---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 126.800"
title: "13"
number: "126.800"
heading: "Who may protest the status of a certified HUBZone small business concern?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/126.800"
---

# §126.800. Who may protest the status of a certified HUBZone small business concern?

- (a) For a HUBZone sole source procurement, SBA or the contracting officer may protest the intended awardee's status as a certified HUBZone small business concern.
- (b) For HUBZone contracts other than sole source procurements, including multiple award contracts (see [§ 125.1](/cfr/13/125.1.md) of this chapter), SBA, the contracting officer, or any other interested party may protest the apparent successful offeror's status as a certified HUBZone small business concern (or the HUBZone joint venture offeror's compliance with [§ 126.616](/cfr/13/126.616.md)).
- (c) For other than HUBZone contracts, any offeror for that contract, the contracting officer or SBA may protest an apparent successful offeror's status as a certified HUBZone small business concern.

## Notes

### Amendments

[89 FR 102504, 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 102504, Dec. 17, 2024]