8(a) Business Development/Small Disadvantaged Business Status Determinations; Rules of Procedure Governing Cases Before the Office of Hearings and Appeals

Due to a reorganization within the Office of General Counsel at the Small Business Administration (SBA), a new Office of Procurement Law was created to handle all procurement-related legal issues at SBA. Among other things, this new office will represent the Agency in all administrative litigation involving size and SIC code appeals, eligibility appeals relating to the 8(a) Business Development (BD) and Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) programs, suspensions of firms in the 8(a) BD program, and appeals of denials of requests for waivers of contract performance requirements in the 8(a) BD program. This rule changes the point of contact identified in SBA's regulations for these types of administrative appeals from the Associate General Counsel for General Law to the Associate General Counsel for Procurement Law.