---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 19.1306"
title: "48"
number: "19.1306"
heading: "HUBZone sole-source awards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/19.1306"
---

# §19.1306. HUBZone sole-source awards.

- (a) A contracting officer shall consider a contract award to a HUBZone small business concern on a sole-source basis (see 6.302-5(b)(5)) before considering a small business set-aside (see 19.203 and [subpart 19.5](/cfr/48/subpart19.5.md)), provided none of the exclusions at 19.1304 apply; and—
  - (1) The contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more HUBZone small business concerns;
  - (2) The anticipated price of the contract, including options, will not exceed—
    - (i) $8.5 million for a requirement within the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes for manufacturing; or
    - (ii) $5.5 million for a requirement within all other NAICS codes;
  - (3) The requirement is not currently being performed by an 8(a) participant under the provisions of [subpart 19.8](/cfr/48/subpart19.8.md) or has been accepted as a requirement by SBA under [subpart 19.8](/cfr/48/subpart19.8.md).
  - (4) The HUBZone small business concern has been determined to be a responsible contractor with respect to performance; and
  - (5) **Award can be made at a fair and reasonable price.**
- (b) The SBA has the right to appeal the contracting officer's decision not to make a HUBZone sole-source award (see [13 CFR 126.610](/cfr/13/126.610.md)).

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 70272, Dec. 18, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 46057, July 26, 2000; 68 FR 4051, Jan. 27, 2003; 69 FR 8315, Feb. 23, 2004; 71 FR 57367, Sept. 28, 2006; 75 FR 38688, July 2, 2010; 75 FR 53133, Aug. 30, 2010; 75 FR 77731, Dec. 13, 2010; 76 FR 14568, Mar. 16, 2011; 77 FR 12932, Mar. 2, 2012; 80 FR 38298, July 2, 2015; 85 FR 62489, Oct. 2, 2020; 86 FR 61041, Nov. 4, 2021; 87 FR 58236, Sept. 23, 2022; 90 FR 41879, Aug. 27, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 486(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 137; and 42 U.S.C. 2473(c).

### Source

Source: 63 FR 70272, Dec. 18, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42240, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 70272, Dec. 18, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 46057, July 26, 2000; 68 FR 4051, Jan. 27, 2003; 69 FR 8315, Feb. 23, 2004; 71 FR 57367, Sept. 28, 2006; 75 FR 38688, July 2, 2010; 75 FR 53133, Aug. 30, 2010; 75 FR 77731, Dec. 13, 2010; 76 FR 14568, Mar. 16, 2011; 77 FR 12932, Mar. 2, 2012; 80 FR 38298, July 2, 2015; 85 FR 62489, Oct. 2, 2020; 86 FR 61041, Nov. 4, 2021; 87 FR 58236, Sept. 23, 2022; 90 FR 41879, Aug. 27, 2025]