---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 30.302"
title: "47"
number: "30.302"
heading: "Designated entities and bidding credits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/30.302"
---

# §30.302. Designated entities and bidding credits.

- (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, have average gross revenues that are not more than $55 million for the preceding three (3) 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 three (3) 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) 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

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 301, 303, 304, 307, 309, 310, 316, 332, 1302, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 79937, Nov. 14, 2016, unless otherwise noted.