---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 22.217"
title: "47"
number: "22.217"
heading: "Bidding credit for small businesses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/22.217"
---

# §22.217. Bidding credit for small businesses.


A winning bidder that qualifies as a small business, as defined in [§ 22.223(b)(1)](/cfr/47/22.223.md?p=b-1), or a consortium of small businesses may use a bidding credit of thirty-five (35) percent to lower the cost of its winning bid. A winning bidder that qualifies as a small business, as defined in [§ 22.223(b)(2)](/cfr/47/22.223.md?p=b-2), or consortium of small businesses may use a bidding credit of twenty-five (25) percent to lower the cost of its winning bid.


## Notes

### Amendments

[68 FR 42998, July 21, 2003]

### Source

Source: 62 FR 11629, Mar. 12, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 222, 303, 309, and 332.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[68 FR 42998, July 21, 2003]