---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 27.1219"
title: "47"
number: "27.1219"
heading: "Educational Broadband Service designated entity provisions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/27.1219"
---

# §27.1219. Educational Broadband Service designated entity provisions.

- (a) **Eligibility for small business provisions.**
  - (1) A small business is an entity that, together with its affiliates, its controlling interests and the affiliates of its controlling interests, has average gross revenues that are not more than $55 million for the preceding five (5) years.
  - (2) A very small business is an entity that, together with its affiliates, its controlling interests and the affiliates of its controlling interests, has average gross revenues that are not more than $20 million for the preceding five (5) years.
- (b) **Bidding credits.** A winning bidder that qualifies as a small business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of small businesses may use a bidding credit of 15 percent, as specified in [§ 1.2110(f)(2)(i)(C)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=f-2-i-C) of this chapter. A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of very small businesses may use a bidding credit of 25 percent, as specified in [§ 1.2110(f)(2)(i)(B)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=f-2-i-B) of this chapter.
- (c) **Rural service provider credit.** A rural service provider, as defined in [§ 1.2110(f)(4)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=f-4) of this chapter, who has not claimed a small business bidding credit may use a bidding credit of 15 percent bidding credit, as specified in [§ 1.2110(f)(4)(i)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=f-4-i) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[84 FR 57366, Oct. 25, 2019; 84 FR 64209, Nov. 21, 2019]

### Source

Source: 69 FR 72034, Dec. 10, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302a, 303, 307, 309, 332, 336, 337, 1403, 1404, 1451, and 1452, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[84 FR 57366, Oct. 25, 2019; 84 FR 64209, Nov. 21, 2019]