---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 126.600"
title: "13"
number: "126.600"
heading: "What are HUBZone contracts?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/126.600"
---

# §126.600. What are HUBZone contracts?


HUBZone contracts are prime contracts awarded to a certified HUBZone small business concern (or a HUBZone joint venture that complies with the requirements of [§ 126.616](/cfr/13/126.616.md)), regardless of the place of performance, through any of the following procurement methods:

- (a) Sole source awards awarded pursuant to [§ 126.612](/cfr/13/126.612.md) to certified HUBZone small business concerns (or HUBZone joint ventures that comply with the requirements of [§ 126.616](/cfr/13/126.616.md));
- (b) Set-aside awards (including partial set-asides and set-aside multiple award contracts) based on competition restricted to certified HUBZone small business concerns;
- (c) Awards through full and open competition after the HUBZone price evaluation preference is applied to an other than small business in favor of a certified HUBZone small business;
- (d) Awards based on a reserve for certified HUBZone small business in an unrestricted solicitation;
- (e) Orders awarded to certified HUBZone small business concerns under a multiple award contract that was set-aside for certified HUBZone small business concerns;
- (f) Orders set-aside for certified HUBZone small business concerns under a multiple award contract that was awarded using full and open competitive procedures;
- (g) Orders set-aside for certified HUBZone small business concerns under a multiple award contract that was awarded as a small business set-aside.

## Notes

### Amendments

[89 FR 102502, Dec. 17, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632(a), 632(j), 632(p), 644 and 657a.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 31908, June 11, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[89 FR 102502, Dec. 17, 2024]