    [Code of Federal Regulations]

    [Title 13, Volume 1]

    [Revised as of January 1, 2002]

    From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

    [CITE: 13CFR121]

    [Page 272-320]

                    TITLE 13--BUSINESS CREDIT AND ASSISTANCE

                    CHAPTER I--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

    PART 121--SMALL BUSINESS SIZE REGULATIONS

              Subpart A--Size Eligibility Provisions and Standards

                       Provisions of General Applicability

    Sec.

    121.101  What are SBA size standards?

    121.102  How does SBA establish size standards?

    121.103  What is affiliation?

    121.104  How does SBA calculate annual receipts?

    121.105  How does SBA define ``business concern or concern''?

    121.106  How does SBA calculate number of employees?

    121.107  How does SBA determine a concern's ``primary industry''?

    121.108  What are the penalties for misrepresentation of size status?

              Size Standards Used to Define Small Business Concerns

    121.201  What size standards has SBA identified by North American

              Industry Classification System codes?

           Size Eligibility Requirements for SBA Financial Assistance

    121.301  What size standards are applicable to financial assistance

              programs?

    121.302  When does SBA determine the size status of an applicant?

    121.303  What size procedures are used by SBA before it makes a formal

              size determination?

    121.304  What are the size requirements for refinancing an existing SBA

              loan?

    121.305  What size eligibility requirements exist for obtaining business

              loans relating to particular procurements?

            Size Eligibility Requirements for Government Procurement

    121.401  What procurement programs are subject to size determinations?

    121.402  What size standards are applicable to procurement assistance

              programs?

    121.403  Are SBA size determinations and NAICS code designations binding

              on parties?

    121.404  When does SBA determine the size status of a business concern?

    121.405  May a business concern self-certify its small business size

              status?

    121.406  How does a small business concern qualify to provide

              manufactured products under small business set-aside or MED

              procurements?

    121.407  What are the size procedures for multiple item procurements?

    121.408  What are the size procedures for SBA's Certificate of

              Competency Program?

    121.409  What size standard applies in an unrestricted procurement for

              Certificate of Competency purposes?

    121.410  What are the size standards for SBA's Section 8(d)

              Subcontracting Program?

    121.411  What are the size procedures for SBA's Section 8(d)

              Subcontracting Program?

    121.412  What are the size procedures for partial small business set-

              asides?

    121.413  What size must a concern be to be eligible for the Very Small

              Business program?

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     Size Eligibility Requirements for Sales or Lease of Government Property

    121.501  What programs for sales or leases of Government property are

              subject to size determinations?

    121.502  What size standards are applicable to programs for sales or

              leases of Government property?

    121.503  Are SBA size determinations binding on parties?

    121.504  When does SBA determine the size status of a business concern?

    121.505  What is the effect of a self-certification?

    121.506  What definitions are important for sales or leases of

              Government-owned timber?

    121.507  What are the size standards and other requirements for the

              purchase of Government-owned timber (other than Special

              Salvage Timber)?

    121.508  What are the size standards and other requirements for the

              purchase of Government-owned Special Salvage Timber?

    121.509  What is the size standard for leasing of Government land for

              coal mining?

    121.510  What is the size standard for leasing of Government land for

              uranium mining?

    121.511  What is the size standard for buying Government-owned

              petroleum?

    121.512  What is the size standard for stockpile purchases?

     Size Eligibility Requirements for the Minority Enterprise Development

                                  (MED) Program

    121.601  What is a small business for purposes of admission to SBA's

              Minority Enterprise Development (MED) program?

    121.602  At what point in time must a MED applicant be small?

    121.603  How does SBA determine whether a Participant is small for a

              particular MED subcontract?

    121.604  Are MED Participants considered small for purposes of other SBA

              assistance?

    Size Eligibility Requirements for the Small Business Innovation Research

                                 (SBIR) Program

    121.701  What SBIR programs are subject to size determinations?

    121.702  What size standards are applicable to the SBIR program?

    121.703  Are formal size determinations binding on parties?

    121.704  When does SBA determine the size status of a business concern?

    121.705  Must a business concern self-certify its size status?

          Size Eligibility Requirements for Paying Reduced Patent Fees

    121.801  May patent fees be reduced if a concern is small?

    121.802  What size standards are applicable to reduced patent fees

              programs?

    121.803  Are formal size determinations binding on parties?

    121.804  When does SBA determine the size status of a business concern?

    121.805  May a business concern self-certify its size status?

      Size Eligibility Requirements for Compliance With Programs of Other

                                    Agencies

    121.901  Can other Government agencies obtain SBA size determinations?

    121.902  What size standards are applicable to programs of other

              agencies?

    121.903  When does SBA determine the size status of a business concern?

    Procedures for Size Protests and Requests for Formal Size Determinations

    121.1001  Who may initiate a size protest or a request for formal size

              determination?

    121.1002  Who makes a formal size determination?

    121.1003  Where should a size protest be filed?

    121.1004  What time limits apply to size protests?

    121.1005  How must a protest be filed with the contracting officer?

    121.1006  When will a size protest be referred to an SBA Government

              Contracting Area Office?

    121.1007  Must a protest of size status relate to a particular

              procurement and be specific?

    121.1008  What happens after SBA receives a size protest or a request

              for a formal size determination?

    121.1009  What are the procedures for making the size determination?

    121.1010  How does a concern become recertified as a small business?

           Appeals of Size Determinations and NAICS Code Designations

    121.1101  Are formal size determinations subject to appeal?

    121.1102  Are NAICS code designations subject to appeal?

    121.1103  What are the procedures for appealing an NAICS code

              designation?

                     Subpart B--Other Applicable Provisions

        Waivers of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Classes of Products and

                              Individual Contracts

    121.1201  What is the Nonmanufacturer Rule?

    121.1202  When will a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule be granted for

              a class of products?

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    121.1203  When will a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule be granted for

              an individual contract?

    121.1204  What are the procedures for requesting and granting waivers?

    121.1205  How is a list of previously granted class waivers obtained?

        Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632(a), 634(b)(6), 637(a), 644(c), and 662(5);

    and Sec. 304, Pub. L. 103-403, 108 Stat. 4175, 4188.

        Source: 61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

              Subpart A--Size Eligibility Provisions and Standards

                       Provisions of General Applicability

    Sec. 121.101  What are SBA size standards?

        (a) SBA's size standards define whether a business entity is small

    and, thus, eligible for Government programs and preferences reserved for

    ``small business'' concerns. Size standards have been established for

    types of economic activity, or industry, generally under the North

    American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

        (b) NAICS is described in the North American Industry Classification

    Manual--United States, 1997 which is available from the National

    Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA

    22161; by calling 1(800) 553-6847 or 1(703) 605-6000; or via the

    Internet at http://www.ntis.gov/yellowbk/1nty205.htm. The manual

    includes definitions for each industry, tables showing relationships

    between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SICs, and a comprehensive index. NAICS

    assigns codes to all economic activity within twenty broad sectors.

    Section 121.201 provides a full table of small business size standards

    matched to the U.S. NAICS industry codes. A full table matching a size

    standard with each NAICS Industry or U.S. Industry code is also

    published annually by SBA in the Federal Register.

    [65 FR 30840, May 15, 2000]

    Sec. 121.102  How does SBA establish size standards?

        (a) SBA considers economic characteristics comprising the structure

    of an industry, including degree of competition, average firm size,

    start-up costs and entry barriers, and distribution of firms by size. It

    also considers technological changes, competition from other industries,

    growth trends, historical activity within an industry, unique factors

    occurring in the industry which may distinguish small firms from other

    firms, and the objectives of its programs and the impact on those

    programs of different size standard levels.

        (b) As part of its review of a size standard, SBA will investigate

    if any concern at or below a particular standard would be dominant in

    the industry. SBA will take into consideration market share of a concern

    and other appropriate factors which may allow a concern to exercise a

    major controlling influence on a national basis in which a number of

    business concerns are engaged. Size standards seek to ensure that a

    concern that meets a specific size standard is not dominant in its field

    of operation.

        (c) Please address any requests to change existing size standards or

    establish new ones for emerging industries to the Assistant

    Administrator for Size Standards, Small Business Administration, 409 3rd

    Street, SW., Washington, DC 20416.

    Sec. 121.103  What is affiliation?

        (a) General Principles of Affiliation. (1) Concerns are affiliates

    of each other when one concern controls or has the power to control the

    other, or a third party or parties controls or has the power to control

    both.

        (2) SBA considers factors such as ownership, management, previous

    relationships with or ties to another concern, and contractual

    relationships, in determining whether affiliation exists.

        (3) Individuals or firms that have identical or substantially

    identical business or economic interests, such as family members,

    persons with common investments, or firms that are economically

    dependent through contractual or other relationships, may be treated as

    one party with such interests aggregated.

        (4) SBA counts the receipts or employees of the concern whose size

    is at issue and those of all its domestic and foreign affiliates,

    regardless of whether the affiliates are organized for profit, in

    determining the concern's size.

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        (b) Exclusion from affiliation coverage. (1) Business concerns owned

    in whole or substantial part by investment companies licensed, or

    development companies qualifying, under the Small Business Investment

    Act of 1958, as amended, are not considered affiliates of such

    investment companies or development companies.

        (2) Business concerns owned and controlled by Indian Tribes, Alaska

    Regional or Village Corporations organized pursuant to the Alaska Native

    Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601), Native Hawaiian Organizations,

    or Community Development Corporations authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9805 are

    not considered affiliates of such entities, or with other concerns owned

    by these entities solely because of their common ownership.

        (3) Business concerns which are part of an SBA approved pool of

    concerns for a joint program of research and development as authorized

    by the Small Business Act are not affiliates of one another because of

    the pool.

        (4) Business concerns which lease employees from concerns primarily

    engaged in leasing employees to other businesses or which enter into a

    co-employer arrangement with a Professional Employer Organization (PEO)

    are not affiliated with the leasing company or PEO solely on the basis

    of a leasing agreement.

        (5) For financial, management or technical assistance under the

    Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, (an applicant is not

    affiliated with the investors listed in paragraphs (b)(5) (i) through

    (vi) of this section.

        (i) Venture capital operating companies, as defined in the U.S.

    Department of Labor regulations found at 29 CFR 2510.3-101(d);

        (ii) Employee benefit or pension plans established and maintained by

    the Federal government or any state, or their political subdivisions, or

    any agency or instrumentality thereof, for the benefit of employees;

        (iii) Employee benefit or pension plans within the meaning of the

    Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (29 U.S.C.

    1001, et seq.);

        (iv) Charitable trusts, foundations, endowments, or similar

    organizations exempt from Federal income taxation under section 501(c)

    of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (26 U.S.C. 501(c));

        (v) Investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act

    of 1940, as amended (1940 Act) (15 U.S.C. 80a-1, et seq.); and

        (vi) Investment companies, as defined under the 1940 Act, which are

    not registered under the 1940 Act because they are beneficially owned by

    less than 100 persons, if the company's sales literature or

    organizational documents indicate that its principal purpose is

    investment in securities rather than the operation of commercial

    enterprises.

        (6) A protege firm is not an affiliate of a mentor firm solely

    because the protege firm receives assistance from the mentor firm under

    Federal Mentor-Protege programs.

        (c) Affiliation based on stock ownership. (1) A person is an

    affiliate of a concern if the person owns or controls, or has the power

    to control 50 percent or more of its voting stock, or a block of stock

    which affords control because it is large compared to other outstanding

    blocks of stock.

        (2) If two or more persons each owns, controls or has the power to

    control less than 50 percent of the voting stock of a concern, with

    minority holdings that are equal or approximately equal in size, but the

    aggregate of these minority holdings is large as compared with any other

    stock holding, each such person is presumed to be an affiliate of the

    concern.

        (d) Affiliation arising under stock options, convertible debentures,

    and agreements to merge. Since stock options, convertible debentures,

    and agreements to merge (including agreements in principle) affect the

    power to control a concern, SBA treats them as though the rights granted

    have been exercised (except that an affiliate cannot use them to appear

    to terminate control over another concern before it actually does so).

    SBA gives present effect to an agreement to merge or sell stock whether

    such agreement is unconditional, conditional, or finalized but

    unexecuted. Agreements to open or continue negotiations towards the

    possibility of a merger or a sale of stock

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    at some later date are not considered ``agreements in principle'' and,

    thus, are not given present effect.

        (e) Affiliation based on common management. Affiliation arises where

    one or more officers, directors or general partners controls the board

    of directors and/or the management of another concern.

        (f) Affiliation based on joint venture arrangements. (1) Parties to

    a joint venture are affiliates if any one of them seeks SBA financial

    assistance for use in connection with the joint venture.

        (2) Except as provided in paragraph (f)(3) of this section, concerns

    submitting offers on a particular procurement or property sale as joint

    venturers are affiliated with each other with regard to the performance

    of that contract.

        (3) Exclusion from affiliation. (i) A joint venture or teaming

    arrangement of two or more business concerns may submit an offer as a

    small business for a Federal procurement without regard to affiliation

    under this paragraph (f) so long as each concern is small under the size

    standard corresponding to the NAICS code assigned to the contract,

    provided:

        (A) The procurement qualifies as a ``bundled'' requirement, at any

    dollar value, within the meaning of Sec. 125.2(d)(1)(i) of this chapter;

    or

        (B) The procurement is other than a ``bundled'' requirement within

    the meaning of Sec. 125.2(d)(1)(i) of this chapter, and:

        (1) For a procurement having a revenue-based size standard, the

    dollar value of the procurement, including options, exceeds half the

    size standard corresponding to the NAICS code assigned to the contract;

    or

        (2) For a procurement having an employee-based size standard, the

    dollar value of the procurement, including options, exceeds $10 million.

        (ii) A joint venture or teaming arrangement of at least one 8(a)

    Participant and one or more other business concerns may submit an offer

    for a competitive 8(a) procurement without regard to affiliation under

    paragraph (f) of this section so long as the requirements of 13 CFR

    124.513(b)(1) are met.

        (iii) Two firms approved by SBA to be a mentor and protege under 13

    CFR 124.520 may joint venture as a small business for any Federal

    Government procurement, provided the protege qualifies as small for the

    size standard corresponding to the NAICS code assigned to the

    procurement and, for purposes of 8(a) sole source requirements, has not

    reached the dollar limit set forth in 13 CFR 124.519.

        (4) A contractor and subcontractor are treated as joint venturers if

    the ostensible subcontractor will perform primary and vital requirements

    of a contract or if the prime contractor is unusually reliant upon the

    ostensible subcontractor. All requirements of the contract are

    considered in reviewing such relationship, including contract

    management, technical responsibilities, and the percentage of

    subcontracted work.

        (5) For size purposes, a concern must include in its revenues its

    proportionate share of joint venture receipts.

        (g) Affiliation based on franchise and license agreements. The

    restraints imposed on a franchisee or licensee by its franchise or

    license agreement relating to standardized quality, advertising,

    accounting format and other similar provisions, generally will not be

    considered in determining whether the franchisor or licensor is

    affiliated with the franchisee or licensee provided the franchisee or

    licensee has the right to profit from its efforts and bears the risk of

    loss commensurate with ownership. Affiliation may arise, however,

    through other means, such as common ownership, common management or

    excessive restrictions upon the sale of the franchise interest.

    [61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 26381, May 14, 1997; 63

    FR 35738, June 30, 1998; 64 FR 57370, Oct. 25, 1999; 65 FR 30840, May

    15, 2000; 65 FR 35812, June 6, 2000; 65 FR 45833, July 26, 2000]

    Sec. 121.104  How does SBA calculate annual receipts?

        (a) Definitions. In determining annual receipts of a concern:

        (1) Receipts means ``total income'' (or in the case of a sole

    proprietorship, ``gross income'') plus ``cost of goods sold'' as these

    terms are defined or reported on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Federal

    tax return forms; Form 1120 for corporations; Form 1120S for

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    Subchapter S corporations; Form 1065 for partnerships; and Form 1040,

    Schedule F for farm or Schedule C for sole proprietorships). However,

    the term receipts excludes net capital gains or losses, taxes collected

    for and remitted to a taxing authority if included in gross or total

    income, proceeds from the transactions between a concern and its

    domestic or foreign affiliates (if also excluded from gross or total

    income on a consolidated return filed with the IRS), and amounts

    collected for another by a travel agent, real estate agent, advertising

    agent, conference management service provider, freight forwarder or

    customs broker.

        (2) Completed fiscal year means a taxable year including any short

    period. Taxable year and short period have the meaning attributed to

    them by the IRS.

        (3) Unless otherwise defined in this section, all terms shall have

    the meaning attributed to them by the IRS.

        (b) Period of measurement. (1) Annual receipts of a concern which

    has been in business for 3 or more completed fiscal years means the

    receipts of the concern over its last 3 completed fiscal years divided

    by three.

        (2) Annual receipts of a concern which has been in business for less

    than 3 complete fiscal years means the receipts for the period the

    concern has been in business divided by the number of weeks in business,

    multiplied by 52.

        (3) Annual receipts of a concern which has been in business 3 or

    more complete fiscal years but has a short year as one of those years

    means the receipts for the short year and the two full fiscal years

    divided by the number of weeks in the short year and the two full fiscal

    years, multiplied by 52.

        (c) Use of information other than the Federal tax return. Where

    other information gives SBA reason to regard Federal Income Tax returns

    as false, SBA may base its size determination on such other information.

        (d) Annual receipts of affiliates. (1) If a concern has acquired an

    affiliate or been acquired as an affiliate during the applicable

    averaging period or before small business self-certification, the annual

    receipts in determining size status include the receipts of both firms.

    Furthermore, this aggregation applies for the entire applicable period

    used in computing size rather than only for the period after the

    affiliation arose. Receipts are determined for the concern and its

    affiliates in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section even though

    this may result in different periods being used to calculate annual

    receipts.

        (2) The annual receipts of a former affiliate are not included as

    annual receipts if affiliation ceased before the date used for

    determining size. This exclusion of annual receipts of a former

    affiliate applies during the entire period used in computing size,

    rather than only for the period after which the affiliation ceased .

    [61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 65 FR 48604, Aug. 9, 2000]

    Sec. 121.105  How does SBA define ``business concern or concern''?

        (a) A business concern eligible for assistance from SBA as a small

    business is a business entity organized for profit, with a place of

    business located in the United States, and which operates primarily

    within the United States or which makes a significant contribution to

    the U.S. economy through payment of taxes or use of American products,

    materials or labor.

        (b) A business concern may be in the legal form of an individual

    proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation,

    joint venture, association, trust or cooperative, except that where the

    form is a joint venture there can be no more than 49 percent

    participation by foreign business entities in the joint venture.

        (c) A firm will not be treated as a separate business concern if a

    substantial portion of its assets and/or liabilities are the same as

    those of a predecessor entity. In such a case, the annual receipts and

    employees of the predecessor will be taken into account in determining

    size.

    Sec. 121.106  How does SBA calculate number of employees?

        (a) Employees counted in determining size include all individuals

    employed on a full-time, part-time, temporary, or other basis. SBA will

    consider the totality of the circumstances,

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    including factors relevant for tax purposes, in determining whether

    individuals are employees of the concern in question.

        (b) Where the size standard is number of employees, the method for

    determining a concern's size includes the following principles:

        (1) The average number of employees of the concern is used

    (including the employees of its domestic and foreign affiliates) based

    upon numbers of employees for each of the pay periods for the preceding

    completed 12 calendar months.

        (2) Part-time and temporary employees are counted the same as full-

    time employees.

        (3) If a concern has not been in business for 12 months, the average

    number of employees is used for each of the pay periods during which it

    has been in business.

        (4) The treatment of employees of former affiliates or recently

    acquired affiliates is the same as for size determinations using annual

    receipts in Sec. 121.104(d).

    Sec. 121.107  How does SBA determine a concern's ``primary industry''?

        In determining the primary industry in which a concern or a concern

    combined with its affiliates is engaged, SBA considers the distribution

    of receipts, employees and costs of doing business among the different

    industries in which business operations occurred for the most recently

    completed fiscal year. SBA may also consider other factors, such as the

    distribution of patents, contract awards, and assets.

    Sec. 121.108  What are the penalties for misrepresentation of size

              status?

        In addition to other laws which may be applicable, section 16(d) of

    the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. 645(d), provides severe criminal

    penalties for knowingly misrepresenting the small business size status

    of a concern in connection with procurement programs. Section 16(a) of

    the Act also provides, in part, for criminal penalties for knowingly

    making false statements or misrepresentations to SBA for the purpose of

    influencing in any way the actions of the Agency.

              Size Standards Used To Define Small Business Concerns

    Sec. 121.201  What size standards has SBA identified by North American

              Industry Classification System codes?

        The size standards described in this section apply to all SBA

    programs unless otherwise specified in this part. The size standards

    themselves are expressed either in number of employees or annual

    receipts in millions of dollars, unless otherwise specified. The number

    of employees or annual receipts indicates the maximum allowed for a

    concern and its affiliates to be considered small.

                 Small Business Size Standards by NAICS Industry

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                                                          Size  standard  in

                                                              number  of

          NAICS  codes         Description  (N.E.C.=Not      employees  or

                                Elsewhere Classified)        millions  of

                                                                dollars

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                  Sector 11--Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                         Subsector 111--Crop Production

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    111110.................  Soybean Farming............               $0.75

    111120.................  Oilseed (except Soybean)                  $0.75

                              Farming.

    111130.................  Dry Pea and Bean Farming...               $0.75

    111140.................  Wheat Farming..............               $0.75

    111150.................  Corn Farming...............               $0.75

    111160.................  Rice Farming...............               $0.75

    111191.................  Oilseed and Grain                         $0.75

                              Combination Farming.

    111199.................  All Other Grain Farming....               $0.75

    111211.................  Potato Farming.............               $0.75

    111219.................  Other Vegetable (except                   $0.75

                              Potato) and Melon Farming.

    111310.................  Orange Groves..............               $0.75

    111320.................  Citrus (except Orange)                    $0.75

                              Groves.

    111331.................  Apple Orchards.............               $0.75

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    111332.................  Grape Vineyards............               $0.75

    111333.................  Strawberry Farming.........               $0.75

    111334.................  Berry (except Strawberry)                 $0.75

                              Farming.

    111335.................  Tree Nut Farming...........               $0.75

    111336.................  Fruit and Tree Nut                        $0.75

                              Combination Farming.

    111339.................  Other Noncitrus Fruit                     $0.75

                              Farming.

    111411.................  Mushroom Production........               $0.75

    111419.................  Other Food Crops Grown                    $0.75

                              Under Cover.

    111421.................  Nursery and Tree Production               $0.75

    111422.................  Floriculture Production....               $0.75

    111910.................  Tobacco Farming............               $0.75

    111920.................  Cotton Farming.............               $0.75

    111930.................  Sugarcane Farming..........               $0.75

    111940.................  Hay Farming................               $0.75

    111991.................  Sugar Beet Farming.........               $0.75

    111992.................  Peanut Farming.............               $0.75

    111998.................  All Other Miscellaneous                   $0.75

                              Crop Farming.

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                        Subsector 112--Animal Production

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    112111.................  Beef Cattle Ranching and                  $0.75

                              Farming.

    112112.................  Cattle Feedlots............               $1.50

    112120.................  Dairy Cattle and Milk                     $0.75

                              Production.

    112210.................  Hog and Pig Farming........               $0.75

    112310.................  Chicken Egg Production.....               $9.00

    112320.................  Broilers and Other Meat                   $0.75

                              Type Chicken Production.

    112330.................  Turkey Production..........               $0.75

    112340.................  Poultry Hatcheries.........               $0.75

    112390.................  Other Poultry Production...               $0.75

    112410.................  Sheep Farming..............               $0.75

    112420.................  Goat Farming...............               $0.75

    112511.................  Finfish Farming and Fish                  $0.75

                              Hatcheries.

    112512.................  Shellfish Farming..........               $0.75

    112519.................  Other Animal Aquaculture...               $0.75

    112910.................  Apiculture.................               $0.75

    112920.................  Horse and Other Equine                    $0.75

                              Production.

    112930.................  Fur-Bearing Animal and                    $0.75

                              Rabbit Production.

    112990.................  All Other Animal Production               $0.75

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                       Subsector 113--Forestry and Logging

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    113110.................  Timber Tract Operations....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    113210.................  Forest Nurseries and         .................$

                              Gathering of Forest                        5.0

                              Products.

    113310.................  Logging....................  ..................

                                                                         500

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                  Subsector 114--Fishing, Hunting and Trapping

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    114111.................  Finfish Fishing............  .................$

                                                                         3.0

    114112.................  Shellfish Fishing..........  .................$

                                                                         3.0

    114119.................  Other Marine Fishing.......  .................$

                                                                         3.0

    114210.................  Hunting and Trapping.......  .................$

                                                                         3.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

         Subsector 115--Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    115111.................  Cotton Ginning.............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    115112.................  Soil Preparation, Planting,  .................$

                              and Cultivating.                           5.0

    115113.................  Crop Harvesting, Primarily   .................$

                              by Machine.                                5.0

    115114.................  Postharvest Crop Activities  .................$

                              (except Cotton Ginning).                   5.0

    115115.................  Farm Labor Contractors and   .................$

                              Crew Leaders.                              5.0

    115116.................  Farm Management Services...  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    115210.................  Support Activities for       .................$

                              Animal Production.                         5.0

    115310.................  Support Activities for       .................$

                              Forestry.                                  5.0

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                                Sector 21--Mining

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      Subsector 211--Oil and Gas Extraction

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    211111.................  Crude Petroleum and Natural  ..................

                              Gas Extraction.                            500

    [[Page 280]]

    211112.................  Natural Gas Liquid           ..................

                              Extraction.                                500

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                   Subsector 212--Mining (except Oil and Gas)

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    212111.................  Bituminous Coal and Lignite  ..................

                              Surface Mining.                            500

    212112.................  Bituminous Coal Underground  ..................

                              Mining.                                    500

    212113.................  Anthracite Mining..........  ..................

                                                                         500

    212210.................  Iron Ore Mining............  ..................

                                                                         500

    212221.................  Gold Ore Mining............  ..................

                                                                         500

    212222.................  Silver Ore Mining..........  ..................

                                                                         500

    212231.................  Lead Ore and Zinc Ore        ..................

                              Mining.                                    500

    212234.................  Copper Ore and Nickel Ore    ..................

                              Mining.                                    500

    212291.................  Uranium-Radium-Vanadium Ore  ..................

                              Mining.                                    500

    212299.................  All Other Metal Ore Mining.  ..................

                                                                         500

    212311.................  Dimension Stone Mining and   ..................

                              Quarrying.                                 500

    212312.................  Crushed and Broken           ..................

                              Limestone Mining and                       500

                              Quarrying.

    212313.................  Crushed and Broken Granite   ..................

                              Mining and Quarrying.                      500

    212319.................  Other Crushed and Broken     ..................

                              Stone Mining and Quarrying.                500

    212321.................  Construction Sand and        ..................

                              Gravel Mining.                             500

    212322.................  Industrial Sand Mining.....  ..................

                                                                         500

    212324.................  Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining  ..................

                                                                         500

    212325.................  Clay and Ceramic and         ..................

                              Refractory Minerals Mining.                500

    212391.................  Potash, Soda, and Borate     ..................

                              Mineral Mining.                            500

    212392.................  Phosphate Rock Mining......  ..................

                                                                         500

    212393.................  Other Chemical and           ..................

                              Fertilizer Mineral Mining.                 500

    212399.................  All Other Nonmetallic        ..................

                              Mineral Mining.                            500

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                  Subsector 213--Support Activities for Mining

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    213111.................  Drilling Oil and Gas Wells.  ..................

                                                                         500

    213112.................  Support Activities for Oil   .................$

                              and Gas Operations.                        5.0

    213113.................  Support Activities for Coal  .................$

                              Mining.                                    5.0

    213114.................  Support Activities for       .................$

                              Metal Mining.                              5.0

    213115.................  Support Activities for       .................$

                              Nonmetallic Minerals                       5.0

                              (except Fuels).

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                              Sector 22--Utilities

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                            Subsector 221--Utilities

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    221111.................  Hydroelectric Power                 4 mil

                              Generation.                         megawatt

                                                                hours \1\

    221112.................  Fossil Fuel Electric Power          4 mil

                              Generation.                         megawatt

                                                                hours \1\

    221113.................  Nuclear Electric Power              4 mil

                              Generation.                         megawatt

                                                                hours \1\

    221119.................  Other Electric Power                4 mil

                              Generation.                         megawatt

                                                                hours \1\

    221121.................  Electric Bulk Power                 4 mil

                              Transmission and Control.           megawatt

                                                                hours \1\

    221122.................  Electric Power Distribution         4 mil

                                                                  megawatt

                                                                hours \1\

    221210.................  Natural Gas Distribution...  ..................

                                                                         500

    221310.................  Water Supply and Irrigation  .................$

                              Systems.                                   5.0

    221320.................  Sewage Treatment Facilities  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    221330.................  Steam and Air-Conditioning   .................$

                              Supply.                                    9.0

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                             Sector 23--Construction

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

           Subsector 233--Building, Developing and General Contracting

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    233110.................  Land Subdivision and Land    .................$

                              Development.                               5.0

    [[Page 281]]

    233210.................  Single Family Housing        ...............$27

                              Construction.                               .5

    233220.................  Multifamily Housing          ...............$27

                              Construction.                               .5

    233310.................  Manufacturing and            ...............$27

                              Industrial Building                         .5

                              Construction.

    233320.................  Commercial and               ...............$27

                              Institutional Building                      .5

                              Construction.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        Subsector 234--Heavy Construction

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    234110.................  Highway and Street           ...............$27

                              Construction.                               .5

    234120.................  Bridge and Tunnel            ...............$27

                              Construction.                               .5

    234910.................  Water, Sewer, and Pipeline   ...............$27

                              Construction.                               .5

    234920.................  Power and Communication      ...............$27

                              Transmission Line                           .5

                              Construction.

    234930.................  Industrial Nonbuilding       ...............$27

                              Structure Construction.                     .5

    234990.................  All Other Heavy              ...............$27

                              Construction.                               .5

        EXCEPT               Except Dredging and Surface  ............$17.0

                              Cleanup Activities.                        \2\

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                    Subsector 235--Special Trade Contractors

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    235110.................  Plumbing, Heating and Air-   ...............$11

                              Conditioning Contractors.                   .5

    235210.................  Painting and Wall Covering   ...............$11

                              Contractors.                                .5

    235310.................  Electrical Contractors.....  ...............$11

                                                                          .5

    235410.................  Masonry and Stone            ...............$11

                              Contractors.                                .5

    235420.................  Drywall, Plastering,         ...............$11

                              Acoustical and Insulation                   .5

                              Contractors.

    235430.................  Tile, Marble, Terrazzo and   ...............$11

                              Mosaic Contractors.                         .5

    235510.................  Carpentry Contractors......  ...............$11

                                                                          .5

    235520.................  Floor Laying and Other       ...............$11

                              Floor Contractors.                          .5

    235610.................  Roofing, Siding and Sheet    ...............$11

                              Metal Contractors.                          .5

    235710.................  Concrete Contractors.......  ...............$11

                                                                          .5

    235810.................  Water Well Drilling          ...............$11

                              Contractors.                                .5

    235910.................  Structural Steel Erection    ...............$11

                              Contractors.                                .5

    235920.................  Glass and Glazing            ...............$11

                              Contractors.                                .5

    235930.................  Excavation Contractors.....  ...............$11

                                                                          .5

    235940.................  Wrecking and Demolition      ...............$11

                              Contractors.                                .5

    235950.................  Building Equipment and       ...............$11

                              Other Machinery                             .5

                              Installation Contractors.

    235990.................  All Other Special Trade      ...............$11

                              Contractors.                                .5

        EXCEPT               Base Housing                 ...........$11.5 \

                              Maintenance\13\.                           13\

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          Sectors 31-33--Manufacturing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        Subsector 311--Food Manufacturing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    311111.................  Dog and Cat Food             ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    311119.................  Other Animal Food            ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    311211.................  Flour Milling..............  ..................

                                                                         500

    311212.................  Rice Milling...............  ..................

                                                                         500

    311213.................  Malt Manufacturing.........  ..................

                                                                         500

    311221.................  Wet Corn Milling...........  ..................

                                                                         750

    311222.................  Soybean Processing.........  ..................

                                                                         500

    311223.................  Other Oilseed Processing...  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    311225.................  Fats and Oils Refining and   ...............1,0

                              Blending.                                   00

    311230.................  Breakfast Cereal             ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    311311.................  Sugarcane Mills............  ..................

                                                                         500

    311312.................  Cane Sugar Refining........  ..................

                                                                         750

    311313.................  Beet Sugar Manufacturing...  ..................

                                                                         750

    311320.................  Chocolate and Confectionery  ..................

                              Manufacturing from Cacao                   500

                              Beans.

    311330.................  Confectionery Manufacturing  ..................

                              from Purchased Chocolate.                  500

    311340.................  Non-Chocolate Confectionery  ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    311411.................  Frozen Fruit, Juice and      ..................

                              Vegetable Manufacturing.                   500

    311412.................  Frozen Specialty Food        ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    311421.................  Fruit and Vegetable Canning  ...............500

                                                                         \3\

    311422.................  Specialty Canning..........  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    311423.................  Dried and Dehydrated Food    ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    311511.................  Fluid Milk Manufacturing...  ..................

                                                                         500

    311512.................  Creamery Butter              ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    311513.................  Cheese Manufacturing.......  ..................

                                                                         500

    311514.................  Dry, Condensed, and          ..................

                              Evaporated Dairy Product                   500

                              Manufacturing.

    311520.................  Ice Cream and Frozen         ..................

                              Dessert Manufacturing.                     500

    311611.................  Animal (except Poultry)      ..................

                              Slaughtering.                              500

    [[Page 282]]

    311612.................  Meat Processed from          ..................

                              Carcasses.                                 500

    311613.................  Rendering and Meat By-       ..................

                              product Processing.                        500

    311615.................  Poultry Processing.........  ..................

                                                                         500

    311711.................  Seafood Canning............  ..................

                                                                         500

    311712.................  Fresh and Frozen Seafood     ..................

                              Processing.                                500

    311811.................  Retail Bakeries............  ..................

                                                                         500

    311812.................  Commercial Bakeries........  ..................

                                                                         500

    311813.................  Frozen Cakes, Pies, and      ..................

                              Other Pastries                             500

                              Manufacturing.

    311821.................  Cookie and Cracker           ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    311822.................  Flour Mixes and Dough        ..................

                              Manufacturing from                         500

                              Purchased Flour.

    311823.................  Dry Pasta Manufacturing....  ..................

                                                                         500

    311830.................  Tortilla Manufacturing.....  ..................

                                                                         500

    311911.................  Roasted Nuts and Peanut      ..................

                              Butter Manufacturing.                      500

    311919.................  Other Snack Food             ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    311920.................  Coffee and Tea               ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    311930.................  Flavoring Syrup and          ..................

                              Concentrate Manufacturing.                 500

    311941.................  Mayonnaise, Dressing and     ..................

                              Other Prepared Sauce                       500

                              Manufacturing.

    311942.................  Spice and Extract            ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    311991.................  Perishable Prepared Food     ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    311999.................  All Other Miscellaneous      ..................

                              Food Manufacturing.                        500

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

            Subsector 312--Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    312111.................  Soft Drink Manufacturing...  ..................

                                                                         500

    312112.................  Bottled Water Manufacturing  ..................

                                                                         500

    312113.................  Ice Manufacturing..........  ..................

                                                                         500

    312120.................  Breweries..................  ..................

                                                                         500

    312130.................  Wineries...................  ..................

                                                                         500

    312140.................  Distilleries...............  ..................

                                                                         750

    312210.................  Tobacco Stemming and         ..................

                              Redrying.                                  500

    312221.................  Cigarette Manufacturing....  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    312229.................  Other Tobacco Product        ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          Subsector 313--Textile Mills

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    313111.................  Yarn Spinning Mills........  ..................

                                                                         500

    313112.................  Yarn Texturizing, Throwing   ..................

                              and Twisting Mills.                        500

    313113.................  Thread Mills...............  ..................

                                                                         500

    313210.................  Broadwoven Fabric Mills....  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    313221.................  Narrow Fabric Mills........  ..................

                                                                         500

    313222.................  Schiffli Machine Embroidery  ..................

                                                                         500

    313230.................  Nonwoven Fabric Mills......  ..................

                                                                         500

    313241.................  Weft Knit Fabric Mills.....  ..................

                                                                         500

    313249.................  Other Knit Fabric and Lace   ..................

                              Mills.                                     500

    313311.................  Broadwoven Fabric Finishing  ...............1,0

                              Mills.                                      00

    313312.................  Textile and Fabric           ..................

                              Finishing (except                          500

                              Broadwoven Fabric) Mills.

    313320.................  Fabric Coating Mills.......  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      Subsector 314--Textile Product Mills

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    314110.................  Carpet and Rug Mills.......  ..................

                                                                         500

    314121.................  Curtain and Drapery Mills..  ..................

                                                                         500

    314129.................  Other Household Textile      ..................

                              Product Mills.                             500

    314911.................  Textile Bag Mills..........  ..................

                                                                         500

    314912.................  Canvas and Related Product   ..................

                              Mills.                                     500

    314991.................  Rope, Cordage and Twine      ..................

                              Mills.                                     500

    314992.................  Tire Cord and Tire Fabric    ...............1,0

                              Mills.                                      00

    314999.................  All Other Miscellaneous      ..................

                              Textile Product Mills.                     500

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      Subsector 315--Apparel Manufacturing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    315111.................  Sheer Hosiery Mills........  ..................

                                                                         500

    315119.................  Other Hosiery and Sock       ..................

                              Mills.                                     500

    315191.................  Outerwear Knitting Mills...  ..................

                                                                         500

    315192.................  Underwear and Nightwear      ..................

                              Knitting Mills.                            500

    315211.................  Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew  ..................

                              Apparel Contractors.                       500

    315212.................  Women's, Girls', and         ..................

                              Infants' Cut and Sew                       500

                              Apparel Contractors.

    [[Page 283]]

    315221.................  Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew  ..................

                              Underwear and Nightwear                    500

                              Manufacturing.

    315222.................  Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew  ..................

                              Suit, Coat and Overcoat                    500

                              Manufacturing.

    315223.................  Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew  ..................

                              Shirt (except Work Shirt)                  500

                              Manufacturing.

    315224.................  Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew  ..................

                              Trouser, Slack and Jean                    500

                              Manufacturing.

    315225.................  Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew  ..................

                              Work Clothing                              500

                              Manufacturing.

    315228.................  Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew  ..................

                              Other Outerwear                            500

                              Manufacturing.

    315231.................  Women's and Girls' Cut and   ..................

                              Sew Lingerie, Loungewear                   500

                              and Nightwear

                              Manufacturing.

    315232.................  Women's and Girls' Cut and   ..................

                              Sew Blouse and Shirt                       500

                              Manufacturing.

    315233.................  Women's and Girls' Cut and   ..................

                              Sew Dress Manufacturing.                   500

    315234.................  Women's and Girls' Cut and   ..................

                              Sew Suit, Coat, Tailored                   500

                              Jacket and Skirt

                              Manufacturing.

    315239.................  Women's and Girls' Cut and   ..................

                              Sew Other Outerwear                        500

                              Manufacturing.

    315291.................  Infants' Cut and Sew         ..................

                              Apparel Manufacturing.                     500

    315292.................  Fur and Leather Apparel      ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    315299.................  All Other Cut and Sew        ..................

                              Apparel Manufacturing.                     500

    315991.................  Hat, Cap and Millinery       ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    315992.................  Glove and Mitten             ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    315993.................  Men's and Boys' Neckwear     ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    315999.................  Other Apparel Accessories    ..................

                              and Other Apparel                          500

                              Manufacturing.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

             Subsector 316--Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    316110.................  Leather and Hide Tanning     ..................

                              and Finishing.                             500

    316211.................  Rubber and Plastics          ...............1,0

                              Footwear Manufacturing.                     00

    316212.................  House Slipper Manufacturing  ..................

                                                                         500

    316213.................  Men's Footwear (except       ..................

                              Athletic) Manufacturing.                   500

    316214.................  Women's Footwear (except     ..................

                              Athletic) Manufacturing.                   500

    316219.................  Other Footwear               ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    316991.................  Luggage Manufacturing......  ..................

                                                                         500

    316992.................  Women's Handbag and Purse    ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    316993.................  Personal Leather Good        ..................

                              (except Women's Handbag                    500

                              and Purse) Manufacturing.

    316999.................  All Other Leather Good       ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                    Subsector 321--Wood Product Manufacturing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    321113.................  Sawmills...................  ..................

                                                                         500

    321114.................  Wood Preservation..........  ..................

                                                                         500

    321211.................  Hardwood Veneer and Plywood  ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    321212.................  Softwood Veneer and Plywood  ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    321213.................  Engineered Wood Member       ..................

                              (except Truss)                             500

                              Manufacturing.

    321214.................  Truss Manufacturing........  ..................

                                                                         500

    321219.................  Reconstituted Wood Product   ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    321911.................  Wood Window and Door         ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    321912.................  Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber,  ..................

                              and Planing.                               500

    321918.................  Other Millwork (including    ..................

                              Flooring ).                                500

    321920.................  Wood Container and Pallet    ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    321991.................  Manufactured Home (Mobile    ..................

                              Home) Manufacturing.                       500

    321992.................  Prefabricated Wood Building  ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    321999.................  All Other Miscellaneous      ..................

                              Wood Product Manufacturing.                500

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       Subsector 322--Paper Manufacturing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    322110.................  Pulp Mills.................  ..................

                                                                         750

    322121.................  Paper (except Newsprint)     ..................

                              Mills.                                     750

    322122.................  Newsprint Mills............  ..................

                                                                         750

    322130.................  Paperboard Mills...........  ..................

                                                                         750

    322211.................  Corrugated and Solid Fiber   ..................

                              Box Manufacturing.                         500

    322212.................  Folding Paperboard Box       ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    322213.................  Setup Paperboard Box         ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    322214.................  Fiber Can, Tube, Drum, and   ..................

                              Similar Products                           500

                              Manufacturing.

    322215.................  Non-Folding Sanitary Food    ..................

                              Container Manufacturing.                   750

    322221.................  Coated and Laminated         ..................

                              Packaging Paper and                        500

                              Plastics Film

                              Manufacturing.

    322222.................  Coated and Laminated Paper   ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    322223.................  Plastics, Foil, and Coated   ..................

                              Paper Bag Manufacturing.                   500

    322224.................  Uncoated Paper and           ..................

                              Multiwall Bag                              500

                              Manufacturing.

    322225.................  Laminated Aluminum Foil      ..................

                              Manufacturing for Flexible                 500

                              Packaging Uses.

    322226.................  Surface-Coated Paperboard    ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    322231.................  Die-Cut Paper and            ..................

                              Paperboard Office Supplies                 500

                              Manufacturing.

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    322232.................  Envelope Manufacturing.....  ..................

                                                                         500

    322233.................  Stationery, Tablet, and      ..................

                              Related Product                            500

                              Manufacturing.

    322291.................  Sanitary Paper Product       ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    322299.................  All Other Converted Paper    ..................

                              Product Manufacturing.                     500

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

             Subsector 323--Printing and Related Support Activities

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    323110.................  Commercial Lithographic      ..................

                              Printing.                                  500

    323111.................  Commercial Gravure Printing  ..................

                                                                         500

    323112.................  Commercial Flexographic      ..................

                              Printing.                                  500

    323113.................  Commercial Screen Printing.  ..................

                                                                         500

    323114.................  Quick Printing.............  ..................

                                                                         500

    323115.................  Digital Printing...........  ..................

                                                                         500

    323116.................  Manifold Business Forms      ..................

                              Printing.                                  500

    323117.................  Books Printing.............  ..................

                                                                         500

    323118.................  Blankbook, Loose-leaf        ..................

                              Binders and Devices                        500

                              Manufacturing.

    323119.................  Other Commercial Printing..  ..................

                                                                         500

    323121.................  Tradebinding and Related     ..................

                              Work.                                      500

    323122.................  Prepress Services..........  ..................

                                                                         500

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

            Subsector 324--Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    324110.................  Petroleum Refineries.......  .............1,500

                                                                         \4\

    324121.................  Asphalt Paving Mixture and   ..................

                              Block Manufacturing.                       500

    324122.................  Asphalt Shingle and Coating  ..................

                              Materials Manufacturing.                   750

    324191.................  Petroleum Lubricating Oil    ..................

                              and Grease Manufacturing.                  500

    324199.................  All Other Petroleum and      ..................

                              Coal Products                              500

                              Manufacturing.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      Subsector 325--Chemical Manufacturing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    325110.................  Petrochemical Manufacturing  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    325120.................  Industrial Gas               ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    325131.................  Inorganic Dye and Pigment    ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    325132.................  Synthetic Organic Dye and    ..................

                              Pigment Manufacturing.                     750

    325181.................  Alkalies and Chlorine        ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    325182.................  Carbon Black Manufacturing.  ..................

                                                                         500

    325188.................  All Other Basic Inorganic    ...............1,0

                              Chemical Manufacturing.                     00

    325191.................  Gum and Wood Chemical        ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    325192.................  Cyclic Crude and             ..................

                              Intermediate Manufacturing.                750

    325193.................  Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    325199.................  All Other Basic Organic      ...............1,0

                              Chemical Manufacturing.                     00

    325211.................  Plastics Material and Resin  ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    325212.................  Synthetic Rubber             ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    325221.................  Cellulosic Organic Fiber     ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    325222.................  Noncellulosic Organic Fiber  ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    325311.................  Nitrogenous Fertilizer       ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    325312.................  Phosphatic Fertilizer        ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    325314.................  Fertilizer (Mixing Only)     ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    325320.................  Pesticide and Other          ..................

                              Agricultural Chemical                      500

                              Manufacturing.

    325411.................  Medicinal and Botanical      ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    325412.................  Pharmaceutical Preparation   ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    325413.................  In-Vitro Diagnostic          ..................

                              Substance Manufacturing.                   500

    325414.................  Biological Product (except   ..................

                              Diagnostic) Manufacturing.                 500

    325510.................  Paint and Coating            ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    325520.................  Adhesive Manufacturing.....  ..................

                                                                         500

    325611.................  Soap and Other Detergent     ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    325612.................  Polish and Other Sanitation  ..................

                              Good Manufacturing.                        500

    325613.................  Surface Active Agent         ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    325620.................  Toilet Preparation           ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    325910.................  Printing Ink Manufacturing.  ..................

                                                                         500

    325920.................  Explosives Manufacturing...  ..................

                                                                         750

    325991.................  Custom Compounding of        ..................

                              Purchased Resins.                          500

    325992.................  Photographic Film, Paper,    ..................

                              Plate and Chemical                         500

                              Manufacturing.

    325998.................  All Other Miscellaneous      ..................

                              Chemical Product and                       500

                              Preparation Manufacturing.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

            Subsector 326--Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    326111.................  Unsupported Plastics Bag     ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

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    326112.................  Unsupported Plastics         ..................

                              Packaging Film and Sheet                   500

                              Manufacturing.

    326113.................  Unsupported Plastics Film    ..................

                              and Sheet (except                          500

                              Packaging) Manufacturing.

    326121.................  Unsupported Plastics         ..................

                              Profile Shapes                             500

                              Manufacturing.

    326122.................  Plastics Pipe and Pipe       ..................

                              Fitting Manufacturing.                     500

    326130.................  Laminated Plastics Plate,    ..................

                              Sheet and Shape                            500

                              Manufacturing.

    326140.................  Polystyrene Foam Product     ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    326150.................  Urethane and Other Foam      ..................

                              Product (except                            500

                              Polystyrene) Manufacturing.

    326160.................  Plastics Bottle              ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    326191.................  Plastics Plumbing Fixture    ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    326192.................  Resilient Floor Covering     ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    326199.................  All Other Plastics Product   ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    326211.................  Tire Manufacturing (except   .............1,000

                              Retreading).                               \5\

    326212.................  Tire Retreading............  ..................

                                                                         500

    326220.................  Rubber and Plastics Hoses    ..................

                              and Belting Manufacturing.                 500

    326291.................  Rubber Product               ..................

                              Manufacturing for                          500

                              Mechanical Use.

    326299.................  All Other Rubber Product     ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

            Subsector 327--Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    327111.................  Vitreous China Plumbing      ..................

                              Fixture and China and                      750

                              Earthenware Bathroom

                              Accessories Manufacturing.

    327112.................  Vitreous China, Fine         ..................

                              Earthenware and Other                      500

                              Pottery Product

                              Manufacturing.

    327113.................  Porcelain Electrical Supply  ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    327121.................  Brick and Structural Clay    ..................

                              Tile Manufacturing.                        500

    327122.................  Ceramic Wall and Floor Tile  ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    327123.................  Other Structural Clay        ..................

                              Product Manufacturing.                     500

    327124.................  Clay Refractory              ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    327125.................  Nonclay Refractory           ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    327211.................  Flat Glass Manufacturing...  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    327212.................  Other Pressed and Blown      ..................

                              Glass and Glassware                        750

                              Manufacturing.

    327213.................  Glass Container              ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    327215.................  Glass Product Manufacturing  ..................

                              Made of Purchased Glass.                   500

    327310.................  Cement Manufacturing.......  ..................

                                                                         750

    327320.................  Ready-Mix Concrete           ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    327331.................  Concrete Block and Brick     ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    327332.................  Concrete Pipe Manufacturing  ..................

                                                                         500

    327390.................  Other Concrete Product       ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    327410.................  Lime Manufacturing.........  ..................

                                                                         500

    327420.................  Gypsum Product               ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    327910.................  Abrasive Product             ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    327991.................  Cut Stone and Stone Product  ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    327992.................  Ground or Treated Mineral    ..................

                              and Earth Manufacturing.                   500

    327993.................  Mineral Wool Manufacturing.  ..................

                                                                         750

    327999.................  All Other Miscellaneous      ..................

                              Nonmetallic Mineral                        500

                              Product Manufacturing.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                   Subsector 331--Primary Metal Manufacturing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    331111.................  Iron and Steel Mills.......  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    331112.................  Electrometallurgical         ..................

                              Ferroalloy Product                         750

                              Manufacturing.

    331210.................  Iron and Steel Pipe and      ...............1,0

                              Tube Manufacturing from                     00

                              Purchased Steel.

    331221.................  Cold-Rolled Steel Shape      ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    331222.................  Steel Wire Drawing.........  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    331311.................  Alumina Refining...........  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    331312.................  Primary Aluminum Production  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    331314.................  Secondary Smelting and       ..................

                              Alloying of Aluminum.                      750

    331315.................  Aluminum Sheet, Plate and    ..................

                              Foil Manufacturing.                        750

    331316.................  Aluminum Extruded Product    ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    331319.................  Other Aluminum Rolling and   ..................

                              Drawing.                                   750

    331411.................  Primary Smelting and         ...............1,0

                              Refining of Copper.                         00

    331419.................  Primary Smelting and         ..................

                              Refining of Nonferrous                     750

                              Metal (except Copper and

                              Aluminum).

    331421.................  Copper Rolling, Drawing and  ..................

                              Extruding.                                 750

    331422.................  Copper Wire (except          ...............1,0

                              Mechanical) Drawing.                        00

    331423.................  Secondary Smelting,          ..................

                              Refining, and Alloying of                  750

                              Copper.

    331491.................  Nonferrous Metal (except     ..................

                              Copper and Aluminum)                       750

                              Rolling, Drawing and

                              Extruding.

    331492.................  Secondary Smelting,          ..................

                              Refining, and Alloying of                  750

                              Nonferrous Metal (except

                              Copper and Aluminum).

    331511.................  Iron Foundries.............  ..................

                                                                         500

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    331512.................  Steel Investment Foundries.  ..................

                                                                         500

    331513.................  Steel Foundries (except      ..................

                              Investment).                               500

    331521.................  Aluminum Die-Casting         ..................

                              Foundries.                                 500

    331522.................  Nonferrous (except           ..................

                              Aluminum) Die-Casting                      500

                              Foundries.

    331524.................  Aluminum Foundries (except   ..................

                              Die-Casting).                              500

    331525.................  Copper Foundries (except     ..................

                              Die-Casting).                              500

    331528.................  Other Nonferrous Foundries   ..................

                              (except Die-Casting).                      500

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

              Subsector 332--Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    332111.................  Iron and Steel Forging.....  ..................

                                                                         500

    332112.................  Nonferrous Forging.........  ..................

                                                                         500

    332114.................  Custom Roll Forming........  ..................

                                                                         500

    332115.................  Crown and Closure            ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    332116.................  Metal Stamping.............  ..................

                                                                         500

    332117.................  Powder Metallurgy Part       ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    332211.................  Cutlery and Flatware         ..................

                              (except Precious)                          500

                              Manufacturing.

    332212.................  Hand and Edge Tool           ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    332213.................  Saw Blade and Handsaw        ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    332214.................  Kitchen Utensil, Pot and     ..................

                              Pan Manufacturing.                         500

    332311.................  Prefabricated Metal          ..................

                              Building and Component                     500

                              Manufacturing.

    332312.................  Fabricated Structural Metal  ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    332313.................  Plate Work Manufacturing...  ..................

                                                                         500

    332321.................  Metal Window and Door        ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    332322.................  Sheet Metal Work             ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    332323.................  Ornamental and               ..................

                              Architectural Metal Work                   500

                              Manufacturing.

    332410.................  Power Boiler and Heat        ..................

                              Exchanger Manufacturing.                   500

    332420.................  Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge)     ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    332431.................  Metal Can Manufacturing....  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    332439.................  Other Metal Container        ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    332510.................  Hardware Manufacturing.....  ..................

                                                                         500

    332611.................  Spring (Heavy Gauge)         ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    332612.................  Spring (Light Gauge)         ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    332618.................  Other Fabricated Wire        ..................

                              Product Manufacturing.                     500

    332710.................  Machine Shops..............  ..................

                                                                         500

    332721.................  Precision Turned Product     ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    332722.................  Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet and  ..................

                              Washer Manufacturing.                      500

    332811.................  Metal Heat Treating........  ..................

                                                                         750

    332812.................  Metal Coating, Engraving     ..................

                              (except Jewelry and                        500

                              Silverware), and Allied

                              Services to Manufacturers.

    332813.................  Electroplating, Plating,     ..................

                              Polishing, Anodizing and                   500

                              Coloring.

    332911.................  Industrial Valve             ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    332912.................  Fluid Power Valve and Hose   ..................

                              Fitting Manufacturing.                     500

    332913.................  Plumbing Fixture Fitting     ..................

                              and Trim Manufacturing.                    500

    332919.................  Other Metal Valve and Pipe   ..................

                              Fitting Manufacturing.                     500

    332991.................  Ball and Roller Bearing      ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    332992.................  Small Arms Ammunition        ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    332993.................  Ammunition (except Small     ...............1,5

                              Arms) Manufacturing.                        00

    332994.................  Small Arms Manufacturing...  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    332995.................  Other Ordnance and           ..................

                              Accessories Manufacturing.                 500

    332996.................  Fabricated Pipe and Pipe     ..................

                              Fitting Manufacturing.                     500

    332997.................  Industrial Pattern           ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    332998.................  Enameled Iron and Metal      ..................

                              Sanitary Ware                              750

                              Manufacturing.

    332999.................  All Other Miscellaneous      ..................

                              Fabricated Metal Product                   500

                              Manufacturing.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                   Subsector 333--Machinery Manufacturing \6\

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    333111.................  Farm Machinery and           ..................

                              Equipment Manufacturing.                   500

    333112.................  Lawn and Garden Tractor and  ..................

                              Home Lawn and Garden                       500

                              Equipment Manufacturing.

    333120.................  Construction Machinery       ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    333131.................  Mining Machinery and         ..................

                              Equipment Manufacturing.                   500

    333132.................  Oil and Gas Field Machinery  ..................

                              and Equipment                              500

                              Manufacturing.

    333210.................  Sawmill and Woodworking      ..................

                              Machinery Manufacturing.                   500

    333220.................  Plastics and Rubber          ..................

                              Industry Machinery                         500

                              Manufacturing.

    333291.................  Paper Industry Machinery     ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    333292.................  Textile Machinery            ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    333293.................  Printing Machinery and       ..................

                              Equipment Manufacturing.                   500

    [[Page 287]]

    333294.................  Food Product Machinery       ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    333295.................  Semiconductor Machinery      ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    333298.................  All Other Industrial         ..................

                              Machinery Manufacturing.                   500

    333311.................  Automatic Vending Machine    ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    333312.................  Commercial Laundry,          ..................

                              Drycleaning and Pressing                   500

                              Machine Manufacturing.

    333313.................  Office Machinery             ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    333314.................  Optical Instrument and Lens  ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    333315.................  Photographic and             ..................

                              Photocopying Equipment                     500

                              Manufacturing.

    333319.................  Other Commercial and         ..................

                              Service Industry Machinery                 500

                              Manufacturing.

    333411.................  Air Purification Equipment   ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    333412.................  Industrial and Commercial    ..................

                              Fan and Blower                             500

                              Manufacturing.

    333414.................  Heating Equipment (except    ..................

                              Warm Air Furnaces)                         500

                              Manufacturing.

    333415.................  Air-Conditioning and Warm    ..................

                              Air Heating Equipment and                  750

                              Commercial and Industrial

                              Refrigeration Equipment

                              Manufacturing.............

    333511.................  Industrial Mold              ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    333512.................  Machine Tool (Metal Cutting  ..................

                              Types) Manufacturing.                      500

    333513.................  Machine Tool (Metal Forming  ..................

                              Types) Manufacturing.                      500

    333514.................  Special Die and Tool, Die    ..................

                              Set, Jig and Fixture                       500

                              Manufacturing.

    333515.................  Cutting Tool and Machine     ..................

                              Tool Accessory                             500

                              Manufacturing.

    333516.................  Rolling Mill Machinery and   ..................

                              Equipment Manufacturing.                   500

    333518.................  Other Metalworking           ..................

                              Machinery Manufacturing.                   500

    333611.................  Turbine and Turbine          ...............1,0

                              Generator Set Unit                          00

                              Manufacturing.

    333612.................  Speed Changer, Industrial    ..................

                              High-Speed Drive and Gear                  500

                              Manufacturing.

    333613.................  Mechanical Power             ..................

                              Transmission Equipment                     500

                              Manufacturing.

    333618.................  Other Engine Equipment       ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    333911.................  Pump and Pumping Equipment   ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    333912.................  Air and Gas Compressor       ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    333913.................  Measuring and Dispensing     ..................

                              Pump Manufacturing.                        500

    333921.................  Elevator and Moving          ..................

                              Stairway Manufacturing.                    500

    333922.................  Conveyor and Conveying       ..................

                              Equipment Manufacturing.                   500

    333923.................  Overhead Traveling Crane,    ..................

                              Hoist and Monorail System                  500

                              Manufacturing.

    333924.................  Industrial Truck, Tractor,   ..................

                              Trailer and Stacker                        750

                              Machinery Manufacturing.

    333991.................  Power-Driven Hand Tool       ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    333992.................  Welding and Soldering        ..................

                              Equipment Manufacturing.                   500

    333993.................  Packaging Machinery          ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    333994.................  Industrial Process Furnace   ..................

                              and Oven Manufacturing.                    500

    333995.................  Fluid Power Cylinder and     ..................

                              Actuator Manufacturing.                    500

    333996.................  Fluid Power Pump and Motor   ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    333997.................  Scale and Balance (except    ..................

                              Laboratory) Manufacturing.                 500

    333999.................  All Other Miscellaneous      ..................

                              General Purpose Machinery                  500

                              Manufacturing.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

        Subsector 334--Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing \6\

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    334111.................  Electronic Computer          ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    334112.................  Computer Storage Device      ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    334113.................  Computer Terminal            ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    334119.................  Other Computer Peripheral    ...............1,0

                              Equipment Manufacturing.                    00

    334210.................  Telephone Apparatus          ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    334220.................  Radio and Television         ..................

                              Broadcasting and Wireless                  750

                              Communications Equipment

                              Manufacturing.

    334290.................  Other Communications         ..................

                              Equipment Manufacturing.                   750

    334310.................  Audio and Video Equipment    ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    334411.................  Electron Tube Manufacturing  ..................

                                                                         750

    334412.................  Bare Printed Circuit Board   ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    334413.................  Semiconductor and Related    ..................

                              Device Manufacturing.                      500

    334414.................  Electronic Capacitor         ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    334415.................  Electronic Resistor          ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    334416.................  Electronic Coil,             ..................

                              Transformer, and Other                     500

                              Inductor Manufacturing.

    334417.................  Electronic Connector         ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    334418.................  Printed Circuit Assembly     ..................

                              (Electronic Assembly)                      500

                              Manufacturing.

    334419.................  Other Electronic Component   ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    334510.................  Electromedical and           ..................

                              Electrotherapeutic                         500

                              Apparatus Manufacturing.

    334511.................  Search, Detection,           ..................

                              Navigation, Guidance,                      750

                              Aeronautical, and Nautical

                              System and Instrument

                              Manufacturing.

    334512.................  Automatic Environmental      ..................

                              Control Manufacturing for                  500

                              Residential, Commercial

                              and Appliance Use.

    334513.................  Instruments and Related      ..................

                              Products Manufacturing for                 500

                              Measuring, Displaying, and

                              Controlling Industrial

                              Process Variables.........

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    334514.................  Totalizing Fluid Meter and   ..................

                              Counting Device                            500

                              Manufacturing.

    334515.................  Instrument Manufacturing     ..................

                              for Measuring and Testing                  500

                              Electricity and Electrical

                              Signals.

    334516.................  Analytical Laboratory        ..................

                              Instrument Manufacturing.                  500

    334517.................  Irradiation Apparatus        ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    334518.................  Watch, Clock, and Part       ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    334519.................  Other Measuring and          ..................

                              Controlling Device                         500

                              Manufacturing.

    334611.................  Software Reproducing.......  ..................

                                                                         500

    334612.................  Prerecorded Compact Disc     ..................

                              (except Software), Tape,                   750

                              and Record Reproducing.

    334613.................  Magnetic and Optical         ...............1,0

                              Recording Media                             00

                              Manufacturing.

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          Subsector 335--Electrical Equipment, Appliance and Component

                                Manufacturing \6\

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    335110.................  Electric Lamp Bulb and Part  ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    335121.................  Residential Electric         ..................

                              Lighting Fixture                           500

                              Manufacturing.

    335122.................  Commercial, Industrial and   ..................

                              Institutional Electric                     500

                              Lighting Fixture

                              Manufacturing.

    335129.................  Other Lighting Equipment     ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    335211.................  Electric Housewares and      ..................

                              Household Fan                              750

                              Manufacturing.

    335212.................  Household Vacuum Cleaner     ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    335221.................  Household Cooking Appliance  ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    335222.................  Household Refrigerator and   ...............1,0

                              Home Freezer Manufacturing.                 00

    335224.................  Household Laundry Equipment  ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    335228.................  Other Major Household        ..................

                              Appliance Manufacturing.                   500

    335311.................  Power, Distribution and      ..................

                              Specialty Transformer                      750

                              Manufacturing.

    335312.................  Motor and Generator          ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    335313.................  Switchgear and Switchboard   ..................

                              Apparatus Manufacturing.                   750

    335314.................  Relay and Industrial         ..................

                              Control Manufacturing.                     750

    335911.................  Storage Battery              ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    335912.................  Primary Battery              ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    335921.................  Fiber Optic Cable            ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    335929.................  Other Communication and      ...............1,0

                              Energy Wire Manufacturing.                  00

    335931.................  Current-Carrying Wiring      ..................

                              Device Manufacturing.                      500

    335932.................  Noncurrent-Carrying Wiring   ..................

                              Device Manufacturing.                      500

    335991.................  Carbon and Graphite Product  ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    335999.................  All Other Miscellaneous      ..................

                              Electrical Equipment and                   500

                              Component Manufacturing.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

            Subsector 336--Transportation Equipment Manufacturing \6\

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    336111.................  Automobile Manufacturing...  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    336112.................  Light Truck and Utility      ...............1,0

                              Vehicle Manufacturing.                      00

    336120.................  Heavy Duty Truck             ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    336211.................  Motor Vehicle Body           ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    336212.................  Truck Trailer Manufacturing  ..................

                                                                         500

    336213.................  Motor Home Manufacturing...  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    336214.................  Travel Trailer and Camper    ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    336311.................  Carburetor, Piston, Piston   ..................

                              Ring and Valve                             500

                              Manufacturing.

    336312.................  Gasoline Engine and Engine   ..................

                              Parts Manufacturing.                       750

    336321.................  Vehicular Lighting           ..................

                              Equipment Manufacturing.                   500

    336322.................  Other Motor Vehicle          ..................

                              Electrical and Electronic                  750

                              Equipment Manufacturing.

    336330.................  Motor Vehicle Steering and   ..................

                              Suspension Components                      750

                              (except Spring)

                              Manufacturing.

    336340.................  Motor Vehicle Brake System   ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             750

    336350.................  Motor Vehicle Transmission   ..................

                              and Power Train Parts                      750

                              Manufacturing.

    336360.................  Motor Vehicle Seating and    ..................

                              Interior Trim                              500

                              Manufacturing.

    336370.................  Motor Vehicle Metal          ..................

                              Stamping.                                  500

    336391.................  Motor Vehicle Air-           ..................

                              Conditioning Manufacturing.                750

    336399.................  All Other Motor Vehicle      ..................

                              Parts Manufacturing.                       750

    336411.................  Aircraft Manufacturing.....  ...............1,5

                                                                          00

    336412.................  Aircraft Engine and Engine   ...............1,0

                              Parts Manufacturing.                        00

    336413.................  Other Aircraft Part and      .............1,000

                              Auxiliary Equipment                        \7\

                              Manufacturing.

    336414.................  Guided Missile and Space     ...............1,0

                              Vehicle Manufacturing.                      00

    336415.................  Guided Missile and Space     ...............1,0

                              Vehicle Propulsion Unit                     00

                              and Propulsion Unit Parts

                              Manufacturing.

    336419.................  Other Guided Missile and     ...............1,0

                              Space Vehicle Parts and                     00

                              Auxiliary Equipment

                              Manufacturing.

    336510.................  Railroad Rolling Stock       ...............1,0

                              Manufacturing.                              00

    336611.................  Ship Building and Repairing  ...............1,0

                                                                          00

    336612.................  Boat Building..............  ..................

                                                                         500

    336991.................  Motorcycle, Bicycle and      ..................

                              Parts Manufacturing.                       500

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    336992.................  Military Armored Vehicle,    ...............1,0

                              Tank and Tank Component                     00

                              Manufacturing.

    336999.................  All Other Transportation     ..................

                              Equipment Manufacturing.                   500

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

           Subsector 337--Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    337110.................  Wood Kitchen Cabinet and     ..................

                              Counter Top Manufacturing.                 500

    337121.................  Upholstered Household        ..................

                              Furniture Manufacturing.                   500

    337122.................  Nonupholstered Wood          ..................

                              Household Furniture                        500

                              Manufacturing.

    337124.................  Metal Household Furniture    ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    337125.................  Household Furniture (except  ..................

                              Wood and Metal)                            500

                              Manufacturing.

    337127.................  Institutional Furniture      ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    337129.................  Wood Television, Radio, and  ..................

                              Sewing Machine Cabinet                     500

                              Manufacturing.

    337211.................  Wood Office Furniture        ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    337212.................  Custom Architectural         ..................

                              Woodwork and Millwork                      500

                              Manufacturing.

    337214.................  Office Furniture (Except     ..................

                              Wood) Manufacturing.                       500

    337215.................  Showcase, Partition,         ..................

                              Shelving, and Locker                       500

                              Manufacturing.

    337910.................  Mattress Manufacturing.....  ..................

                                                                         500

    337920.................  Blind and Shade              ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                   Subsector 339--Miscellaneous Manufacturing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    339111.................  Laboratory Apparatus and     ..................

                              Furniture Manufacturing.                   500

    339112.................  Surgical and Medical         ..................

                              Instrument Manufacturing.                  500

    339113.................  Surgical Appliance and       ..................

                              Supplies Manufacturing.                    500

    339114.................  Dental Equipment and         ..................

                              Supplies Manufacturing.                    500

    339115.................  Ophthalmic Goods             ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    339116.................  Dental Laboratories........  ..................

                                                                         500

    339911.................  Jewelry (except Costume)     ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    339912.................  Silverware and Hollowware    ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    339913.................  Jewelers' Material and       ..................

                              Lapidary Work                              500

                              Manufacturing.

    339914.................  Costume Jewelry and Novelty  ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    339920.................  Sporting and Athletic Goods  ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    339931.................  Doll and Stuffed Toy         ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    339932.................  Game, Toy, and Children's    ..................

                              Vehicle Manufacturing.                     500

    339941.................  Pen and Mechanical Pencil    ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    339942.................  Lead Pencil and Art Good     ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    339943.................  Marking Device               ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    339944.................  Carbon Paper and Inked       ..................

                              Ribbon Manufacturing.                      500

    339950.................  Sign Manufacturing.........  ..................

                                                                         500

    339991.................  Gasket, Packing, and         ..................

                              Sealing Device                             500

                              Manufacturing.

    339992.................  Musical Instrument           ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    339993.................  Fastener, Button, Needle     ..................

                              and Pin Manufacturing.                     500

    339994.................  Broom, Brush and Mop         ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    339995.................  Burial Casket Manufacturing  ..................

                                                                         500

    339999.................  All Other Miscellaneous      ..................

                              Manufacturing.                             500

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                           Sector 42--Wholesale Trade

           (Not applicable to Government procurement of supplies. The

        nonmanufacturer size standard of 500 employees shall be used for

                purposes of Government procurement of supplies.)

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                  Subsector 421--Wholesale Trade--Durable Goods

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    421110.................  Automobile and Other Motor   ..................

                              Vehicle Wholesalers.                       100

    421120.................  Motor Vehicle Supplies and   ..................

                              New Part Wholesalers.                      100

    421130.................  Tire and Tube Wholesalers..  ..................

                                                                         100

    421140.................  Motor Vehicle Parts (Used)   ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    421210.................  Furniture Wholesalers......  ..................

                                                                         100

    421220.................  Home Furnishing Wholesalers  ..................

                                                                         100

    421310.................  Lumber, Plywood, Millwork    ..................

                              and Wood Panel Wholesalers.                100

    421320.................  Brick, Stone and Related     ..................

                              Construction Material                      100

                              Wholesalers.

    421330.................  Roofing, Siding and          ..................

                              Insulation Material                        100

                              Wholesalers.

    421390.................  Other Construction Material  ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    421410.................  Photographic Equipment and   ..................

                              Supplies Wholesalers.                      100

    421420.................  Office Equipment             ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    421430.................  Computer and Computer        ..................

                              Peripheral Equipment and                   100

                              Software Wholesalers.

    421440.................  Other Commercial Equipment   ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    421450.................  Medical, Dental and          ..................

                              Hospital Equipment and                     100

                              Supplies Wholesalers.

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    421460.................  Ophthalmic Goods             ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    421490.................  Other Professional           ..................

                              Equipment and Supplies                     100

                              Wholesalers.

    421510.................  Metal Service Centers and    ..................

                              Offices.                                   100

    421520.................  Coal and Other Mineral and   ..................

                              Ore Wholesalers.                           100

    421610.................  Electrical Apparatus and     ..................

                              Equipment, Wiring Supplies                 100

                              and Construction Material

                              Wholesalers.

    421620.................  Electrical Appliance,        ..................

                              Television and Radio Set                   100

                              Wholesalers.

    421690.................  Other Electronic Parts and   ..................

                              Equipment Wholesalers.                     100

    421710.................  Hardware Wholesalers.......  ..................

                                                                         100

    421720.................  Plumbing and Heating         ..................

                              Equipment and Supplies                     100

                              (Hydronics) Wholesalers.

    421730.................  Warm Air Heating and Air-    ..................

                              Conditioning Equipment and                 100

                              Supplies Wholesalers.

    421740.................  Refrigeration Equipment and  ..................

                              Supplies Wholesalers.                      100

    421810.................  Construction and Mining      ..................

                              (except Oil Well)                          100

                              Machinery and Equipment

                              Wholesalers.

    421820.................  Farm and Garden Machinery    ..................

                              and Equipment Wholesalers.                 100

    421830.................  Industrial Machinery and     ..................

                              Equipment Wholesalers.                     100

    421840.................  Industrial Supplies          ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    421850.................  Service Establishment        ..................

                              Equipment and Supplies                     100

                              Wholesalers.

    421860.................  Transportation Equipment     ..................

                              and Supplies (except Motor                 100

                              Vehicle) Wholesalers.

    421910.................  Sporting and Recreational    ..................

                              Goods and Supplies                         100

                              Wholesalers.

    421920.................  Toy and Hobby Goods and      ..................

                              Supplies Wholesalers.                      100

    421930.................  Recyclable Material          ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    421940.................  Jewelry, Watch, Precious     ..................

                              Stone and Precious Metal                   100

                              Wholesalers.

    421990.................  Other Miscellaneous Durable  ..................

                              Goods Wholesalers.                         100

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                Subsector 422--Wholesale Trade--Nondurable Goods

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    422110.................  Printing and Writing Paper   ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    422120.................  Stationary and Office        ..................

                              Supplies Wholesalers.                      100

    422130.................  Industrial and Personal      ..................

                              Service Paper Wholesalers.                 100

    422210.................  Drugs and Druggists'         ..................

                              Sundries Wholesalers.                      100

    422310.................  Piece Goods, Notions and     ..................

                              Other Dry Goods                            100

                              Wholesalers.

    422320.................  Men's and Boys' Clothing     ..................

                              and Furnishings                            100

                              Wholesalers.

    422330.................  Women's, Children's, and     ..................

                              Infants' Clothing and                      100

                              Accessories Wholesalers.

    422340.................  Footwear Wholesalers.......  ..................

                                                                         100

    422410.................  General Line Grocery         ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    422420.................  Packaged Frozen Food         ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    422430.................  Dairy Product (except Dried  ..................

                              or Canned) Wholesalers.                    100

    422440.................  Poultry and Poultry Product  ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    422450.................  Confectionery Wholesalers..  ..................

                                                                         100

    422460.................  Fish and Seafood             ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    422470.................  Meat and Meat Product        ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    422480.................  Fresh Fruit and Vegetable    ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    422490.................  Other Grocery and Related    ..................

                              Products Wholesalers.                      100

    422510.................  Grain and Field Bean         ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    422520.................  Livestock Wholesalers......  ..................

                                                                         100

    422590.................  Other Farm Product Raw       ..................

                              Material Wholesalers.                      100

    422610.................  Plastics Materials and       ..................

                              Basic Forms and Shapes                     100

                              Wholesalers.

    422690.................  Other Chemical and Allied    ..................

                              Products Wholesalers.                      100

    422710.................  Petroleum Bulk Stations and  ..................

                              Terminals.                                 100

    422720.................  Petroleum and Petroleum      ..................

                              Products Wholesalers                       100

                              (except Bulk Stations and

                              Terminals).

    422810.................  Beer and Ale Wholesalers...  ..................

                                                                         100

    422820.................  Wine and Distilled           ..................

                              Alcoholic Beverage                         100

                              Wholesalers.

    422910.................  Farm Supplies Wholesalers..  ..................

                                                                         100

    422920.................  Book, Periodical and         ..................

                              Newspaper Wholesalers.                     100

    422930.................  Flower, Nursery Stock and    ..................

                              Florists' Supplies                         100

                              Wholesalers.

    422940.................  Tobacco and Tobacco Product  ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    422950.................  Paint, Varnish and Supplies  ..................

                              Wholesalers.                               100

    422990.................  Other Miscellaneous          ..................

                              Nondurable Goods                           100

                              Wholesalers.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                           Sectors 44-45--Retail Trade

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                 Subsector 441--Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    441110.................  New Car Dealers............  ...............$21

                                                                          .0

    441120.................  Used Car Dealers...........  ...............$17

                                                                          .0

    441210.................  Recreational Vehicle         .................$

                              Dealers.                                   5.0

    441221.................  Motorcycle Dealers.........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    [[Page 291]]

    441222.................  Boat Dealers...............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    441229.................  All Other Motor Vehicle      .................$

                              Dealers.                                   5.0

        EXCEPT               Aircraft Dealers, Retail...  .................$

                                                                         7.5

    441310.................  Automotive Parts and         .................$

                              Accessories Stores.                        5.0

    441320.................  Tire Dealers...............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

              Subsector 442--Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    442110.................  Furniture Stores...........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    442210.................  Floor Covering Stores......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    442291.................  Window Treatment Stores....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    442299.................  All Other Home Furnishings   .................$

                              Stores.                                    5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                 Subsector 443--Electronics and Appliance Stores

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    443111.................  Household Appliance Stores.  .................$

                                                                         6.5

    443112.................  Radio, Television and Other  .................$

                              Electronics Stores.                        6.5

    443120.................  Computer and Software        .................$

                              Stores.                                    6.5

    443130.................  Camera and Photographic      .................$

                              Supplies Stores.                           5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Subsector 444--Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies

                                     Dealers

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    444110.................  Home Centers...............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    444120.................  Paint and Wallpaper Stores.  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    444130.................  Hardware Stores............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    444190.................  Other Building Material      .................$

                              Dealers.                                   5.0

    444210.................  Outdoor Power Equipment      .................$

                              Stores.                                    5.0

    444220.................  Nursery and Garden Centers.  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                     Subsector 445--Food and Beverage Stores

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    445110.................  Supermarkets and Other       ...............$20

                              Grocery (except                             .0

                              Convenience) Stores.

    445120.................  Convenience Stores.........  ...............$20

                                                                          .0

    445210.................  Meat Markets...............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    445220.................  Fish and Seafood Markets...  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    445230.................  Fruit and Vegetable Markets  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    445291.................  Baked Goods Stores.........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    445292.................  Confectionery and Nut        .................$

                              Stores.                                    5.0

    445299.................  All Other Specialty Food     .................$

                              Stores.                                    5.0

    445310.................  Beer, Wine and Liquor        .................$

                              Stores.                                    5.0

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                 Subsector 446--Health and Personal Care Stores

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    446110.................  Pharmacies and Drug Stores.  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    446120.................  Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies   .................$

                              and Perfume Stores.                        5.0

    446130.................  Optical Goods Stores.......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    446191.................  Food (Health) Supplement     .................$

                              Stores.                                    5.0

    446199.................  All Other Health and         .................$

                              Personal Care Stores.                      5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        Subsector 447--Gasoline Stations

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    447110.................  Gasoline Stations with       ...............$20

                              Convenience Stores.                         .0

    447190.................  Other Gasoline Stations....  .................$

                                                                         6.5

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

             Subsector 448--Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    448110.................  Men's Clothing Stores......  .................$

                                                                         6.5

    448120.................  Women's Clothing Stores....  .................$

                                                                         6.5

    448130.................  Children's and Infants'      .................$

                              Clothing Stores.                           5.0

    448140.................  Family Clothing Stores.....  .................$

                                                                         6.5

    448150.................  Clothing Accessories Stores  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    448190.................  Other Clothing Stores......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    448210.................  Shoe Stores................  .................$

                                                                         6.5

    448310.................  Jewelry Stores.............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    448320.................  Luggage and Leather Goods    .................$

                              Stores.                                    5.0

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           Subsector 451--Sporting Good, Hobby, Book and Music Stores

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    451110.................  Sporting Goods Stores......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    451120.................  Hobby, Toy and Game Stores.  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    451130.................  Sewing, Needlework and       .................$

                              Piece Goods Stores.                        5.0

    451140.................  Musical Instrument and       .................$

                              Supplies Stores.                           5.0

    451211.................  Book Stores................  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    451212.................  News Dealers and Newsstands  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    451220.................  Prerecorded Tape, Compact    .................$

                              Disc and Record Stores.                    5.0

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                    Subsector 452--General Merchandise Stores

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    452110.................  Department Stores..........  ...............$20

                                                                          .0

    452910.................  Warehouse Clubs and          ...............$20

                              Superstores.                                .0

    452990.................  All Other General            .................$

                              Merchandise Stores.                        8.0

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                  Subsector 453--Miscellaneous Store Retailers

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    453110.................  Florists...................  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    453210.................  Office Supplies and          .................$

                              Stationery Stores.                         5.0

    453220.................  Gift, Novelty and Souvenir   .................$

                              Stores.                                    5.0

    453310.................  Used Merchandise Stores....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    453910.................  Pet and Pet Supplies Stores  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    453920.................  Art Dealers................  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    453930.................  Manufactured (Mobile) Home   .................$

                              Dealers.                                   9.5

    453991.................  Tobacco Stores.............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    453998.................  All Other Miscellaneous      .................$

                              Store Retailers (except                    5.0

                              Tobacco Stores).

    454110.................  Electronic Shopping and      ...............$18

                              Mail-Order Houses.                          .5

    454210.................  Vending Machine Operators..  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    454311.................  Heating Oil Dealers........  .................$

                                                                         9.0

    454312.................  Liquefied Petroleum Gas      .................$

                              (Bottled Gas) Dealers.                     5.0

    454319.................  Other Fuel Dealers.........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    454390.................  Other Direct Selling         .................$

                              Establishments.                            5.0

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                          Sectors 48-49--Transportation

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        Subsector 481--Air Transportation

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    481111.................  Scheduled Passenger Air      ...............1,5

                              Transportation.                             00

    481112.................  Scheduled Freight Air        ...............1,5

                              Transportation.                             00

    481211.................  Nonscheduled Chartered       ...............1,5

                              Passenger Air                               00

                              Transportation.

        EXCEPT               Offshore Marine Air          ...............$20

                              Transportation Services.                    .5

    481212.................  Nonscheduled Chartered       ...............1,5

                              Freight Air Transportation.                 00

        EXCEPT               Except Offshore Marine Air   ...............$20

                              Transportation Services.                    .5

    481219.................  Other Nonscheduled Air       .................$

                              Transportation.                            5.0

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                       Subsector 482--Rail Transportation

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    482111.................  Line-Haul Railroads........  ..................

                                                                         500

    482112.................  Short Line Railroads.......  ..................

                                                                         500

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                     Subsector 483--Water Transportation\15\

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    483111.................  Deep Sea Freight             ..................

                              Transportation.                            500

    483112.................  Deep Sea Passenger           ..................

                              Transportation.                            500

    483113.................  Coastal and Great Lakes      ..................

                              Freight Transportation.                    500

    483114.................  Coastal and Great Lakes      ..................

                              Passenger Transportation.                  500

    483211.................  Inland Water Freight         ..................

                              Transportation.                            500

    483212.................  Inland Water Passenger       ..................

                              Transportation.                            500

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       Subsector 484--Truck Transportation

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    484110.................  General Freight Trucking,    ...............$18

                              Local.                                      .5

    484121.................  General Freight Trucking,    ...............$18

                              Long-Distance, Truckload.                   .5

    484122.................  General Freight Trucking,    ...............$18

                              Long-Distance, Less Than                    .5

                              Truckload.

    484210.................  Used Household and Office    ...............$18

                              Goods Moving.                               .5

    484220.................  Specialized Freight (except  ...............$18

                              Used Goods) Trucking,                       .5

                              Local.

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    484230.................  Specialized Freight (except  ...............$18

                              Used Goods) Trucking, Long-                 .5

                              Distance.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

           Subsector 485--Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    485111.................  Mixed Mode Transit Systems.  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    485112.................  Commuter Rail Systems......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    485113.................  Bus and Other Motor Vehicle  .................$

                              Transit Systems.                           5.0

    485119.................  Other Urban Transit Systems  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    485210.................  Interurban and Rural Bus     .................$

                              Transportation.                            5.0

    485310.................  Taxi Service...............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    485320.................  Limousine Service..........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    485410.................  School and Employee Bus      .................$

                              Transportation.                            5.0

    485510.................  Charter Bus Industry.......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    485991.................  Special Needs                .................$

                              Transportation.                            5.0

    485999.................  All Other Transit and        .................$

                              Ground Passenger                           5.0

                              Transportation.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                     Subsector 486--Pipeline Transportation

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    486110.................  Pipeline Transportation of   ...............1,5

                              Crude Oil.                                  00

    486210.................  Pipeline Transportation of   .................$

                              Natural Gas.                               5.0

    486910.................  Pipeline Transportation of   ...............1,5

                              Refined Petroleum Products.                 00

    486990.................  All Other Pipeline           ...............$25

                              Transportation.                             .0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

              Subsector 487--Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    487110.................  Scenic and Sightseeing       .................$

                              Transportation, Land.                      5.0

    487210.................  Scenic and Sightseeing       .................$

                              Transportation, Water.                     5.0

    487990.................  Scenic and Sightseeing       .................$

                              Transportation, Other.                     5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

              Subsector 488--Support Activities for Transportation

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    488111.................  Air Traffic Control........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    488119.................  Other Airport Operations...  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    488190.................  Other Support Activities     .................$

                              for Air Transportation.                    5.0

    488210.................  Support Activities for Rail  .................$

                              Transportation.                            5.0

    488310.................  Port and Harbor Operations.  ...............$18

                                                                          .5

    488320.................  Marine Cargo Handling......  ...............$18

                                                                          .5

    488330.................  Navigational Services to     .................$

                              Shipping.                                  5.0

    488390.................  Other Support Activities     .................$

                              for Water Transportation.                  5.0

    488410.................  Motor Vehicle Towing.......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    488490.................  Other Support Activities     .................$

                              for Road Transportation.                   5.0

    488510.................  Freight Transportation       ..............\10\

                              Arrangement.                              $5.0

        EXCEPT.............  Non-Vessel Owning Common     .................$

                              Carriers and Household                    18.5

                              Goods Forwarders.

    488991.................  Packing and Crating........  ...............$18

                                                                          .5

    488999.................  All Other Support            .................$

                              Activities for                             5.0

                              Transportation.

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                          Subsector 491--Postal Service

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    491110.................  Postal Service.............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                     Subsector 492--Couriers and Messengers

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    492110.................  Couriers...................  ...............1,5

                                                                          00

    492210.................  Local Messengers and Local   ...............$18

                              Delivery.                                   .5

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                     Subsector 493--Warehousing and Storage

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    493110.................  General Warehousing and      ...............$18

                              Storage.                                    .5

    493120.................  Refrigerated Warehousing     ...............$18

                              and Storage.                                .5

    493130.................  Farm Product Warehousing     ...............$18

                              and Storage.                                .5

    493190.................  Other Warehousing and        ...............$18

                              Storage.                                    .5

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                             Sector 51--Information

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      Subsector 511--Publishing Industries

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    511110.................  Newspaper Publishers.......  ..................

                                                                         500

    511120.................  Periodical Publishers......  ..................

                                                                         500

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    511130.................  Book Publishers............  ..................

                                                                         500

    511140.................  Database and Directory       ..................

                              Publishers.                                500

    511191.................  Greeting Card Publishers...  ..................

                                                                         500

    511199.................  All Other Publishers.......  ..................

                                                                         500

    511210.................  Software Publishers........  ...............$18

                                                                          .0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

          Subsector 512--Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    512110.................  Motion Picture and Video     ...............$21

                              Production.                                 .5

    512120.................  Motion Picture and Video     ...............$21

                              Distribution.                               .5

    512131.................  Motion Picture Theaters      .................$

                              (except Drive-Ins).                        5.0

    512132.................  Drive-In Motion Picture      .................$

                              Theaters.                                  5.0

    512191.................  Teleproduction and Other     ...............$21

                              Post-Production Services.                   .5

    512199.................  Other Motion Picture and     .................$

                              Video Industries.                          5.0

    512210.................  Record Production..........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    512220.................  Integrated Record            ..................

                              Production/Distribution.                   750

    512230.................  Music Publishers...........  ..................

                                                                         500

    512240.................  Sound Recording Studios....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    512290.................  Other Sound Recording        .................$

                              Industries.                                5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

               Subsector 513--Broadcasting and Telecommunications

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    513111.................  Radio Networks.............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    513112.................  Radio Stations.............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    513120.................  Television Broadcasting....  ...............$10

                                                                          .5

    513210.................  Cable Networks.............  ...............$11

                                                                          .0

    513220.................  Cable and Other Program      ...............$11

                              Distribution.                               .0

    513310.................  Wired Telecommunications     ...............1,5

                              Carriers.                                   00

    513321.................  Paging.....................  ...............1,5

                                                                          00

    513322.................  Cellular and Other Wireless  ...............1,5

                              Telecommunications.                         00

    513330.................  Telecommunications           ...............1,5

                              Resellers.                                  00

    513340.................  Satellite                    ...............$11

                              Telecommunications.                         .0

    513390.................  Other Telecommunications...  ...............$11

                                                                          .0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

        Subsector 514--Information Services and Data Processing Services

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    514110.................  News Syndicates............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    514120.................  Libraries and Archives.....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    514191.................  On-Line Information          ...............$18

                              Services.                                   .0

    514199.................  All Other Information        .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    514210.................  Data Processing Services...  ...............$18

                                                                          .0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        Sector 52--Finance and Insurance

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

           Subsector 522--Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    522110.................  Commercial Banking.........  $100 mil in assets

                                                                  \8\

    522120.................  Savings Institutions.......  $100 mil in assets

                                                                  \8\

    522130.................  Credit Unions..............  $100 mil in assets

                                                                  \8\

    522190.................  Other Depository Credit      $100 mil in assets

                              Intermediation.                     \8\

    522210.................  Credit Card Issuing........  $100 mil in assets

                                                                  \8\

    522220.................  Sales Financing............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    522291.................  Consumer Lending...........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    522292.................  Real Estate Credit.........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    522293.................  International Trade          $100 mil in assets

                              Financing.                          \8\

    522294.................  Secondary Market Financing.  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    522298.................  All Other Non-Depository     .................$

                              Credit Intermediation.                     5.0

    522310.................  Mortgage and Nonmortgage     .................$

                              Loan Brokers.                              5.0

    522320.................  Financial Transactions       .................$

                              Processing, Reserve, and                   5.0

                              Clearing House Activities.

    522390.................  Other Activities Related to  .................$

                              Credit Intermediation.                     5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

           Subsector 523--Financial Investments and Related Activities

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    523110.................  Investment Banking and       .................$

                              Securities Dealing.                        5.0

    523120.................  Securities Brokerage.......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    523130.................  Commodity Contracts Dealing  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    523140.................  Commodity Contracts          .................$

                              Brokerage.                                 5.0

    523210.................  Securities and Commodity     .................$

                              Exchanges.                                 5.0

    [[Page 295]]

    523910.................  Miscellaneous                .................$

                              Intermediation.                            5.0

    523920.................  Portfolio Management.......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    523930.................  Investment Advice..........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    523991.................  Trust, Fiduciary and         .................$

                              Custody Activities.                        5.0

    523999.................  Miscellaneous Financial      .................$

                              Investment Activities.                     5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

            Subsector 524--Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    524113.................  Direct Life Insurance        .................$

                              Carriers.                                  5.0

    524114.................  Direct Health and Medical    .................$

                              Insurance Carriers.                        5.0

    524126.................  Direct Property and          ...............1,5

                              Casualty Insurance                          00

                              Carriers.

    524127.................  Direct Title Insurance       .................$

                              Carriers.                                  5.0

    524128.................  Other Direct Insurance       .................$

                              (except Life, Health and                   5.0

                              Medical) Carriers.

    524130.................  Reinsurance Carriers.......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    524210.................  Insurance Agencies and       .................$

                              Brokerages.                                5.0

    524291.................  Claims Adjusting...........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    524292.................  Third Party Administration   .................$

                              of Insurance and Pension                   5.0

                              Funds.

    524298.................  All Other Insurance Related  .................$

                              Activities.                                5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

            Subsector 525--Funds, Trusts and Other Financial Vehicles

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    525110.................  Pension Funds..............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    525120.................  Health and Welfare Funds...  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    525190.................  Other Insurance Funds......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    525910.................  Open-End Investment Funds..  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    525920.................  Trusts, Estates, and Agency  .................$

                              Accounts.                                  5.0

    525930.................  Real Estate Investment       .................$

                              Trusts.                                    5.0

    525990.................  Other Financial Vehicles...  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                  Sector 53--Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                           Subsector 531--Real Estate

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    531110.................  Lessors of Residential       .................$

                              Buildings and Dwellings.                   5.0

    531120.................  Lessors of Nonresidential    .................$

                              Buildings (except                          5.0

                              Miniwarehouses).

    531130.................  Lessors of Miniwarehouses    ...............$18

                              and Self Storage Units.                     .5

    531190.................  Lessors of Other Real        .................$

                              Estate Property.                           5.0

        EXCEPT               Leasing of Building Space    ............$15.0

                              to Federal Government by                   \9\

                              Owners.

    531210.................  Offices of Real Estate       .............$1.5

                              Agents and Brokers.                       \10\

    531311.................  Residential Property         .................$

                              Managers.                                  1.5

    531312.................  Nonresidential Property      .................$

                              Managers.                                  1.5

    531320.................  Offices of Real Estate       .................$

                              Appraisers.                                1.5

    531390.................  Other Activities Related to  .................$

                              Real Estate.                               1.5

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                   Subsector 532--Rental and Leasing Services

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    532111.................  Passenger Car Rental.......  ...............$18

                                                                          .5

    532112.................  Passenger Car Leasing......  ...............$18

                                                                          .5

    532120.................  Truck, Utility Trailer, and  ...............$18

                              RV (Recreational Vehicle)                   .5

                              Rental and Leasing.

    532210.................  Consumer Electronics and     .................$

                              Appliances Rental.                         5.0

    532220.................  Formal Wear and Costume      .................$

                              Rental.                                    5.0

    532230.................  Video Tape and Disc Rental.  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    532291.................  Home Health Equipment        .................$

                              Rental.                                    5.0

    532292.................  Recreational Goods Rental..  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    532299.................  All Other Consumer Goods     .................$

                              Rental.                                    5.0

    532310.................  General Rental Centers.....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    532411.................  Commercial Air, Rail, and    .................$

                              Water Transportation                       5.0

                              Equipment Rental and

                              Leasing.

    532412.................  Construction, Mining and     .................$

                              Forestry Machinery and                     5.0

                              Equipment Rental and

                              Leasing.

    532420.................  Office Machinery and         ...............$18

                              Equipment Rental and                        .0

                              Leasing.

    532490.................  Other Commercial and         .................$

                              Industrial Machinery and                   5.0

                              Equipment Rental and

                              Leasing.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

        Subsector 533--Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except

                               Copyrighted Works)

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    533110.................  Lessors of Nonfinancial      .................$

                              Intangible Assets (except                  5.0

                              Copyrighted Works).

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    [[Page 296]]

           Sector 54--Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

         Subsector 541--Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    541110.................  Offices of Lawyers.........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    541191.................  Title Abstract and           .................$

                              Settlement Offices.                        5.0

    541199.................  All Other Legal Services...  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    541211.................  Offices of Certified Public  .................$

                              Accountants.                               6.0

    541213.................  Tax Preparation Services...  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    541214.................  Payroll Services...........  .................$

                                                                         6.0

    541219.................  Other Accounting Services..  .................$

                                                                         6.0

    541310.................  Architectural Services.....  .................$

                                                                         4.0

    541320.................  Landscape Architectural      .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    541330.................  Engineering Services.......  .................$

                                                                         4.0

        EXCEPT               Military and Aerospace       ...............$20

                              Equipment and Military                      .0

                              Weapons.

        EXCEPT               Contracts and Subcontracts   ...............$20

                              for Engineering Services                    .0

                              Awarded Under the National

                              Energy Policy Act of 1992.

        EXCEPT               Marine Engineering and       ...............$13

                              Naval Architecture.                         .5

    541340.................  Drafting Services..........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

        EXCEPT               Map Drafting...............  .................$

                                                                         4.0

    541350.................  Building Inspection          .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    541360.................  Geophysical Surveying and    .................$

                              Mapping Services.                          4.0

    541370.................  Surveying and Mapping        .................$

                              (except Geophysical)                       4.0

                              Services.

        EXCEPT               Mapmaking..................  .................$

                                                                         4.0

    541380.................  Testing Laboratories.......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    541410.................  Interior Design Services...  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    541420.................  Industrial Design Services.  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    541430.................  Graphic Design Services....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    541490.................  Other Specialized Design     .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    541511.................  Custom Computer Programming  ...............$18

                              Services.                                   .0

    541512.................  Computer Systems Design      ...............$18

                              Services.                                   .0

    541513.................  Computer Facilities          ...............$18

                              Management Services.                        .0

    541519.................  Other Computer Related       ...............$18

                              Services.                                   .0

    541611.................  Administrative Management    .................$

                              and General Management                     5.0

                              Consulting Services.

    541612.................  Human Resources and          .................$

                              Executive Search                           5.0

                              Consulting Services.

    541613.................  Marketing Consulting         .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    541614.................  Process, Physical            .................$

                              Distribution and Logistics                 5.0

                              Consulting Services.

    541618.................  Other Management Consulting  .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    541620.................  Environmental Consulting     .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    541690.................  Other Scientific and         .................$

                              Technical Consulting                       5.0

                              Services.

    541710.................  Research and Development in  ..............500

                              the Physical, Engineering,                \11\

                              and Life Sciences.

        EXCEPT               Aircraft...................  ...............1,5

                                                                          00

        EXCEPT               Aircraft Parts, and          ...............1,0

                              Auxiliary Equipment, and                    00

                              Aircraft Engine Parts.

        EXCEPT               Space Vehicles and Guided    ...............1,0

                              Missiles, their Propulsion                  00

                              Units, their Propulsion

                              Units Parts, and their

                              Auxiliary Equipment and

                              Parts.....................

    541720.................  Research and Development in  .................$

                              the Social Sciences and                    5.0

                              Humanities.

    541810.................  Advertising Agencies.......  .............$5.0

                                                                        \10\

    541820.................  Public Relations Agencies..  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    541830.................  Media Buying Agencies......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    541840.................  Media Representatives......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    541850.................  Display Advertising........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    541860.................  Direct Mail Advertising....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    541870.................  Advertising Material         .................$

                              Distribution Services.                     5.0

    541890.................  Other Services Related to    .................$

                              Advertising.                               5.0

    541910.................  Marketing Research and       .................$

                              Public Opinion Polling.                    5.0

    541921.................  Photography Studios,         .................$

                              Portrait.                                  5.0

    541922.................  Commercial Photography.....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    541930.................  Translation and              .................$

                              Interpretation Services.                   5.0

    541940.................  Veterinary Services........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    541990.................  All Other Professional,      .................$

                              Scientific and Technical                   5.0

                              Services.

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               Sector 55--Management of Companies and Enterprises

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

             Subsector 551--Management of Companies and Enterprises

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    551111.................  Offices of Bank Holding      .................$

                              Companies.                                 5.0

    551112.................  Offices of Other Holding     .................$

                              Companies.                                 5.0

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     Sector 56--Administrative and Support, Waste Management and Remediation

                                    Services

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

               Subsector 561--Administrative and Support Services

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    561110.................  Office Administrative        .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    561210.................  Facilities Support Services  .............$5.0

                                                                        \12\

        EXCEPT               Base Maintenance...........  ...........$20.0 \

                                                                         13\

    561310.................  Employment Placement         .................$

                              Agencies.                                  5.0

    561320.................  Temporary Help Services....  ...............$10

                                                                          .0

    561330.................  Employee Leasing Services..  ...............$10

                                                                          .0

    561410.................  Document Preparation         .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    561421.................  Telephone Answering          .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    561422.................  Telemarketing Bureaus......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    561431.................  Private Mail Centers.......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    561439.................  Other Business Service       .................$

                              Centers (including Copy                    5.0

                              Shops).

    561440.................  Collection Agencies........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    561450.................  Credit Bureaus.............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    561491.................  Repossession Services......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    561492.................  Court Reporting and          .................$

                              Stenotype Services.                        5.0

    561499.................  All Other Business Support   .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    561510.................  Travel Agencies............  .............$1.0

                                                                        \10\

    561520.................  Tour Operators.............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    561591.................  Convention and Visitors      .................$

                              Bureaus.                                   5.0

    561599.................  All Other Travel             .................$

                              Arrangement and                            5.0

                              Reservation Services.

    561611.................  Investigation Services.....  .................$

                                                                         9.0

    561612.................  Security Guards and Patrol   .................$

                              Services.                                  9.0

    561613.................  Armored Car Services.......  .................$

                                                                         9.0

    561621.................  Security Systems Services    .................$

                              (except Locksmiths).                       9.0

    561622.................  Locksmiths.................  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    561710.................  Exterminating and Pest       .................$

                              Control Services.                          5.0

    561720.................  Janitorial Services........  ...............$12

                                                                          .0

    561730.................  Landscaping Services.......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    561740.................  Carpet and Upholstery        .................$

                              Cleaning Services.                         3.5

    561790.................  Other Services to Buildings  .................$

                              and Dwellings.                             5.0

    561910.................  Packaging and Labeling       .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    561920.................  Convention and Trade Show    .............$5.0

                              Organizers.                               \10\

    561990.................  All Other Support Services.  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

            Subsector 562--Waste Management and Remediation Services

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    562111.................  Solid Waste Collection.....  ...............$10

                                                                          .0

    562112.................  Hazardous Waste Collection.  ...............$10

                                                                          .0

    562119.................  Other Waste Collection.....  ...............$10

                                                                          .0

    562211.................  Hazardous Waste Treatment    ...............$10

                              and Disposal.                               .0

    562212.................  Solid Waste Landfill.......  ...............$10

                                                                          .0

    562213.................  Solid Waste Combustors and   ...............$10

                              Incinerators.                               .0

    562219.................  Other Nonhazardous Waste     ...............$10

                              Treatment and Disposal.                     .0

    562910.................  Remediation Services.......  ...............$11

                                                                          .5

        EXCEPT               Environmental Remediation    ..............500

                              Services.                                 \14\

    562920.................  Materials Recovery           ...............$10

                              Facilities.                                 .0

    562991.................  Septic Tank and Related      .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    562998.................  All Other Miscellaneous      .................$

                              Waste Management Services.                 5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                         Sector 61--Educational Services

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       Subsector 611--Educational Services

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    611110.................  Elementary and Secondary     .................$

                              Schools.                                   5.0

    611210.................  Junior Colleges............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    611310.................  Colleges, Universities and   .................$

                              Professional Schools.                      5.0

    611410.................  Business and Secretarial     .................$

                              Schools.                                   5.0

    611420.................  Computer Training..........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    611430.................  Professional and Management  .................$

                              Development Training.                      5.0

    611511.................  Cosmetology and Barber       .................$

                              Schools.                                   5.0

    611512.................  Flight Training............  ...............$18

                                                                          .5

    611513.................  Apprenticeship Training....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    611519.................  Other Technical and Trade    .................$

                              Schools.                                   5.0

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    611610.................  Fine Arts Schools..........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    611620.................  Sports and Recreation        .................$

                              Instruction.                               5.0

    611630.................  Language Schools...........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    611691.................  Exam Preparation and         .................$

                              Tutoring.                                  5.0

    611692.................  Automobile Driving Schools.  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    611699.................  All Other Miscellaneous      .................$

                              Schools and Instruction.                   5.0

    611710.................  Educational Support          .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                  Sector 62--Health Care and Social Assistance

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                 Subsector 621--Ambulatory Health Care Services

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    621111.................  Offices of Physicians                      $7.5

                              (except Mental Health

                              Specialists).

    621112.................  Offices of Physicians,                     $7.5

                              Mental Health Specialists.

    621210.................  Offices of Dentists........                $5.0

    621310.................  Offices of Chiropractors...                $5.0

    621320.................  Offices of Optometrists....                $5.0

    621330.................  Offices of Mental Health                   $5.0

                              Practitioners (except

                              Physicians).

    621340.................  Offices of Physical,                       $5.0

                              Occupational and Speech

                              Therapists and

                              Audiologists.

    621391.................  Offices of Podiatrists.....                $5.0

    621399.................  Offices of All Other                       $5.0

                              Miscellaneous Health

                              Practitioners.

    621410.................  Family Planning Centers....                $7.5

    621420.................  Outpatient Mental Health                   $7.5

                              and Substance Abuse

                              Centers.

    621491.................  HMO Medical Centers........                $7.5

    621492.................  Kidney Dialysis Centers....               $25.0

    621493.................  Freestanding Ambulatory                    $7.5

                              Surgical and Emergency

                              Centers.

    621498.................  All Other Outpatient Care                  $7.5

                              Centers.

    621511.................  Medical Laboratories.......               $10.0

    621512.................  Diagnostic Imaging Centers.               $10.0

    621610.................  Home Health Care Services..               $10.0

    621910.................  Ambulance Services.........                $5.0

    621991.................  Blood and Organ Banks......                $7.5

    621999.................  All Other Miscellaneous                    $7.5

                              Ambulatory Health Care

                              Services.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                            Subsector 622--Hospitals

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    622110.................  General Medical and                       $25.0

                              Surgical Hospitals.

    622210.................  Psychiatric and Substance                 $25.0

                              Abuse Hospitals.

    622310.................  Specialty (except                         $25.0

                              Psychiatric and Substance

                              Abuse) Hospitals.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

             Subsector 623--Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    623110.................  Nursing Care Facilities....               $10.0

    623210.................  Residential Mental                         $7.5

                              Retardation Facilities.

    623220.................  Residential Mental Health                  $5.0

                              and Substance Abuse

                              Facilities.

    623311.................  Continuing Care Retirement                $10.0

                              Communities.

    623312.................  Homes for the Elderly......                $5.0

    623990.................  Other Residential Care                     $5.0

                              Facilities.

                        Subsector 624--Social Assistance

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    624110.................  Child and Youth Services...  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    624120.................  Services for the Elderly     .................$

                              and Persons with                           5.0

                              Disabilities.

    624190.................  Other Individual and Family  .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    624210.................  Community Food Services....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    624221.................  Temporary Shelters.........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    624229.................  Other Community Housing      .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    624230.................  Emergency and Other Relief   .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    624310.................  Vocational Rehabilitation    .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    624410.................  Child Day Care Services....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                 Sector 71--Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

     Subsector 711--Performing Arts, Spectator Sports and Related Industries

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    711110.................  Theater Companies and        .................$

                              Dinner Theaters.                           5.0

    711120.................  Dance Companies............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    711130.................  Musical Groups and Artists.  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    711190.................  Other Performing Arts        .................$

                              Companies.                                 5.0

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    711211.................  Sports Teams and Clubs.....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    711212.................  Race Tracks................  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    711219.................  Other Spectator Sports.....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    711310.................  Promoters of Performing      .................$

                              Arts, Sports and Similar                   5.0

                              Events with Facilities.

    711320.................  Promoters of Performing      .................$

                              Arts, Sports and Similar                   5.0

                              Events without Facilities.

    711410.................  Agents and Managers for      .................$

                              Artists, Athletes,                         5.0

                              Entertainers and Other

                              Public Figures.

    711510.................  Independent Artists,         .................$

                              Writers, and Performers.                   5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

        Subsector 712--Museums, Historical Sites and Similar Institutions

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    712110.................  Museums....................  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    712120.................  Historical Sites...........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    712130.................  Zoos and Botanical Gardens.  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    712190.................  Nature Parks and Other       .................$

                              Similar Institutions.                      5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

          Subsector 713--Amusement, Gambling and Recreation Industries

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    713110.................  Amusement and Theme Parks..  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    713120.................  Amusement Arcades..........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    713210.................  Casinos (except Casino       .................$

                              Hotels).                                   5.0

    713290.................  Other Gambling Industries..  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    713910.................  Golf Courses and Country     .................$

                              Clubs.                                     5.0

    713920.................  Skiing Facilities..........  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    713930.................  Marinas....................  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    713940.................  Fitness and Recreational     .................$

                              Sports Centers.                            5.0

    713950.................  Bowling Centers............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    713990.................  All Other Amusement and      .................$

                              Recreation Industries.                     5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                   Sector 72--Accommodation and Food Services

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          Subsector 721--Accommodation

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    721110.................  Hotels (except Casino        .................$

                              Hotels) and Motels.                        5.0

    721120.................  Casino Hotels..............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    721191.................  Bed and Breakfast Inns.....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    721199.................  All Other Traveler           .................$

                              Accommodation.                             5.0

    721211.................  RV (Recreational Vehicle)    .................$

                              Parks and Campgrounds.                     5.0

    721214.................  Recreational and Vacation    .................$

                              Camps (except Campgrounds).                5.0

    721310.................  Rooming and Boarding Houses  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                Subsector 722--Food Services and Drinking Places

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    722110.................  Full-Service Restaurants...  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    722211.................  Limited-Service Restaurants  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    722212.................  Cafeterias.................  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    722213.................  Snack and Nonalcoholic       .................$

                              Beverage Bars.                             5.0

    722310.................  Food Service Contractors...  ...............$15

                                                                          .0

    722320.................  Caterers...................  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    722330.................  Mobile Food Services.......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    722410.................  Drinking Places (Alcoholic   .................$

                              Beverages).                                5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                            Sector 81--Other Services

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      Subsector 811--Repair and Maintenance

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    811111.................  General Automotive Repair..  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    811112.................  Automotive Exhaust System    .................$

                              Repair.                                    5.0

    811113.................  Automotive Transmission      .................$

                              Repair.                                    5.0

    811118.................  Other Automotive Mechanical  .................$

                              and Electrical Repair and                  5.0

                              Maintenance.

    811121.................  Automotive Body, Paint and   .................$

                              Interior Repair and                        5.0

                              Maintenance.

    811122.................  Automotive Glass             .................$

                              Replacement Shops.                         5.0

    811191.................  Automotive Oil Change and    .................$

                              Lubrication Shops.                         5.0

    811192.................  Car Washes.................  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    811198.................  All Other Automotive Repair  .................$

                              and Maintenance.                           5.0

    811211.................  Consumer Electronics Repair  .................$

                              and Maintenance.                           5.0

    811212.................  Computer and Office Machine  ...............$18

                              Repair and Maintenance.                     .0

    811213.................  Communication Equipment      .................$

                              Repair and Maintenance.                    5.0

    811219.................  Other Electronic and         .................$

                              Precision Equipment Repair                 5.0

                              and Maintenance.

    [[Page 300]]

    811310.................  Commercial and Industrial    .................$

                              Machinery and Equipment                    5.0

                              (except Automotive and

                              Electronic) Repair and

                              Maintenance...............

    811411.................  Home and Garden Equipment    .................$

                              Repair and Maintenance.                    5.0

    811412.................  Appliance Repair and         .................$

                              Maintenance.                               5.0

    811420.................  Reupholstery and Furniture   .................$

                              Repair.                                    5.0

    811430.................  Footwear and Leather Goods   .................$

                              Repair.                                    5.0

    811490.................  Other Personal and           .................$

                              Household Goods Repair and                 5.0

                              Maintenance.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                  Subsector 812--Personal and Laundry Services

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    812111.................  Barber Shops...............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    812112.................  Beauty Salons..............  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    812113.................  Nail Salons................  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    812191.................  Diet and Weight Reducing     .................$

                              Centers.                                   5.0

    812199.................  Other Personal Care          .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    812210.................  Funeral Homes and Funeral    .................$

                              Services.                                  5.0

    812220.................  Cemeteries and Crematories.  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    812310.................  Coin-Operated Laundries and  .................$

                              Drycleaners.                               5.0

    812320.................  Drycleaning and Laundry      .................$

                              Services (except Coin-                     3.5

                              Operated).

    812331.................  Linen Supply...............  ...............$10

                                                                          .5

    812332.................  Industrial Launderers......  ...............$10

                                                                          .5

    812910.................  Pet Care (except             .................$

                              Veterinary) Services.                      5.0

    812921.................  Photo Finishing              .................$

                              Laboratories (except One-                  5.0

                              Hour).

    812922.................  One-Hour Photo Finishing...  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    812930.................  Parking Lots and Garages...  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    812990.................  All Other Personal Services  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

     Subsector 813--Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional and Similar

                                  Organizations

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    813110.................  Religious Organizations....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    813211.................  Grantmaking Foundations....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    813212.................  Voluntary Health             .................$

                              Organizations.                             5.0

    813219.................  Other Grantmaking and        .................$

                              Giving Services.                           5.0

    813311.................  Human Rights Organizations.  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    813312.................  Environment, Conservation    .................$

                              and Wildlife Organizations.                5.0

    813319.................  Other Social Advocacy        .................$

                              Organizations.                             5.0

    813410.................  Civic and Social             .................$

                              Organizations.                             5.0

    813910.................  Business Associations......  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    813920.................  Professional Organizations.  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    813930.................  Labor Unions and Similar     .................$

                              Labor Organizations.                       5.0

    813940.................  Political Organizations....  .................$

                                                                         5.0

    813990.................  Other Similar Organizations  .................$

                              (except Business,                          5.0

                              Professional, Labor, and

                              Political Organizations).

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                                    Footnotes

        1. NAICS codes 221111, 221112, 221113, 221119, 221121, and 221122--A

    firm is small if, including its affiliates, it is primarily engaged in

    the generation, transmission, and/or distribution of electric energy for

    sale and its total electric output for the preceding fiscal year did not

    exceed 4 million megawatt hours.

        2. NAICS code 234990--Dredging: To be considered small for purposes

    of Government procurement, a firm must perform at least 40 percent of

    the volume dredged with its own equipment or equipment owned by another

    small dredging concern.

        3. NAICS code 311421--For purposes of Government procurement for

    food canning and preserving, the standard of 500 employees excludes

    agricultural labor as defined in 3306(k) of the Internal Revenue Code,

    26 U.S.C. Sec. 3306(k).

        4. NAICS code 324110--For purposes of Government procurement, the

    firm may not have more than 1,500 employees nor more than 75,000 barrels

    per day capacity of petroleum-based inputs, including crude oil or bona

    fide feedstocks. Capacity includes owned or leased facilities as well as

    facilities under a processing agreement or an arrangement such as an

    exchange agreement or a throughput. The total product to be delivered

    under the contract must be at least 90 percent refined by the successful

    bidder from either crude oil or bona fide feedstocks.

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        5. NAICS code 326211--For Government procurement, a firm is small

    for bidding on a contract for pneumatic tires within Census

    Classification codes 30111 and 30112, provided that:

        (a) The value of tires within Census Classification codes 30111 and

    30112 which it manufactured in the United States during the previous

    calendar year is more than 50 percent of the value of its total

    worldwide manufacture,

        (b) the value of pneumatic tires within Census Classification codes

    30111 and 30112 comprising its total worldwide manufacture during the

    preceding calendar year was less than 5 percent of the value of all such

    tires manufactured in the United States during that period, and

        (c) the value of the principal product which it manufactured or

    otherwise produced, or sold worldwide during the preceding calendar year

    is less than 10 percent of the total value of such products manufactured

    or otherwise produced or sold in the United States during that period.

        6. NAICS Subsectors 333, 334, 335 and 336--For rebuilding machinery

    or equipment on a factory basis, or equivalent, use the NAICS code for a

    newly manufactured product. Concerns performing major rebuilding or

    overhaul activities do not necessarily have to meet the criteria for

    being a ``manufacturer'' although the activities may be classified under

    a manufacturing NAICS code. Ordinary repair services or preservation are

    not considered rebuilding.

        7. NAICS code 336413--Contracts for the rebuilding or overhaul of

    aircraft ground support equipment on a contract basis are classified

    under NAICS code 336413.

        8. NAICS Codes 522110, 522120, 522130, 522190, 522210 and 522930--A

    financial institution's assets are determined by averaging the assets

    reported on its four quarterly financial statements for the preceding

    year. ``Assets'' for the purposes of this size standard means the assets

    defined according to the Federal Financial Institutions Examination

    Council 034 call report form.

        9. NAICS code 531190--Leasing of building space to the Federal

    Government by Owners: For Government procurement, a size standard of

    $15.0 million in gross receipts applies to the owners of building space

    leased to the Federal Government. The standard does not apply to an

    agent.

        10. NAICS codes 488510 (part), 531210, 541810, 561510 and 561920--As

    measured by total revenues, but excluding funds received in trust for an

    unaffiliated third party, such as bookings or sales subject to

    commissions. The commissions received are included as revenue.

        11. NAICS code 541710--For research and development contracts

    requiring the delivery of a manufactured product, the appropriate size

    standard is that of the manufacturing industry.

        (a) ``Research and Development'' means laboratory or other physical

    research and development. It does not include economic, educational,

    engineering, operations, systems, or other nonphysical research; or

    computer programming, data processing, commercial and/or medical

    laboratory testing.

        (b) For purposes of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

    program only, a different definition has been established by law. See

    Sec. 121.701 of these regulations.

        (c) ``Research and Development'' for guided missiles and space

    vehicles includes evaluations and simulation, and other services

    requiring thorough knowledge of complete missiles and spacecraft.

        12. NAICS code 561210--Facilities Management, a component of NAICS

    561210, includes establishments, not classified elsewhere, which provide

    overall management and personnel to perform a variety of related support

    services in operating a complete facility in or around a specific

    building, or within another business or Government establishment.

    Facilities management means furnishing three or more personnel supply

    services which may include, but are not limited to secretarial services,

    typists, word processing, maintaining files and/or libraries, telephone

    answering, switchboard operation, reproduction or mimeograph service,

    mailing service, writers, bookkeeping, financial or business management,

    public relations, conference planning, minor office equipment

    maintenance and repair, use of information systems (not programming),

    word processing, travel arrangements, maintaining files and/or

    libraries.

        13. NAICS code 235990 (All Other Special Trade Contractors) and

    NAICS code 561210 (Facilities Support Services)--Base Maintenance:

        (a) If one of the activities of base maintenance, as defined in

    paragraph (b) (below in this endnote) can be identified with a separate

    industry and that activity (or industry) accounts for 50 percent or more

    of the value of an entire contract, then the proper size standard is

    that of the particular industry, and not the base maintenance size

    standard.

        (b) ``Base Maintenance'' requires the performance of three or more

    separate activities in the areas of service or special trade

    construction industries. If services are performed, these activities

    must each be in a separate NAICS code including, but not limited to,

    Janitorial and Custodial Service, Fire Prevention Service, Messenger

    Service, Commissary Service, Protective Guard Service, and Grounds

    Maintenance and Landscaping Service. If the contract requires the use of

    special trade contractors (plumbing, painting, plastering, carpentry,

    etc.), all such special trade construction activities are considered a

    single activity and classified as

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    Base Housing Maintenance. Since Base Housing Maintenance is only one

    activity, two additional activities are required for a contract to be

    classified as ``Base Maintenance.''

        14. NAICS 562910--Environmental Remediation Services:

        (a) For SBA assistance as a small business concern in the industry

    of Environmental Remediation Services, other than for Government

    procurement, a concern must be engaged primarily in furnishing a range

    of services for the remediation of a contaminated environment to an

    acceptable condition including, but not limited to, preliminary

    assessment, site inspection, testing, remedial investigation,

    feasibility studies, remedial design, containment, remedial action,

    removal of contaminated materials, storage of contaminated materials and

    security and site closeouts. If one of such activities accounts for 50

    percent or more of a concern's total revenues, employees, or other

    related factors, the concern's primary industry is that of the

    particular industry and not the Environmental Remediation Services

    Industry.

        (b) For purposes of classifying a Government procurement as

    Environmental Remediation Services, the general purpose of the

    procurement must be to restore a contaminated environment and also the

    procurement must be composed of activities in three or more separate

    industries with separate NAICS codes or, in some instances (e.g.,

    engineering), smaller sub-components of NAICS codes with separate,

    distinct size standards. These activities may include, but are not

    limited to, separate activities in industries such as: Heavy

    Construction; Special Trade Construction; Engineering Services;

    Architectural Services; Management Services; Refuse Systems; Sanitary

    Services, Not Elsewhere Classified; Local Trucking Without Storage;

    Testing Laboratories; and Commercial, Physical and Biological Research.

    If any activity in the procurement can be identified with a separate

    NAICS code, or component of a code with a separate distinct size

    standard, and that industry accounts for 50 percent or more of the value

    of the entire procurement, then the proper size standard is the one for

    that particular industry, and not the Environmental Remediation Service

    size standard.

        15. Subsector 483--Water Transportation--Offshore Marine Services:

    The applicable size standard shall be $20.5 million for firms furnishing

    specific transportation services to concerns engaged in offshore oil

    and/or natural gas exploration, drilling production, or marine research;

    such services encompass passenger and freight transportation, anchor

    handling, and related logistical services to and from the work site or

    at sea.

    [65 FR 30840, May 15, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 53535, Sept. 5, 2000; 65

    FR 60343, Oct. 11, 2000; 65 FR 69438, Nov. 17, 2000; 65 FR 70637, Nov.

    24, 2000; 66 FR 30647, June 7, 2001; 66 FR 32416, June 14, 2001]

           Size Eligibility Requirements For SBA Financial Assistance

    Sec. 121.301  What size standards are applicable to financial assistance

              programs?

        (a) For Business Loans and Disaster Loans (other than physical

    disaster loans), an applicant must not exceed the size standard for the

    industry in which:

        (1) The applicant combined with its affiliates is primarily engaged;

    and

        (2) The applicant alone is primarily engaged.

        (b) For Development Company programs, an applicant must meet one of

    the following standards:

        (1) The same standards applicable under paragraph (a) of this

    section; or

        (2) Including its affiliates, tangible net worth not in excess of $6

    million, and average net income after Federal income taxes (excluding

    any carry-over losses) for the preceding two completed fiscal years not

    in excess of $2 million. If the applicant is not required by law to pay

    Federal income taxes at the enterprise level, but is required to pass

    income through to its shareholders, partners, beneficiaries, or other

    equitable owners, the applicant's ``net income after Federal income

    taxes'' will be its net income reduced by an amount computed as follows:

        (i) If the applicant is not required by law to pay State (and local,

    if any) income taxes at the enterprise level, multiply its net income by

    the marginal State income tax rate (or by the combined State and local

    income tax rates, as applicable) that would have applied if it were a

    taxable corporation.

        (ii) Multiply the applicant's net income, less any deduction for

    State and local income taxes calculated under paragraph (b)(2)(i) of

    this section, by the marginal Federal income tax rate that would have

    applied if the applicant were a taxable corporation.

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        (iii) Sum the results obtained in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and

    (b)(2)(ii) of this section.

        (c) For the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program, an

    applicant must meet one of the following standards:

        (1) The same standards applicable under paragraph (a) of this

    section; or

        (2) Including its affiliates, tangible net worth not in excess of

    $18 million, and average net income after Federal income taxes

    (excluding any carry-over losses) for the preceding two completed fiscal

    years not in excess of $6 million. If the applicant is not required by

    law to pay Federal income taxes at the enterprise level, but is required

    to pass income through to its shareholders, partners, beneficiaries, or

    other equitable owners, the applicant's ``net income after Federal

    income taxes'' will be its net income reduced by an amount computed as

    follows:

        (i) If the applicant is not required by law to pay State (and local,

    if any) income taxes at the enterprise level, multiply its net income by

    the marginal State income tax rate (or by the combined State and local

    income tax rates, as applicable) that would have applied if it were a

    taxable corporation.

        (ii) Multiply the applicant's net income, less any deduction for

    State and local income taxes calculated under paragraph (c)(2)(i) of

    this section, by the marginal Federal income tax rate that would have

    applied if the applicant were a taxable corporation.

        (iii) Add the results obtained in paragraphs (c)(2)(i) and

    (c)(2)(ii) of this section.

        (d) For Surety Bond Guarantee assistance--

        (1) Any construction (general or special trade) concern or concern

    performing a contract for services is small if its average annual

    receipts do not exceed $5.0 million.

        (2) Any concern not specified in paragraph (d)(1) of this section

    must meet the size standard for the primary industry in which it,

    combined with its affiliates, is engaged.

        (e) The applicable size standards for the purpose of all SBA

    financial assistance programs, excluding the Surety Bond Guarantee

    assistance program, are increased by 25 percent whenever the applicant

    agrees to use the assistance within a labor surplus area. Labor surplus

    areas are listed monthly in the Department of Labor publication called

    ``Area Trends.''

    [61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 66 FR 30648, June 7, 2001]

    Sec. 121.302  When does SBA determine the size status of an applicant?

        (a) The size of an applicant for SBA financial assistance is

    determined as of the date the application for such financial assistance

    is accepted for processing by SBA, except for the Disaster Loan and

    Preferred Lenders programs.

        (b) For the Preferred Lenders program, size is determined as of the

    date of approval of the loan by the Preferred Lender.

        (c) For disaster loan assistance (other than physical disaster

    loans), size status is determined as of the date the disaster commenced,

    as set forth in the Disaster Declaration. For pre-disaster mitigation

    loans, size status is determined as of the date SBA accepts the

    application for processing.

        (d) Changes in size subsequent to the applicable date when size is

    determined will not disqualify an applicant for assistance.

    [61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 48276, Sept. 3, 1999]

    Sec. 121.303  What size procedures are used by SBA before it makes a

              formal size determination?

        (a) A concern that submits an application for financial assistance

    is deemed to have certified that it is small under the applicable size

    standard. SBA may question the concern's status based on information

    supplied in the application or from any other source.

        (b) A small business investment company, a development company, a

    surety bond company, or a preferred lender may accept as true the size

    information provided by an applicant, unless credible evidence to the

    contrary is apparent.

        (c) Size is initially considered by the individual with final

    financial assistance authority. This is not a formal

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    size determination. A formal determination may be requested prior to a

    denial of eligibility based on size.

        (d) An applicant may request a formal size determination when

    assistance has been denied for size ineligibility. Except for disaster

    loan eligibility, a request for a formal size determination must be made

    to the Government Contracting Area Director serving the area in which

    the headquarters of the applicant is located, regardless of the location

    of the parent company or affiliates. For disaster loan assistance, the

    request for a size determination must be made to the Area Director for

    the Disaster Area Office which denied the assistance.

        (e) There are no time limitations for making a formal size

    determination for purposes of financial assistance. The official making

    the formal size determination must provide a copy of the determination

    to the applicant, to the requesting SBA official, and to other

    interested SBA program officials.

    Sec. 121.304  What are the size requirements for refinancing an existing

              SBA loan?

        (a) A concern that applies to refinance an existing SBA loan or

    guarantee will be considered small for the refinancing even though its

    size has increased since the date of the original financing to exceed

    its applicable size standard, provided that:

        (1) The increase in size is due to natural growth (as distinguished

    from merger, acquisition or similar management action); and

        (2) SBA determines that refinancing is necessary to protect the

    Government's financial interest.

        (b) If a concern's size has increased other than by natural growth,

    the concern and its affiliates must be small at the time the application

    for refinancing is accepted for processing by SBA.

    Sec. 121.305  What size eligibility requirements exist for obtaining

              business loans relating to particular procurements?

        A concern qualified as small for a particular procurement, including

    an 8(a) subcontract, is small for financial assistance directly and

    primarily relating to the performance of the particular procurement.

            Size Eligibility Requirements for Government Procurement

    Sec. 121.401  What procurement programs are subject to size

              determinations?

        The requirements set forth in Secs. 121.401 through 121.413 cover

    all procurement programs for which status as a small business is

    required, including the small business set-aside program, SBA's

    Certificate of Competency program, SBA's 8(a) Business Development

    program, the Small Business Subcontracting program authorized under

    section 8(d) of the Small Business Act, the Federal Small Disadvantaged

    Business (SDB) programs, the HUBZone program, and the Very Small

    Business (VSB) program.

    [63 FR 46642, Sept. 2, 1998]

    Sec. 121.402  What size standards are applicable to procurement

              assistance programs?

        (a) A concern must meet the size standard for the NAICS code

    specified in the solicitation.

        (b) The procuring agency contracting officer, or authorized

    representative, designates the proper NAICS code and size standard in a

    solicitation, selecting the NAICS code which best describes the

    principal purpose of the product or service being acquired. Primary

    consideration is given to the industry descriptions in the NAICS United

    States Manual, the product or service description in the solicitation

    and any attachments to it, the relative value and importance of the

    components of the procurement making up the end item being procured, and

    the function of the goods or services being purchased. Other factors

    considered include previous Government procurement classifications of

    the same or similar products or services, and the classification which

    would best serve the purposes of the Small Business Act. A procurement

    is usually classified according to the component which accounts for the

    greatest percentage of contract value.

        (c) The NAICS code assigned to a procurement and its corresponding

    size

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    standard is final unless timely appealed to SBA's Office of Hearings and

    Appeals (OHA), or unless SBA assigns an NAICS code or size standard as

    provided in paragraph (d) of this section.

        (d) An unclear, incomplete or missing NAICS code designation or size

    standard in the solicitation may be clarified, completed or supplied by

    SBA in connection with a formal size determination or size appeal.

        (e) Any offeror or other interested party adversely affected by an

    NAICS code designation or size standard designation may appeal the

    designations to OHA under part 134 of this chapter.

    [61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 65 FR 30863, May 15, 2000]

    Sec. 121.403  Are SBA size determinations and NAICS code designations

              binding on parties?

        Formal size determinations and NAICS code designations made by

    authorized SBA officials are binding upon the parties. Opinions

    otherwise provided by SBA officials to contracting officers or others

    are advisory in nature, and are not binding or appealable.

    [61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 65 FR 30863, May 15, 2000]

    Sec. 121.404  When does SBA determine the size status of a business

              concern?

        Generally, SBA determines the size status of a concern (including

    its affiliates) as of the date the concern submits a written self-

    certification that it is small to the procuring agency as part of its

    initial offer including price. The following are two exceptions to this

    rule:

        (a) The size status of an applicant for a Certificate of Competency

    (COC) relating to an unrestricted procurement is determined as of the

    date of the concern's application for the COC.

        (b) Size status for purposes of compliance with the nonmanufacturer

    rule set forth in Sec. 121.406(b)(1) and the ostensible subcontractor

    rule set forth in Sec. 121.103(f)(3) is determined as of the date of the

    best and final offer.

    Sec. 121.405  May a business concern self-certify its small business

              size status?

        (a) A concern must self-certify it is small under the size standard

    specified in the solicitation, or as clarified, completed or supplied by

    SBA pursuant to Sec. 121.402(d).

        (b) A contracting officer may accept a concern's self-certification

    as true for the particular procurement involved in the absence of a

    written protest by other offerors or other credible information which

    causes the contracting officer or SBA to question the size of the

    concern.

        (c) Procedures for protesting the self-certification of an offeror

    are set forth in Secs. 121.1001 through 121.1009.

    Sec. 121.406  How does a small business concern qualify to provide

              manufactured products under small business set-aside or MED

              procurements?

        (a) General. In order to qualify as a small business concern for a

    small business set-aside or 8(a) contract to provide manufactured

    products, an offeror must either:

        (1) Be the manufacturer of the end item being procured (and the end

    item must be manufactured or produced in the United States); or

        (2) Comply with the requirements of paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of

    this section as a nonmanufacturer, a kit assembler or a supplier under

    Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

        (b) Nonmanufacturers. (1) A concern may qualify for a requirement to

    provide manufactured products as a nonmanufacturer if it:

        (i) Does not exceed 500 employees;

        (ii) Is primarily engaged in the wholesale or retail trade and

    normally sells the items being supplied to the general public; and

        (iii) Will supply the end item of a small business manufacturer or

    processor made in the United States, or obtains a waiver of such

    requirement pursuant to paragraph (b)(3) of this section.

        (2) For size purposes, there can be only one manufacturer of the end

    item being acquired. The manufacturer is

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    the concern which, with its own facilities, performs the primary

    activities in transforming inorganic or organic substances, including

    the assembly of parts and components, into the end item being acquired.

    The end item must possess characteristics which, as a result of

    mechanical, chemical or human action, it did not possess before the

    original substances, parts or components were assembled or transformed.

    The end item may be finished and ready for utilization or consumption,

    or it may be semifinished as a raw material to be used in further

    manufacturing. Firms which perform only minimal operations upon the item

    being procured do not qualify as manufacturers of the end item. SBA will

    evaluate the following factors in determining whether a concern is the

    manufacturer of the end item:

        (i) The proportion of total value in the end item added by the

    efforts of the concern, excluding costs of overhead, testing, quality

    control, and profit; and

        (ii) The importance of the elements added by the concern to the

    function of the end item, regardless of their relative value.

        (3) The Administrator or designee may waive the requirement set

    forth in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section under the following two

    circumstances:

        (i) The contracting officer has determined that no small business

    manufacturer or processor reasonably can be expected to offer a product

    meeting the specifications (including period for performance) required

    by a particular solicitation and SBA reviews and accepts that

    determination; or

        (ii) SBA determines that no small business manufacturer or processor

    of the product or class of products is available to participate in the

    Federal procurement market.

        (4) The two waiver possibilities identified in paragraph (b)(3) of

    this section are called ``individual'' and ``class'' waivers

    respectively, and the procedures for them are contained in Sec. 121.1204

    .

        (5) Any SBA waiver of the nonmanufacturer rule has no effect on

    requirements external to the Small Business Act which involve domestic

    sources of supply, such as the Buy American Act.

        (c) Kit assemblers. (1) Where the manufactured item being acquired

    is a kit of supplies or other goods provided by an offeror for a special

    purpose, the offeror cannot exceed 500 employees, and 50 percent of the

    total value of the components of the kit must be manufactured by

    business concerns in the United States which are small under the size

    standards for the NAICS codes of the components being assembled. The

    offeror need not itself be the manufacturer of any of the items

    assembled.

        (2) Where the Government has specified an item for the kit which is

    not produced by U.S. small business concerns, such item shall be

    excluded from the calculation of total value in paragraph (c)(1) of this

    section.

        (d) Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Where the procurement of a

    manufactured item is processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures,

    as defined in Sec. 13.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

    (48 CFR 13.101), and where the anticipated cost of the procurement will

    not exceed $25,000, the offeror need not supply the end product of a

    small business concern as long as the product acquired is manufactured

    or produced in the United States, and the offeror does not exceed 500

    employees. The offeror need not itself be the manufacturer of any of the

    items acquired.

    [61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996; 61 FR 7986, Mar. 1, 1996, as amended at 65

    FR 30863, May 15, 2000]

    Sec. 121.407  What are the size procedures for multiple item

              procurements?

        If a procurement calls for two or more specific end items or types

    of services with different size standards and the offeror may submit an

    offer on any or all end items or types of services, the offeror must

    meet the size standard for each end item or service item for which it

    submits an offer. If the procurement calls for more than one specific

    end item or type of service and an offeror is required to submit an

    offer on all items, the offeror may qualify as a small business for the

    procurement if it meets the size standard of the item which accounts for

    the greatest percentage of the total contract value.

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    Sec. 121.408  What are the size procedures for SBA's Certificate of

              Competency Program?

        (a) A firm which applies for a COC must file an ``Application for

    Small Business Size Determination'' (SBA Form 355). If the initial

    review of SBA Form 355 indicates the applicant, including its

    affiliates, is small for purposes of the COC program, SBA will process

    the application for COC. If the review indicates the applicant,

    including its affiliates, is other than small, SBA will initiate a

    formal size determination as set forth in Sec. 121.1009. In such a case,

    SBA will not further process the COC application until a formal size

    determination is made.

        (b) A concern is ineligible for a COC if a formal SBA size

    determination finds the concern other than small.

    Sec. 121.409  What size standard applies in an unrestricted procurement

              for Certificate of Competency purposes?

        For the purpose of receiving a Certificate of Competency in an

    unrestricted procurement, the applicable size standard is that

    corresponding to the NAICS code set forth in the solicitation. For a

    manufactured product, a concern must also furnish a domestically

    produced or manufactured product, regardless of the size status of the

    product manufacturer. The offeror need not be the manufacturer of any of

    the items acquired.

    [61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 65 FR 30863, May 15, 2000]

    Sec. 121.410  What are the size standards for SBA's Section 8(d)

              Subcontracting Program?

        For subcontracting purposes pursuant to section 8(d) of the Small

    Business Act, a concern is small:

        (a) For subcontracts of $10,000 or less which relate to Government

    procurements, if its number of employees (including its affiliates) does

    not exceed 500 employees. However, subcontracts for engineering services

    awarded under the National Energy Policy Act of 1992 have the same size

    standard as Military and Aerospace Equipment and Military Weapons under

    NAICS code 541330;

        (b) For subcontracts exceeding $10,000 which relate to Government

    procurements, if its number of employees or average annual receipts

    (including its affiliates) does not exceed the size standard for the

    product or service it is providing on the subcontract; and

        (c) For subcontracts for financial services, if the concern

    (including its affiliates) is a commercial bank or savings and loan

    association whose assets do not exceed $100 million.

    [61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 65 FR 30863, May 15, 2000]

    Sec. 121.411  What are the size procedures for SBA's Section 8(d)

              Subcontracting Program?

        (a) Prime contractors may rely on the information contained in SBA's

    Procurement Automated Source System (PASS), or equivalent data base

    maintained or sanctioned by SBA, as an accurate representation of a

    concern's size and ownership characteristics for purposes of maintaining

    a small business source list. Even though a concern is on a small

    business source list, it must still qualify and self-certify as a small

    business at the time it submits its offer as a section 8(d)

    subcontractor.

        (b) Upon determination of the successful subcontract offeror for a

    competitive subcontract, but prior to award, the prime contractor must

    inform each unsuccessful subcontract offeror in writing of the name and

    location of the apparent successful offeror.

        (c) The self-certification of a concern subcontracting or proposing

    to subcontract under section 8(d) of the Small Business Act may be

    protested by the contracting officer, the prime contractor, the

    appropriate SBA official or any other interested party.

    Sec. 121.412  What are the size procedures for partial small business

              set-asides?

        A firm is required to meet size standard requirements only for the

    small business set-aside portion of a procurement, and is not required

    to qualify as a small business for the unrestricted portion.

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    Sec. 121.413  What size must a concern be to be eligible for the Very

              Small Business program?

        A concern is a very small business (see Sec. 125.7 of this chapter)

    if, together with its affiliates, it has no more than 15 employees and

    its average annual receipts do not exceed $1 million.

    [63 FR 46642, Sept. 2, 1998]

     Size Eligibility Requirements for Sales or Lease of Government Property

    Sec. 121.501  What programs for sales or leases of Government property

              are subject to size determinations?

        Sections 121.501 through 121.512 apply to small business size

    determinations for the purpose of the sale or lease of Government

    property, including the Timber Sales Program, the Special Salvage Timber

    Sales Program, and the sale of Government petroleum, coal and uranium.

    Sec. 121.502  What size standards are applicable to programs for sales

              or leases of Government property?

        (a) Unless otherwise specified in this part--

        (1) A concern primarily engaged in manufacturing is small for sales

    or leases of Government property if it does not exceed 500 employees;

        (2) A concern not primarily engaged in manufacturing is small for

    sales or leases of Government property if it has annual receipts not

    exceeding $2 million.

        (b) Size status for such sales and leases is determined by the

    primary industry of the applicant business concern.

    Sec. 121.503  Are SBA size determinations binding on parties?

        Formal size determinations based upon a specific Government sale or

    lease, or made in response to a request from another Government agency

    under Sec. 121.901, are binding upon the parties. Other SBA opinions

    provided to contracting officers or others are only advisory, and are

    not binding or appealable.

    Sec. 121.504  When does SBA determine the size status of a business

              concern?

        SBA determines the size status of a concern (including its

    affiliates) as of the date the concern submits a written self-

    certification that it is small to the Government as part of its initial

    offer including price where there is a specific sale or lease at issue,

    or as set forth in Sec. 121.903 if made in response to a request of

    another Government agency.

    Sec. 121.505  What is the effect of a self-certification?

        (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.

        (b) Procedures for protesting the self-certification of an offeror

    are set forth in Secs. 121.1001 through 121.1009.

    Sec. 121.506  What definitions are important for sales or leases of

              Government-owned timber?

        (a) Forest product industry means logging, wood preserving, and the

    manufacture of lumber and wood related products such as veneer, plywood,

    hardboard, particle board, or wood pulp, and of products of which lumber

    or wood related products are the principal raw materials.

        (b) Logging of timber means felling and bucking, yarding, and/or

    loading. It does not mean hauling.

        (c) Manufacture of logs means, at a minimum, breaking down logs into

    rough cuts of the finished product.

        (d) Sell means, in addition to its usual and customary meaning, the

    exchange of sawlogs for sawlogs on a product-for-product basis with or

    without monetary adjustment, and an indirect transfer, such as the sale

    of the assets of a concern after it has been awarded one or more set-

    aside sales of timber.

        (e) Significant logging of timber means that a concern uses its own

    employees to perform at least two of the following: felling and bucking,

    yarding, and loading.

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    Sec. 121.507  What are the size standards and other requirements for the

              purchase of Government-owned timber (other than Special

              Salvage Timber)?

        (a) To be small for purposes of the sale of Government-owned timber

    (other than Special Salvage Timber) a concern must:

        (1) Be primarily engaged in the logging or forest products industry;

        (2) Not exceed 500 employees, taking into account its affiliates;

    and

        (3) If it does not intend at the time of the offer to resell the

    timber--

        (i) Agree that it will manufacture the logs with its own facilities

    or those of another business which meets the requirements of paragraphs

    (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section;

        (ii) Agree that if it eventually resells the timber, it will resell

    no more than 30% of the sawtimber volume to other businesses which do

    not meet the requirements of paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this

    section; and

        (iii) Agree that if it becomes acquired or controlled by a business

    which does not meet the requirements of paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of

    this section, it will require as a condition of the acquisition or

    change of control that the acquiring or controlling business resell at

    least 70% of the sawtimber volume to businesses which do meet the

    requirements of paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section; or

        (4) If it intends at the time of offer to resell the timber--

        (i) Agree that it will not sell more than 30% of such timber (50% of

    such timber if the concern is an Alaskan business) to a business which

    does not meet the requirements of paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this

    section; and

        (ii) Agree that if it becomes acquired or controlled by a business

    which does not meet the requirements of paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of

    this section, it will require as a condition of the acquisition or

    change of control that the acquiring or controlling business resell at

    least 70% of the sawtimber volume (or at least 50% of the sawtimber

    volume, if it is an Alaskan business) to businesses which meet the

    requirements of paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section.

        (b) For a period of three years following the date upon which a

    concern purchases timber under a small business set-aside (other than

    through the Special Salvage Timber Sale program), it must maintain a

    record of:

        (1) The name, address and size status of every concern to which it

    sells the timber or sawlogs; and

        (2) The species, grades and volumes of sawlogs sold.

        (c) For a period of three years following the date upon which a

    concern purchases timber, it must by contract require all small business

    repurchasers of the sawlogs or timber it purchased under the small

    business set-aside to maintain the records described in paragraph (b) of

    this section.

    Sec. 121.508  What are the size standards and other requirements for the

              purchase of Government-owned Special Salvage Timber?

        (a) In order to purchase Government-owned Special Salvage Timber

    from the United States Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management

    as a small business, a concern must:

        (1) Be primarily engaged in the logging or forest product industry;

        (2) Have, together with its affiliates, no more than twenty-five

    employees during any pay period for the last twelve months; and

        (3) If it does not intend at the time of offer to resell the

    timber--

        (i) Agree that it will manufacture a significant portion of the logs

    with its own employees; and

        (ii) Agree that it will log the timber only with its own employees

    or with employees of another business which is eligible for award of a

    Special Salvage Timber sales contract; or

        (4) If it intends at the time of offer to resell the timber, agree

    that it will perform a significant portion of timber logging with its

    own employees and that it will subcontract the remainder of the timber

    logging to a concern which is eligible for award of a Special Salvage

    Timber sales contract.

    Sec. 121.509  What is the size standard for leasing of Government land

              for coal mining?

        A concern is small for this purpose if it:

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        (a) Together with its affiliates, does not have more than 250

    employees;

        (b) Maintains management and control of the actual mining operations

    of the tract; and

        (c) Agrees that if it subleases the Government land, it will be to

    another small business, and that it will require its sublessors to agree

    to the same.

    Sec. 121.510  What is the size standard for leasing of Government land

              for uranium mining?

        A concern is small for this purpose if it, together with its

    affiliates, does not have more than 100 employees.

    Sec. 121.511  What is the size standard for buying Government-owned

              petroleum?

        A concern is small for this purpose if it is primarily engaged in

    petroleum refining and meets the size standard for a petroleum refining

    business.

    Sec. 121.512  What is the size standard for stockpile purchases?

        A concern is small for this purpose if:

        (a) It is primarily engaged in the purchase of materials which are

    not domestic products; and

        (b) Its annual receipts, together with its affiliates, do not exceed

    $42 million.

     Size Eligibility Requirements for the Minority Enterprise Development

                                  (MED) Program

    Sec. 121.601  What is a small business for purposes of admission to

              SBA's Minority Enterprise Development (MED) program?

        An applicant must be small under the size standard corresponding to

    its primary industry classification in order to be admitted to SBA's

    Minority Enterprise Development (MED) program.

    Sec. 121.602  At what point in time must a MED applicant be small?

        A MED applicant must be small for its primary industry at the time

    SBA certifies it for admission into the program.

    Sec. 121.603  How does SBA determine whether a Participant is small for

              a particular MED subcontract?

        (a) Self certification by Participant. A MED Participant must

    certify that it qualifies as a small business under the NAICS code

    assigned to a particular MED subcontract as part of its initial offer

    including price to the procuring agency. The Participant also must

    submit a copy of its offer, including its self-certification as to size,

    to the appropriate SBA district office at the same time it submits the

    offer to the procuring agency. See Sec. 121.404 for the time at which

    size is determined for, and Sec. 121.406 for the applicability of the

    nonmanufacturer rule to, MED procurements.

        (b) Verification of size by SBA. Within 30 days of its receipt of a

    Participant's size self-certification for a particular MED subcontract,

    the SBA district office serving the geographic area in which the

    Participant's principal office is located will review the Participant's

    self-certification and determine if it is small for purposes of that

    subcontract. The SBA district office will review the Participant's most

    recent financial statements and other relevant data and then notify the

    Participant of its decision.

        (c) Changes in size between date of self-certification and date of

    award. (1) Where SBA verifies that the selected Participant is small for

    a particular procurement, subsequent changes in size up to the date of

    award, except those due to merger with or acquisition by another

    business concern, will not affect the firm's size status for that

    procurement.

        (2) Where a Participant has merged with or been acquired by another

    business concern between the date of its self-certification and the date

    of award, the concern must recertify its size status, and SBA must

    verify the new certification before award can occur.

        (d) Finding Participant to be other than small. (1) A Participant

    may request a formal size determination (pursuant to Secs. 121.1001

    through 121.1009) with the SBA Government Contracting Area Office

    serving the geographic area in which the principal office of the

    Participant is located within 5 working days of its receipt of notice

    from the SBA district office that it is not small for a particular MED

    subcontract.

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        (2) Where the Participant does not timely request a formal size

    determination, SBA may accept the procurement in support of another

    Participant, or may rescind its acceptance of the offer for the MED

    program, as appropriate.

    [61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 65 FR 30863, May 15, 2000]

    Sec. 121.604  Are MED Participants considered small for purposes of

              other SBA assistance?

        A concern which SBA determines to be a small business for the award

    of a MED subcontract will be considered to have met applicable size

    eligibility requirements of other SBA programs where that assistance

    directly and primarily relates to the performance of the MED subcontract

    in question.

    Size Eligibility Requirements for the Small Business Innovation Research

                                 (SBIR) Program

    Sec. 121.701  What SBIR programs are subject to size determinations?

        (a) These sections apply to size status for award of a funding

    agreement pursuant to the Small Business Innovation Development Act of

    1982 (Pub. L. 97-219, 15 U.S.C. 638(e) through (k)).

        (b) Funding agreement officer means a contracting officer, a grants

    officer, or a cooperative agreement officer.

        (c) Funding agreement means any contract, grant or cooperative

    agreement entered into between any Federal agency and any small business

    for the performance of experimental, developmental, or research work

    funded in whole or in part by the Federal Government. Such work

    includes:

        (1) A systematic, intensive study directed toward greater knowledge

    or understanding of the subject studied;

        (2) A systematic study directed specifically toward applying new

    knowledge to meet a recognized need; or

        (3) A systematic application of knowledge toward the production of

    useful materials, devices, and systems or methods, including design,

    development, and improvement of prototypes and new processes to meet

    specific requirements.

    Sec. 121.702  What size standards are applicable to the SBIR program?

        To be eligible to compete for award of funding agreements in SBA's

    Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, a business concern

    must:

        (a) Be at least 51 percent owned and controlled by one or more

    individuals who are citizens of, or permanent resident aliens in, the

    United States; and

        (b) Not have more than 500 employees, including its affiliates.

    Sec. 121.703  Are formal size determinations binding on parties?

        Size determinations by authorized SBA officials are formal actions

    based upon a specific funding agreement, and are binding upon the

    parties. Other SBA opinions provided to funding agreement officers or

    others, are only advisory, and are not binding or appealable.

    Sec. 121.704  When does SBA determine the size status of a business

              concern?

        The size status of a concern for the purpose of a funding agreement

    under the SBIR program is determined as of the date of the award for

    both Phase I and Phase II SBIR awards.

    Sec. 121.705  Must a business concern self-certify its size status?

        (a) A firm must self-certify it is small in its SBIR funding

    proposal.

        (b) A funding agreement officer may accept a concern's self-

    certification as true for the particular funding agreement involved in

    the absence of a written protest by other offerors or other credible

    information which would cause the funding agreement officer or SBA to

    question the size of the concern.

        (c) Procedures for protesting an offeror's self-certification are

    set forth in Secs. 121.1001 through 121.1009.

          Size Eligibility Requirements for Paying Reduced Patent Fees

    Sec. 121.801  May patent fees be reduced if a concern is small?

        These sections apply to size status for the purpose of paying

    reduced patent fees authorized by Pub. L. 97-247, 96 Stat. 317. The

    eligibility requirements

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    for independent inventors and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of

    paying reduced patent fees are set forth in regulations of the Patent

    and Trademark Office of the Department of Commerce, 37 CFR 1.9, 1.27,

    1.28.

    Sec. 121.802  What size standards are applicable to reduced patent fees

              programs?

        A concern eligible for reduced patent fees is one:

        (a) Whose number of employees, including affiliates, does not exceed

    500 persons; and

        (b) Which has not assigned, granted, conveyed, or licensed (and is

    under no obligation to do so) any rights in the invention to any person

    who made it and could not be classified as an independent inventor, or

    to any concern which would not qualify as a non-profit organization or a

    small business concern under this section.

    Sec. 121.803  Are formal size determinations binding on parties?

        Size determinations by authorized SBA officials are formal actions,

    based upon a specific patent application pursuant to the rules of the

    Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, and are binding

    upon the parties. Other SBA opinions provided to patent applicants or

    others are only advisory, and are not binding or appealable.

    Sec. 121.804  When does SBA determine the size status of a business

              concern?

        Size status is determined as of the date of the patent applicant's

    written verification of size.

    Sec. 121.805  May a business concern self-certify its size status?

        (a) A concern verifies its size status with its submission of its

    patent application.

        (b) Any attempt to establish small size status improperly

    (fraudulently, through gross negligence, or otherwise) may result in

    remedial action by the Patent and Trademark Office.

        (c) In the absence of credible information indicating otherwise, the

    Patent and Trademark Office may accept the verification by the concern

    as a small business as true.

        (d) Questions concerning the size verification are resolved

    initially by the Patent and Trademark Office. If not verified as small,

    the applicant may request a formal SBA size determination.

      Size Eligibility Requirements for Compliance With Programs of Other

                                    Agencies

    Sec. 121.901  Can other Government agencies obtain SBA size

              determinations?

        Upon request by another Government agency, SBA will provide a size

    determination, under SBA rules, standards and procedures, for its use in

    determining compliance with small business requirements of its statutes,

    regulations or programs.

    Sec. 121.902  What size standards are applicable to programs of other

              agencies?

        (a) SBA size standards. The size standards for compliance with

    programs of other agencies are those for SBA programs which are most

    comparable to the programs of such other agencies, unless otherwise

    agreed by the agency and SBA.

        (b) Special size standards. (1) Federal agencies or departments

    promulgating regulations relating to small businesses usually use SBA

    size criteria. In limited circumstances, if they decide the SBA size

    standard is not appropriate, then agency heads may establish a small

    business definition for the exclusive use of such program which is more

    appropriate, but only when:

        (i) The size standard is first proposed for public comment pursuant

    to the Administrative Procedure Act, 4 U.S.C. 553;

        (ii) The proposed size standard provides for determining size

    measured by average number of employees over 12 months for manufacturing

    concerns, average annual revenues over three years for concerns

    providing services, and data over a period of not less than three years

    for all other concerns (unless approved by SBA, ``annual receipts'' and

    ``number of employees'' must be determined in accordance with

    Secs. 121.104 and 121.106, respectively); and

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        (iii) The proposed size standard is approved by SBA's Administrator.

        (2) In order to receive the approval of SBA's Administrator, the

    agency head must:

        (i) Request approval prior to publishing the proposed rule

    containing the size standard. The request must include: an explanation

    of the contemplated industry size standard, the reasons the SBA size

    standard is not appropriate, and the reasons the proposed size standard

    would be appropriate; and a certification that there will be compliance

    with the criteria set forth in paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and (b)(1)(ii) of

    this section; and

        (ii) Agree to provide written notice to SBA's Administrator prior to

    publishing the contemplated size standard as a final rule. The notice

    must include: a copy of the intended final rule, including the preamble,

    or a separate written justification for the intended size standard

    followed by a copy of the intended final rule and preamble prior to its

    publication; copies of all public comments relating to the size standard

    received in response to the proposed rule; and any other supporting

    documentation relevant to the size standard and requested by SBA's

    Administrator.

        (3) When approving any size standard established pursuant to

    subsection (b) of this section, SBA's Administrator will ensure that the

    size standard varies from industry to industry to the extent necessary

    to reflect the differing characteristics of the various industries, and

    consider other relevant factors.

        (4) Where the agency head is developing a size standard for the sole

    purpose of performing a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis pursuant to the

    Regulatory Flexibility Act, the department or agency may, after

    consultation with the SBA Office of Advocacy, establish a size standard

    different from SBA's which is more appropriate for such analysis.

    Sec. 121.903  When does SBA determine the size status of a business

              concern?

        For the purpose of compliance with programs of other agencies, SBA

    will base its size determination on the size of the concern as of the

    date set forth in the request of the other agency.

    Procedures for Size Protests and Requests for Formal Size Determinations

    Sec. 121.1001  Who may initiate a size protest or request a formal size

              determination?

        (a) Size Status Protests. (1) For SBA's Small Business Set-Aside

    Program, including the Property Sales Program, the following entities

    may file a size protest in connection with a particular procurement or

    sale:

        (i) Any offeror;

        (ii) The contracting officer;

        (iii) The SBA Government Contracting Area Director having

    responsibility for the area in which the headquarters of the protested

    offeror is located, regardless of the location of a parent company or

    affiliates, or the Associate Administrator for Government Contracting;

    and

        (iv) Other interested parties. Other interested parties include

    large businesses where only one concern submitted an offer for the

    specific procurement in question. A concern found to be other than small

    in connection with the procurement is not an interested party unless

    there is only one remaining offeror after the concern is found to be

    other than small.

        (2) For competitive 8(a) contracts, the following entities may

    protest:

        (i) Any offeror;

        (ii) The contracting officer; or

        (iii) The SBA District Director, or designee, in either the district

    office serving the geographical area in which the procuring activity is

    located or the district office that services the apparent successful

    offeror, or the Associate Administrator for 8(a) Business Development.

        (3) For SBA's Subcontracting Program, the following entities may

    protest:

        (i) The prime contractor;

        (ii) The contracting officer;

        (iii) Other potential subcontractors;

        (iv) The responsible SBA Government Contracting Area Director or the

    Associate Administrator for Government Contracting; and

        (v) Other interested parties.

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        (4) For SBA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, the

    following entities may protest:

        (i) A prospective offeror;

        (ii) The funding agreement officer;

        (iii) The responsible SBA Government Contracting Area Director or

    the Assistant Administrator for Technology; and

        (iv) Other interested parties.

        (5) For the Department of Defense's Small Disadvantaged Business

    (SDB) Program, and any other similar program of another Federal agency,

    the following entities may file a protest in connection with a

    particular SDB procurement:

        (i) Any offeror for the specific SDB requirement;

        (ii) The contracting officer; and

        (iii) The responsible SBA Government Contracting Area Director, the

    Associate Administrator for Government Contracting, or the Associate

    Administrator for MED.

        (6) For SBA's HUBZone program, the following entities may protest in

    connection with a particular HUBZone procurement:

        (i) Any concern that submits an offer for a specific HUBZone set-

    aside contract;

        (ii) Any concern that submitted an offer in full and open

    competition and its opportunity for award will be affected by a price

    evaluation preference given a qualified HUBZone SBC;

        (iii) The contracting officer; and

        (iv) The Associate Administrator for Government Contracting, or

    designee.

        (7) For any unrestricted Government procurement in which status as a

    small business may be beneficial, including, but not limited to, the

    award of a contract to a small business where there are tie bids, the

    opportunity to seek a Certificate of Competency by a small business, and

    SDB price evaluation preferences, the following entities may protest in

    connection with a particular procurement:

        (i) Any offeror;

        (ii) The contracting officer; and

        (iii) The responsible SBA Government Contracting Area Director, the

    Associate Administrator for Government Contracting, or the Associate

    Administrator for MED.

        (b) Request for Size Determinations. (1) For SBA's Financial

    Assistance Programs, the following entities may request a formal size

    determination:

        (i) The applicant for assistance; and

        (ii) The SBA official with authority to take final action on the

    assistance requested. That official may also request the appropriate

    Government Contracting Area Office to determine whether affiliation

    exists between an applicant for financial assistance and one or more

    other entities for purposes of determining whether the applicant would

    exceed the loan limit amount imposed by Sec. 120.151 of this chapter.

        (2) For SBA's 8(a) BD program:

        (i) Concerning initial or continued 8(a) BD eligibility, the

    following entities may request a formal size determination:

        (A) The 8(a) BD applicant concern or Participant; or

        (B) The Assistant Administrator of the Division of Program

    Certification and Eligibility or the Associate Administrator for 8(a)BD.

        (ii) Concerning individual sole source 8(a) contract awards, the

    following entities may request a formal size determination:

        (A) The Participant nominated for award of the particular sole

    source contract;

        (B) The SBA program official with authority to execute the 8(a)

    contract; or

        (C) The SBA District Director in the district office that services

    the Participant, or the Associate Administrator for 8(a)BD.

        (3) For SBA's Certificate of Competency Program, the following

    entities may request a formal size determination:

        (i) The offeror who has applied for a COC; and

        (ii) The responsible SBA Government Contracting Area Director or the

    Associate Administrator for Government Contracting.

        (4) For SBA's sale or lease of government property, the following

    entities may request a formal size determination:

        (i) The responsible SBA Government Contracting Area Director or the

    Associate Administrator for Government Contracting; and

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        (ii) Authorized officials of other Federal agencies administering a

    property sales program.

        (5) For eligibility to pay reduced patent fees, the following

    entities may request a formal size determination:

        (i) The applicant for the reduced patent fees; and

        (ii) The Patent and Trademark Office.

        (6) For purposes of determining compliance with small business

    requirements of another Government agency program not otherwise

    specified in this section, an official with authority to administer the

    program involved may request a formal size determination.

    [61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 31907, June 11, 1998; 63

    FR 35739, June 30, 1998]

    Sec. 121.1002  Who makes a formal size determination?

        The responsible Government Contracting Area Director or designee

    makes all formal size determinations in response to either a size

    protest or a request for a formal size determination, with the exception

    of size determinations for purposes of the Disaster Loan Program, which

    will be made by the Disaster Area Office Director or designee

    responsible for the area in which the disaster occurred.

    Sec. 121.1003  Where should a size protest be filed?

        A protest involving a government procurement or sale must be filed

    with the contracting officer for the procurement or sale, who must

    forward the protest to the SBA Government Contracting Area Office

    serving the area in which the headquarters of the protested concern is

    located, regardless of the location of any parent company or affiliates.

    Sec. 121.1004  What time limits apply to size protests?

        (a) Protests by entities other than contracting officers or SBA. (1)

    Non-negotiated procurement or sale. A protest must be received by the

    contracting officer prior to the close of business on the 5th day,

    exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after bid or

    proposal opening.

        (2) Negotiated procurement. A protest must be received by the

    contracting officer prior to the close of business on the 5th day,

    exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after the

    contracting officer has notified the protestor of the identity of the

    prospective awardee.

        (3) Multiple award schedule. On a multiple award schedule

    procurement set aside for small business, protests will be considered

    timely if received by SBA at any time prior to the expiration of the

    contract period (including renewals).

        (b) Protests by contracting officers or SBA. The time limitations in

    paragraph (a) of this section do not apply to contracting officers or

    SBA, and they may file protests before or after awards, except to the

    extent set forth in paragraph (e) of this section.

        (c) Effect of contract award. A timely filed protest applies to the

    procurement in question even though a contracting officer awarded the

    contract prior to receipt of the protest.

        (d) Untimely protests. A protest received after the allotted time

    limits must still be forwarded to SBA. SBA will dismiss untimely

    protests.

        (e) Premature protests. A protest filed by any party, including the

    contracting officer, before bid opening or notification to offerors of

    the selection of the apparent successful offer will be dismissed as

    premature.

    Sec. 121.1005  How must a protest be filed with the contracting officer?

        A protest must be delivered to the contracting officer by hand,

    telegram, mail, FAX, or telephone. If a protest is made by telephone,

    the contracting officer must later receive a confirming letter either

    within the 5-day period in Sec. 121.1004(a)(1) or postmarked no later

    than one day after the date of the telephone protest.

    Sec. 121.1006  When will a size protest be referred to an SBA Government

              Contracting Area Office?

        (a) A contracting officer who receives a protest (other than from

    SBA) must forward the protest promptly to the SBA Government Contracting

    Area Office serving the area in which the headquarters of the offeror is

    located.

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        (b) A contracting officer's referral must contain the following

    information:

        (1) The protest and any accompanying materials;

        (2) A copy of the self-certification as to size;

        (3) Identification of the applicable size standard;

        (4) A copy of the solicitation;

        (5) Identification of the date of bid opening or notification

    provided to unsuccessful offerors;

        (6) The date on which the protest was received; and

        (7) A complete address and point of contact for the protested

    concern.

    Sec. 121.1007  Must a protest of size status relate to a particular

              procurement and be specific?

        (a) Particular procurement. A protest challenging the size of a

    concern which does not pertain to a particular procurement or sale will

    not be acted on by SBA.

        (b) A protest must include specific facts. A protest must be

    sufficiently specific to provide reasonable notice as to the grounds

    upon which the protested concern's size is questioned. Some basis for

    the belief or allegation stated in the protest must be given. A protest

    merely alleging that the protested concern is not small or is affiliated

    with unnamed other concerns does not specify adequate grounds for the

    protest. No particular form is prescribed for a protest. Where materials

    supporting the protest are available, they should be submitted with the

    protest.

        (c) Non-specific protests will be dismissed. Protests which do not

    contain sufficient specificity will be dismissed by SBA.

    Sec. 121.1008  What happens after SBA receives a size protest or a

              request for a formal size determination?

        (a) When a size protest is received, the SBA Government Contracting

    Area Director, or designee, will promptly notify the contracting

    officer, the protested concern, and the protestor that a protest has

    been received. In the event the size protest pertains to a requirement

    involving SBA's HUBZone Program, the Government Contracting Area

    Director will advise the AA/HUB of receipt of the protest. In the event

    the size protest pertains to a requirement involving SBA's SBIR Program,

    the Government Contracting Area Director will advise the Assistant

    Administrator for Technology of the receipt of the protest. SBA will

    provide a copy of the protest to the protested concern along with a

    blank SBA Application for Small Business Size Determination (SBA Form

    355) by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by any overnight

    delivery service that provides proof of receipt. SBA will ask the

    protested concern to respond to the allegations of the protestor.

        (b) When SBA receives a request for a formal size determination in

    accord with Sec. 121.1001(b), SBA will provide a blank copy of SBA Form

    355 to the concern whose size is at issue.

        (c) The protested concern or concern whose size is at issue must

    return the completed SBA Form 355 and all other requested information to

    SBA within 3 working days from the date of receipt of the blank form

    from SBA. SBA has discretion to grant an extension of time to file the

    form. The firm must attach to the completed SBA Form 355 its answers to

    the allegations contained in the protest, where applicable, together

    with any supporting material.

        (d) If a concern does not submit a completed SBA Form 355, answers

    to the protest allegations, or other requested information within the

    allotted time provided by SBA, or if it submits incomplete information,

    SBA may presume that disclosure of the form, any information missing

    from it, or other missing information would show or tend to show that

    the concern is other than a small business.

    [61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 31908, June 11, 1998]

    Sec. 121.1009  What are the procedures for making the size

              determination?

        (a) Time frame for making size determination. After receipt of a

    protest or a request for a formal size determination, SBA will make a

    formal size determination within 10 working days, if possible.

        (b) Basis for determination. The size determination will be based

    primarily on information supplied by the protestor or the entity

    requesting the

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    size determination and the subject concern. The determination, however,

    may also be based on other grounds not raised in the protest or request

    for size determination. SBA may utilize other information in its files

    and may make inquiries including requests to the protestor, the

    protested concern and any alleged affiliates, or other persons for

    additional specific information.

        (c) Burden of persuasion. The concern whose size is under

    consideration has the burden of establishing its small business size.

        (d) Weight of evidence. SBA will give greater weight to specific,

    signed, factual evidence than to general, unsupported allegations or

    opinions. In the case of refusal or failure to furnish requested

    information within a required time period, SBA may assume that

    disclosure would be contrary to the interests of the party failing to

    make disclosure.

        (e) Formal size determination. The SBA will base its formal size

    determination upon the record, including reasonable inferences from the

    record, and will state in writing the basis for its findings and

    conclusions.

        (f) Notification of determination. SBA will promptly notify the

    contracting officer, the protestor, and the protested offeror, as well

    as each affiliate or alleged affiliate, of the size determination. The

    notification will be by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by

    any overnight delivery service that provides proof of receipt.

        (g) Results of an SBA size determination. (1) A formal size

    determination becomes effective immediately and remains in full force

    and effect unless and until reversed by OHA.

        (2) Once SBA has determined that a concern is other than small for

    purposes of a particular procurement, the concern cannot later become

    eligible for the procurement by reducing its size.

        (3) A concern determined to be other than small for a particular

    size standard is ineligible for any procurement or assistance authorized

    by the Small Business Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958,

    requiring the same or a lower size standard, unless recertified as small

    pursuant to Sec. 121.1010. Following an adverse size determination, a

    concern cannot again self-certify as small within the same or a lower

    size standard unless it is recertified as small by SBA. If it does so,

    it may be in violation of criminal laws, including section 16(d) of the

    Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. 645(d). If the concern has already

    certified itself as small on a pending procurement or on another

    assistance application, the concern must immediately inform the

    officials responsible for the pending procurement or other requested

    assistance of the adverse size determination.

        (h) Limited reopening of size determinations. In cases where the

    size determination contains clear administrative error or a clear

    mistake of fact, SBA may, in its sole discretion, reopen the size

    determination to correct the error or mistake, provided the case has not

    been accepted for review by OHA.

    Sec. 121.1010  How does a concern become recertified as a small

              business?

        (a) A concern may request SBA to recertify it as small at any time

    by filing an application for recertification with the Government

    Contracting Area Office responsible for the area in which the

    headquarters of the applicant is located, regardless of the location of

    parent companies or affiliates. No particular form is prescribed for the

    application; however, the request for recertification must be

    accompanied by a current completed SBA Form 355 and any other

    information sufficient to show a significant change in its ownership,

    management, or other factors bearing on its status as a small concern.

        (b) Recertification will not be required nor will the prohibition

    against future self-certification apply if the adverse SBA size

    determination is based solely on a finding of affiliation due to a joint

    venture (e.g., ostensible subcontracting) limited to a particular

    Government procurement or property sale, or is based on an ineligible

    manufacturer where the eligible small business bidder or offeror is a

    nonmanufacturer on a particular Government procurement.

        (c) A denial of an application for recertification is a formal size

    determination and may be reviewed by OHA at the discretion of that

    office.

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        (d) The granting of an application for recertification has future

    effect only. While it is a formal size determination, notice of

    recertification is required to be given only to the applicant.

           Appeals of Size Determinations and NAICS Code Designations

    Sec. 121.1101  Are formal size determinations subject to appeal?

        There is no right of appeal of a size determination. OHA, however,

    may, in its sole discretion, review a formal size determination made by

    a SBA Government Contracting Area Office or by a Disaster Area Office.

    Unless OHA accepts a petition for review of a formal size determination,

    the size determination made by a SBA Government Contracting Area Office

    or by a Disaster Area Office is the final decision of SBA. The

    procedures for requesting discretionary reviews by OHA of formal size

    determinations are set forth in part 134 of this chapter.

    Sec. 121.1102  Are NAICS code designations subject to appeal?

        Appeals may be made to OHA, which has exclusive jurisdiction to

    determine appeals of NAICS code designations pursuant to part 134 of

    this chapter.

    [61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 65 FR 30863, May 15, 2000]

    Sec. 121.1103  What are the procedures for appealing an NAICS code

              designation?

        (a) Generally, any interested party who has been adversely affected

    by an NAICS code designation may appeal the designation to OHA. However,

    with respect to a particular sole source 8(a) contract, only the

    Associate Administrator for 8(a)BD may appeal.

        (b) Procedures for perfecting NAICS code appeals with OHA are

    contained in Sec. 19.303 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, 48 CFR

    19.303.

    [61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 35739, June 30, 1998; 65

    FR 30863, May 15, 2000]

                     Subpart B--Other Applicable Provisions

        Waivers of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Classes of Products and

                              Individual Contracts

    Sec. 121.1201  What is the Nonmanufacturer Rule?

        The Nonmanufacturer Rule is set forth in Sec. 121.406(b).

    Sec. 121.1202  When will a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule be granted

              for a class of products?

        (a) A waiver for a class of products (class waiver) will be granted

    when there are no small business manufacturers or processors available

    to participate in the Federal market for that class of products.

        (b) Federal market means acquisitions by the Federal Government from

    offerors located in the United States, or such smaller area as SBA

    designates if it concludes that the class of products is not supplied on

    a national basis.

        (1) When considering the appropriate market area for a product, SBA

    presumes that the entire United States is the relevant Federal market,

    unless it is clearly demonstrated that a class of products cannot be

    procured on a national basis. This presumption may be particularly

    difficult to overcome in the case of manufactured products, since such

    items typically have a market area encompassing the entire United

    States.

        (2) When considering geographic segmentation of a Federal market,

    SBA will not necessarily use market definitions dependent on airline

    radius, political, or SBA regional boundaries. Market areas typically

    follow established transportation routes rather than jurisdictional

    borders. SBA examines the following factors, among others, in cases

    where geographic segmentation for a class of products is urged:

        (i) Whether perishability affects the area in which the product can

    practically be sold;

        (ii) Whether transportation costs are high as a proportion of the

    total value

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    of the product so as to limit the economic distribution of the product;

        (iii) Whether there are legal barriers to transportation of the

    item;

        (iv) Whether a fixed, well-delineated boundary exists for the

    purported market area and whether this boundary has been stable over

    time; and

        (v) Whether a small business, not currently selling in the defined

    market area, could potentially enter the market from another area and

    supply the market at a reasonable price.

        (c) Available to participate in the context of the Federal market

    means that contractors exist that have been awarded or have performed a

    contract to supply a specific class of products to the Federal

    Government within 24 months from the date of the request for waiver,

    either directly or through a dealer, or who have submitted an offer on a

    solicitation for that class of products within that time frame.

        (d) Class of products is an individual subdivision within an NAICS

    Industry Number as established by the Office of Management and Budget in

    the NAICS Manual.

    [61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 65 FR 30863, May 15, 2000]

    Sec. 121.1203  When will a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule be granted

              for an individual contract?

        An individual waiver for a product in a specific solicitation will

    be approved when the SBA Associate Administrator for Government

    Contracting reviews and accepts a contracting officer's determination

    that no small business manufacturer or processor can reasonably be

    expected to offer a product meeting the specifications of a

    solicitation, including the period of performance.

    Sec. 121.1204  What are the procedures for requesting and granting

              waivers?

        (a) Waivers for classes of products. (1) SBA may, at its own

    initiative, examine a class of products for possible waiver of the

    Nonmanufacturer Rule.

        (2) Any interested person, business, association, or Federal agency

    may submit a request for a waiver for a particular class of products.

    Requests should be addressed or hand-carried to the Associate

    Administrator of Government Contracting, Small Business Administration,

    409 3rd Street SW., Washington, DC 20416.

        (3) Requests for a waiver of a class of products need not be in any

    particular form, but should include a statement of the class of products

    to be waived, the applicable NAICS code, and detailed information on the

    efforts made to identify small business manufacturers or processors for

    the class.

        (4) If SBA decides that there are small business manufacturers or

    processors in the Federal procurement market, it will deny the request

    for waiver, issue notice of the denial, and provide the names,

    addresses, and telephone numbers of the sources found. If SBA does not

    initially confirm the existence of small business manufacturers or

    processors in the Federal market, it will:

        (i) Publish notices in the Commerce Business Daily and the Federal

    Register seeking information on small business manufacturers or

    processors, announcing a notice of intent to waive the Nonmanufacturer

    Rule for that class of products and affording the public a 15-day

    comment period; and

        (ii) If no small business sources are identified, publish a notice

    in the Federal Register stating that no small business sources were

    found and that a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for that class of

    products has been granted.

        (5) An expedited procedure for issuing a class waiver may be used

    for emergency situations, but only if the contracting officer provides a

    determination to the Associate Administrator for Government Contracting

    that the procurement is proceeding under the authority of FAR

    Sec. 6.302-2 (48 CFR 6.302-2) for ``unusual and compelling urgency,'' or

    provides a determination materially the same as one of unusual and

    compelling urgency. Under the expedited procedure, if a small business

    manufacturer or processor is not identified by a PASS search, the SBA

    will grant the waiver for the class of products and then publish a

    notice in the Federal Register. The notice will state that a waiver has

    been granted, and solicit public comment for future procurements.

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        (6) The decision by the Associate Administrator for Government

    Contracting to grant or deny a waiver is the final decision by the

    Agency.

        (7) A waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for classes of products has

    no specific time limitation. SBA will, however, periodically review

    existing class waivers to the Nonmanufacturer Rule to determine if small

    business manufacturers or processors have become available to

    participate in the Federal market for the waived classes of products and

    the waiver should be terminated.

        (i) Upon SBA's receipt of evidence that a small business

    manufacturer or processor exists in the Federal market for a waived

    class of products, the waiver will be terminated by the Associate

    Administrator for Government Contracting. This evidence may be

    discovered by SBA during a periodic review of existing waivers or may be

    brought to SBA's attention by other sources.

        (ii) SBA will announce its intent to terminate a waiver for a class

    of products through the publication of a notice in the Federal Register,

    asking for comments regarding the proposed termination.

        (iii) Unless public comment reveals that no small business

    manufacturer or processor in fact exists for the class of products in

    question, SBA will publish a final Notice of Termination in the Federal

    Register.

        (b) Individual waivers for specific solicitations. (1) A contracting

    officer's request for a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for specific

    solicitations need not be in any particular form, but must, at a

    minimum, include:

        (i) A definitive statement of the specific item to be waived and

    justification as to why the specific item is required;

        (ii) The solicitation number, NAICS code, dollar amount of the

    procurement, and a brief statement of the procurement history;

        (iii) A determination by the contracting officer that there are no

    known small business manufacturers or processors for the requested items

    (the determination must contain a narrative statement of the contracting

    officer's efforts to search for small business manufacturers or

    processors of the item and the results of those efforts, and a statement

    by the contracting officer that there are no known small business

    manufacturers for the items and that no small business manufacturer or

    processor can reasonably be expected to offer the required items); and

        (iv) For contracts expected to exceed $500,000, a copy of the

    Statement of Work.

        (2) Requests should be addressed to the Associate Administrator for

    Government Contracting, Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street,

    SW., Washington, DC 20416.

        (3) SBA will examine the contracting officer's determination and any

    other information it deems necessary to make an informed decision on the

    individual waiver request. If SBA's research verifies that no small

    business manufacturers or processors exist for the item, the Associate

    Administrator for Government Contracting will grant an individual, one-

    time waiver. If a small business manufacturer or processor is found for

    the product in question, the Associate Administrator will deny the

    request. Either decision represents a final decision by SBA.

    [61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 65 FR 30863, May 15, 2000]

    Sec. 121.1205  How is a list of previously granted class waivers

              obtained?

        A list of classes of products for which waivers of the

    Nonmanufacturer Rule have been granted will be maintained in SBA's

    Procurement Automated Source System (PASS). A list of such waivers may

    also be obtained by contacting the Office of Government Contracting at

    the Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW., Washington, DC

    20416, or at the nearest SBA Government Contracting Area Office.