a contract?
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| Must a qualified HUBZone SBC maintain the employee residency percentage during contract performance?
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| Does HUBZone certification guarantee receipt of HUBZone contracts?
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| Who decides if a contract opportunity for HUBZone set-aside competition exists?
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| What requirements are not available for HUBZone contracts?
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| May a CO request that SBA release a requirement from the 8(a)BD program for award as a HUBZone contract?
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| When must a contracting officer set aside a requirement for qualified HUBZone SBCs?
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| Are there HUBZone contract opportunities at or below the simplified acquisition threshold or micropurchase threshold?
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| What must the contracting officer do if a contracting opportunity does not exist for competition among qualified HUBZone SBCs?
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| May SBA appeal a contracting officer's decision not to reserve a procurement for award as a HUBZone contract?
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| What is the process for such an appeal?
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| When may a CO award sole source contracts to qualified HUBZone SBCs?
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| How does a price evaluation preference affect the bid of a qualified HUBZone SBC in full and open competition?
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| How does a CO apply HUBZone and SDB price evaluation preferences in full and open competition?
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| May a large business participate on a HUBZone contract?
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| What requirements must a joint venture satisfy to submit an offer on a HUBZone contract?
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| Who decides contract disputes arising between a qualified HUBZone SBC and a contracting activity after the award of a HUBZone contract?
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| How does a HUBZone SBC's participation in a Mentor-Protégé relationship affect its participation in the HUBZone Program?
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Subpart G--CONTRACT PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
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| What are the performance of work requirements for HUBZone contracts?
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| Can these subcontracting percentages requirements change?
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| How can the subcontracting percentage requirements be changed?
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Subpart H--PROTESTS
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| Who may protest the status of a qualified HUBZone SBC?
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| How does one file a HUBZone status protest?
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| Who decides a HUBZone status protest?
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| How will SBA process a HUBZone status protest?
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| Will SBA decide all HUBZone status protests?
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| What are the procedures for appeals of HUBZone status determinations?
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Subpart I--PENALTIES
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| What penalties may be imposed under this part?
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