(a) A firm must self-certify it is small in its SBIR funding proposal.
(b) A funding agreement officer may accept a concern's self- certification as true for the particular funding agreement involved in the absence of a written protest by other offerors or other credible information which would cause the funding agreement officer or SBA to question the size of the concern.
(c) Procedures for protesting an offeror's self-certification are set forth in Secs. 121.1001 through 121.1009.
Source: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 13, Volume 1, Revised as of January 1, 2003, Part 121 - Small Business Size Regulations, Subpart A - Size Eligibility Provisions and Standards, Size Eligibility Requirements for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
