---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 134.1105"
title: "13"
number: "134.1105"
heading: "The appeal petition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/134.1105"
---

# §134.1105. The appeal petition.

- (a) **Format.** VOSB or SDVOSB appeals must be in writing. There is no required format for an appeal petition; however, it must include the following:
  - (1) A copy of the denial or decertification and the date the appellant received it;
  - (2) A statement of why the denial or decertification is in error;
  - (3) Any other pertinent information the Judge should consider; and
  - (4) The name, address, telephone number, and email address, if available, and signature of the appellant or its attorney.
- (b) **Service.** The appellant must serve copies of the entire appeal petition upon the Director, Office of Government Contracting (D/GC) and SBA Counsel at OPLservice@sba.gov.
- (c) **Certificate of service.** The appellant must attach to the appeal petition a signed certificate of service meeting the requirements of [§ 134.204(d)](/cfr/13/134.204.md?p=d).
- (d) **Dismissal.** An appeal petition that does not meet all the requirements of this section may be dismissed by the Judge at his/her own initiative or upon motion of a respondent.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 87 FR 73425, Nov. 29, 2022, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504; 15 U.S.C. 632, 634(b)(6), 634(i), 637(a), 648(l), 656(i), 657t and 687(c); E.O. 12549, 51 FR 6370, 3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p. 189. Subpart J issued under 15 U.S.C. 657f. Subpart K issued under 15 U.S.C. 657f. Subpart L issued under 15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36); Pub. L. 116-136, 134 Stat. 281; Pub. L. 116-139, 134 Stat. 620; Pub. L. 116-142, 134 Stat. 641; and Pub. L. 116-147, 134 Stat. 660. Subpart M issued under 15 U.S.C. 657a; Pub. L. 117-81, 135 Stat. 1541.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 2683, Jan. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted.