---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 27.209"
title: "47"
number: "27.209"
heading: "Designated entities; bidding credits; unjust enrichment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/27.209"
---

# §27.209. Designated entities; bidding credits; unjust enrichment.

- (a) Designated entities entitled to preferences in the WCS in the 2305-2320 and 2345-2360 bands auction are small businesses and very small businesses as defined in [§ 27.110(b)](/cfr/47/27.110.md?p=b). Designated entities will be eligible for bidding credits, as defined in paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section.
- (b) A winning bidder that qualifies as a small business may use a bidding credit of 25 percent to lower the cost of its winning bid.
- (c) A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small business may use a bidding credit of 35 percent to lower the cost of its winning bid.

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 2349, Jan. 15, 1998; 65 FR 57268, Sept. 21, 2000; 67 FR 45373, July 9, 2002]

### 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

[62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 2349, Jan. 15, 1998; 65 FR 57268, Sept. 21, 2000; 67 FR 45373, July 9, 2002]