---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 125.4"
title: "13"
number: "125.4"
heading: "What is the Government property sales assistance program?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/125.4"
---

# §125.4. What is the Government property sales assistance program?

- (a) **The purpose of SBA's Government property sales assistance program is to—**
  - (1) Insure that small businesses obtain their fair share of all Federal real and personal property qualifying for sale or other competitive disposal action; and
  - (2) **Assist small businesses in obtaining Federal property being processed for disposal, sale, or lease.**
- (b) **SBA property sales assistance primarily consists of two activities—**
  - (1) Obtaining small business set-asides when necessary to insure that a fair share of Government property sales are made to small businesses; and
  - (2) Providing advice and assistance to small businesses on all matters pertaining to sale or lease of Government property.
- (c) **The program is intended to cover the following categories of Government property—**
  - (1) Sales of timber and related forest products;
  - (2) Sales of strategic material from national stockpiles;
  - (3) Sales of royalty oil by the Department of Interior's Minerals Management Service;
  - (4) Leases involving rights to minerals, petroleum, coal, and vegetation; and
  - (5) These provisions are contained in [§§ 121.501 through 121.512](/cfr/13/121.501..121.512.md) of this chapter.
- (d) SBA has established specific small business size standards and rules for the sale or lease of the different kinds of Government property. These provisions are contained in [§§ 121.501 through 121.514](/cfr/13/121.501..121.514.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 3312, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 88 FR 70343, Oct. 11, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632(p), (q), 634(b)(6), 637, 644, 657f, 657q, 657r, and 657s; 38 U.S.C. 501 and 8127.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 3312, Jan. 31, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 3312, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 88 FR 70343, Oct. 11, 2023]