---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 19.814"
title: "48"
number: "19.814"
heading: "Requesting a formal size determination (8(a) sole source requirements)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/19.814"
---

# §19.814. Requesting a formal size determination (8(a) sole source requirements).

- (a) If the size status of an 8(a) participant nominated for award of an 8(a) sole source contract is called into question, a request for a formal size determination may be submitted to SBA pursuant to [13 CFR 121.1001(b)(2)(ii)](/cfr/13/121.1001.md?p=b-2-ii) by—
  - (1) The 8(a) participant nominated for award of the particular sole source contract;
  - (2) The contracting officer who has been delegated SBA's 8(a) contract execution functions, where applicable, or the SBA program official with authority to execute the 8(a) contract;
  - (3) The SBA District Director in the district office that services the 8(a) participant or the Associate Administrator for Business Development; or
  - (4) **The SBA Inspector General.**
- (b) SBA's Government Contracting Area Director will issue a formal size determination within 15 business days, if possible, after SBA receives the request for a formal size determination.
- (c) An appeal of an SBA size determination shall follow the procedures at 19.302.

## Notes

### Amendments

[82 FR 4730, Jan. 13, 2017]

### Source

Source: 54 FR 46005, Oct. 31, 1989, 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

[82 FR 4730, Jan. 13, 2017]