SBA increases size standards for NAICS Sector 48-49, Transportation and Warehousing

The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) has increased the small business size standards for 22 industries in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 48‑49, Transportation and Warehousing, and retained the current standards for the remaining 37 industries in that Sector.  As part of its ongoing comprehensive review of all size standards, SBA evaluated all receipts based standards for industries in NAICS Sector 48‑49 to determine whether they should be retained or revised.  SBA did not review the employee based standards for industries in NAICS Sector 48‑49, but will do so at a later date with other employee based size standards.

You may read/download SBA’s final rule at Regulations.gov (RIN 3245-AG08).

You may also review the originally proposed rule together with all of the comments that the public had submitted by going to the same www.regulations.gov.  The proposed rule and the comments are included in the same docket.

The revised size standards will be effective March 26, 2012.
 

SBA issues proposed size standards for NAICS Sector 62, Health Care and Social Assistance

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to increase small business size standards for 28 industries in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 62, Health Care and Social Assistance.  As part of its ongoing comprehensive review of all size standards, SBA has evaluated all size standards in NAICS Sector 62 to determine whether the existing size standards should be retained or revised.  This proposed rule is one of a series of proposed rules that will review size standards of industries grouped by NAICS Sector.  SBA issued a White Paper entitled “Size Standards Methodology” and published a notice in the October 21, 2009 issue of the Federal Register that the “Size Standards Methodology” White Paper was available on its website at www.sba.gov/size for public review and comments.  The “Size Standards Methodology” White Paper explains how SBA establishes, reviews, and modifies its receipts based and employee based small business size standards.  In this proposed rule, SBA has applied its methodology that pertains to establishing, reviewing, and modifying a receipts based size standard.

We invite you to review the proposed rule and submit your comments.  The proposed rule explains how to submit your comments to SBA. We recommend that you comment through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/.  Follow the instructions there for submitting your comments.  SBA will not accept comments submitted by email.

You can read/download the proposed rule at Regulations.gov (RIN‑3245‑AG29); Document ID SBA‑2012‑0003).  The deadline for submission of comments is April 24, 2012. 

SBA increases size standards for NAICS Sector 54, Professional, Technical, and Scientific Services

The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) has increased 37 small business size standards for 34 industries and three sub-industries (“exceptions” in SBA’s table of small business size standards) in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 54, Professional, Technical, and Scientific Services. SBA also increased the one size standard in NAICS Sector 81, Other Services, which it did not review in 2010. These size standards are all receipts based. SBA is retaining the current standards for the remaining industries in NAICS Sector 54. This rule also removes “Map Drafting” as the “exception” to NAICS 541340, Drafting Services.
You may read/download SBA’s final rule at Regulations.gov (RIN-3245-AG07).

You may also review the originally proposed rule together with all of the comments that the public had submitted by going to the same www.regulations.gov. The proposed rule and the comments are included in the same docket file.
The revised size standards will be effective March 12, 2012.

The government website Regulations.gov posts documents concerning federal regulations and published in the Federal Register, the government’s legal newspaper. Some of these pertain to government contracting. Members of the public can submit comments about proposed regulations and other documents that are open for comment.

SBA issues proposed size standards for NAICS Sector 53, Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has proposed to increase small business size standards for 20 industries and one sub-industry in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 53, Real Estate and Rental and Leasing. As part of its ongoing comprehensive review of all size standards, SBA evaluated all size standards in NAICS Sector 53 to determine whether the existing size standards should be retained or revised. This proposed rule is one of a series of proposals that will examine size standards of industries grouped by NAICS Sector. SBA issued a White Paper entitled “Size Standards Methodology” and published in the October 21, 2009 issue of the Federal Register. That “Size Standards Methodology” is available on its website at http://www.sba.gov/size for public review and comments. The “Size Standards Methodology” White Paper explains how SBA establishes, reviews and modifies its receipts based and employee based small business size standards. In this proposed rule, SBA has applied its methodology that pertains to establishing, reviewing, and modifying a receipts based size standard.

We invite you to review the proposed rule and submit your comments. The proposed rule explains how to submit your comments to SBA. We recommend that you comment through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the instructions there for submitting your comments. SBA will not accept comments submitted by email.

The deadline for submission of comments is January 17, 2012.
You can read/download the proposed rule at http://www.Regulations.gov (RIN-3245-AG28).

SBA issues proposed size standards for NAICS Sector 61, Educational Services

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has proposed to increase small business size standards for nine industries in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 61, Educational Services. As part of its ongoing comprehensive size standards review, SBA has evaluated all size standards in NAICS Sector 61 to determine whether the existing size standards should be retained or revised. This proposed rule is one of a series of proposals that will examine size standards of industries grouped by NAICS Sector. SBA issued a White Paper entitled “Size Standards Methodology” and published a notice in the October 21, 2009 issue of the Federal Register that “Size Standards Methodology” is available on its website at http://www.sba.gov/size for public review and comments. The “Size Standards Methodology” White Paper explains how SBA establishes, reviews and modifies its receipts based and employee based small business size standards. In this proposed rule, SBA has applied its methodology that pertains to establishing, reviewing and modifying a receipts based size standard.

We invite you to review the proposed rule and submit your comments. The proposed rule explains how to submit your comments to SBA. We recommend that you comment through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the instructions there for submitting your comments. SBA will not accept comments submitted by email.

The deadline for submission of comments is January 17, 2012.
You can read/download the proposed rule at http://www.Regulations.gov (RIN-3245-AG29).

SBA issues proposed size standards for NAICS Sector 51, Information

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has proposed to increase small business size standards for 15 industries in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 51, Information. As part of its ongoing comprehensive review of all size standards, SBA evaluated all receipts based size standards in NAICS Sector 51 to determine whether the existing size standards should be retained or revised. This proposed rule is one of a series of proposals that examine size standards of industries grouped by NAICS Sector. The SBA issued a White Paper entitled “Size Standards Methodology” and published a notice in the October 21, 2009 issue of the Federal Register that “Size Standards Methodology” is available on its website at www.sba.gov/size for public review and comments. The “Size Standards Methodology” White Paper explains how SBA establishes, reviews and modifies its receipts based and employee based small business size standards. In this proposed rule, SBA applied its methodology that pertains to establishing, reviewing and modifying a receipts based size standard.

We invite you to review the proposed rule and submit your comments. The proposed rule explains how to submit your comments to SBA. We recommend that you comment through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/ Follow the instructions there for submitting your comments. The SBA does not accept comments submitted by email.

The deadline for submission of comments is December 12, 2011. You can read/download the proposed rule at Regulations.gov. (RIN-3245-AG26; Document ID SBA-2011-0017).

SBA issues proposed size standards for NAICS Sector 56, Administrative and Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has proposed to increase small business size standards for 37 industries in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 56, Administrative and Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services. As part of its ongoing comprehensive review of all size standards, SBA evaluated all receipts based standards in NAICS Sector 56 to determine whether the existing size standards should be retained or revised. This proposed rule is one of a series of proposals that examine size standards of industries grouped by an NAICS Sector. SBA issued a White Paper entitled “Size Standards Methodology” and published a notice in the October 21, 2009 issue of the Federal Register that “Size Standards Methodology” is available on its website at www.sba.gov/size for public review and comments. The “Size Standards Methodology” White Paper explains how SBA establishes, reviews and modifies its receipts based and employee based small business size standards. In this proposed rule, SBA has applied its methodology that pertains to establishing, reviewing, and modifying a receipts based size standard.

We invite you to review the proposed rule and submit your comments. The proposed rule explains how to submit your comments to SBA. We recommend that you comment through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/ Follow the instructions there for submitting your comments. The SBA does not accept comments submitted by email.

The deadline for submission of comments is December 12, 2011. You can read/download the proposed rule at Regulations.gov (RIN-3245-AG27; Document ID SBA-2011-0018).

SBA extends to June 15, 2011 the period for commenting on proposed size standards for Sector 54, Professional, Technical, and Scientific Services

On March 16, 2011, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) proposed to increase small business size standards for 35 industries and one sub-industry in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 54, Professional, Scientific and Technical Services and one industry in NAICS Sector 81, Other Services (76 FR 14323).  (See below.)  SBA provided a 60-day comment period ending on May 16, 2011.  

The SBA has extended the comment period by 30 days to June 15, 2011.
You can read/download the reasons for the extension of the comment period for the proposed rule at Regulations.gov (RIN-3245 AG07).

SBA issues proposed size standards for NAICS Sector 54, Professional, Technical, and Scientific Services

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has proposed to increase small business size standards for 35 industries and one sub-industry in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 54, Professional, Scientific and Technical Services and one industry in NAICS Sector 81, Other Services.  As part of its ongoing comprehensive review of all size standards, SBA has evaluated 45 industries and three sub-industries in NAICS Sector 54 and one industry in NAICS Sector 81 to determine whether the existing size standards should be retained or revised.  This proposed rule is one of a series of proposals that will examine size standards of industries grouped by an NAICS Sector. SBA has issued a White Paper entitled “Size Standards Methodology” and published in the October 21, 2009 issue of the Federal Register a notice that “Size Standards Methodology” is available on its website at www.sba.gov/size for public review and comments.  The “Size Standards Methodology” White Paper explains how SBA establishes, reviews and modifies its receipts based and employee based small business size standards. In this proposed rule, SBA has applied its methodology that pertains to establishing, reviewing and modifying a receipts based size standard.  SBA included a copy of “Size Standards Methodology” in the same docket file (SBA-2011-0008).

We invite you to review the proposed rule and submit your comments. The proposed rule explains how to submit your comments. We recommend that you submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov.  Follow the instructions there for submitting your comments.

The deadline for submission of comments is Monday, May 16, 2011.

You can read/download the proposed rule at Regulations.gov (RIN-3245-AG07).

SBA amends its Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Status Protest and Appeal Regulations

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has published a final rule to amend its regulations to clarify the effect, across all small business programs, of initial and appeal eligibility decisions on the procurement in question; increase the amount of time that SBA has to render formal size determinations; require that SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) issue a size appeal decision within 60 calendar days of the close of the record, if possible; increase the amount of time that SBA has to file North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code appeals; alter the NAICS code appeal procedures to comply with a Federal Court decision; clarify that contracting officers must reflect final agency eligibility decisions in federal procurement databases and goaling statistics; and make other changes to size status protest and appeal rules.

The amendments became effective on March 4, 2011.

You can read/download the final rule at Regulations.gov (RIN 3245-AF65).
 

SBA issues White Paper on its Size Standards Methodology

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has prepared a White Paper, explaining how it establishes, reviews and modifies (when appropriate) small business size standards. The document, entitled "SBA Size Standards Methodology," is available on SBA's website where any interested party can review and/or download it. SBA is using "Size Standards Methodology" for ongoing comprehensive review of size standards and will apply it to future regulatory actions that relate to establishing, reviewing and modifying size standards. The Agency welcomes comments on "Size Standards Methodology." Please submit your comments to Regulations.gov. To comment on the document, search SBA under the advanced search and search document 2009-0008.