{"data":{"id":"us/13-cfr-121.505","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"13 CFR 121.505","heading":"What is the effect of a self-certification?","body":"(a) A contracting officer may accept a concern's self-certification as true for the particular sale or lease involved, in the absence of a written protest by other offerors or other credible information which would cause the contracting officer or SBA to question the size of the concern.\n(b) Procedures for protesting the self-certification of an offeror are set forth in §§ 121.1001 through 121.1009.","path":["Title 13—Business Credit and Assistance","CHAPTER I—SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","PART 121—SMALL BUSINESS SIZE REGULATIONS","Subpart A—Size Eligibility Provisions and Standards"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-13.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:18Z","sha256":"7a2a5f579be8b192e4cab6c3a43adb578dd97b356b33b026a2378aefa1d4bd1e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/13-cfr-121.504","next":"us/13-cfr-121.506"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}