---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 124.508"
title: "13"
number: "124.508"
heading: "How is an 8(a) contract executed?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/124.508"
---

# §124.508. How is an 8(a) contract executed?

- (a) **An 8(a) contract can be awarded in the following ways—**
  - (1) As a tripartite agreement in which the procuring activity, SBA and the Participant all sign the appropriate contract documents. There may be separate prime and subcontract documents (i.e., a prime contract between the procuring activity and SBA and a subcontract between SBA and the selected 8(a) concern) or a combined contract document representing both the prime and subcontract relationships; or
  - (2) Where SBA has delegated contract execution authority to the procuring activity, directly by the procuring activity through a contract between the procuring activity and the Participant.
- (b) Where SBA receives a contract for signature valued at or below the simplified acquisition threshold, it will sign the contract and return it to the procuring activity within three (3) days of receipt.
- (c) In order to be eligible to receive a sole source 8(a) contract, a firm must be a current Participant on the date of award. (See [§ 124.507(d)](/cfr/13/124.507.md?p=d) for competitive 8(a) awards.)

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 634(b)(6), 636(j), 637(a), 637(d), 644, 42 U.S.C. 9815; and Pub. L. 99-661, 100 Stat. 3816; Sec. 1207, Pub. L. 100-656, 102 Stat. 3853; Pub. L. 101-37, 103 Stat. 70; Pub. L. 101-574, 104 Stat. 2814; Sec. 8021, Pub. L. 108-87, 117 Stat. 1054; and Sec. 330, Pub. L. 116-260.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 35739, June 30, 1998, unless otherwise noted.