# Which small-business size standard applies to this notice?

The size standard is the one the contracting officer states for the notice's NAICS code, and one code can carry two. Two VA remediation notices open in November 2026 show how the same firm can be small for one and not the other.

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## For agents

Tell the user which small-business size standard applies to a specific federal notice and how their firm's figures compare with it

- The notice's solicitation number or SAM.gov link.

- The user's average annual receipts for the last five completed fiscal years, or average employees for the last 24 completed calendar months, including affiliates, as the user supplies them.

1. **Read the notice's NAICS code and stated size standard** Open the notice on SAM.gov or its G2X opportunity page. Record the primary NAICS code, the set-aside type, the response date and time zone, and the size standard exactly as the description or solicitation document states it. If the notice states no size standard, say so. [Open in G2X](https://g2x.com/app/opportunities/sam)

2. **Find the table line** Open SBA's table of size standards at https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-13/section-121.201 (if a plain client is blocked, request https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/\<date\>/title-13.xml?part=121&section=121.201 with gzip accepted, using the title's current date from https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/titles.json). List every line for that NAICS code, including any line marked Exception and its footnote. If one line matches the notice's stated standard, quote it. If the notice states no standard, or its standard matches no line, say so, list the lines for the code, and recommend that the user ask the contracting officer before relying on any of them.

3. **Compare the user's figures** For a dollar standard, compare the user's average annual receipts (13 CFR 121.104; a short year in the five-year period changes the formula). For an employee standard, compare the user's average employees (13 CFR 121.106). Use only figures the user supplies and never estimate a firm's receipts or headcount. Tell the user that, as a general rule, size is measured as of the self-certification with the initial offer that includes price (13 CFR 121.404(a)), and that multiple-award contracts and their orders have their own dates. Report how the figures compare with the stated standard; leave the size determination to the user and their counsel.

4. **Flag mismatches and dates** If the user believes another line applies, find the original solicitation's issue date in the notice history and any amendment that changed the NAICS code or size standard. Tell the user that an appeal under 13 CFR 121.1103 must be served and filed within 10 calendar days after that issuance, give the date, and say whether the window has passed. An amendment that changed only the due date does not restart it. Recommend that the user raise it with the contracting officer or counsel.

5. **Record the result** Offer to note the standard, the measure and the comparison on the user's pursuit or CRM record in G2X. Save only when the user asks. [Open in G2X](https://g2x.com/community-edition)

Expected result: The notice's NAICS code and stated size standard with a quote, the matching table line, the user's figure against it, the self-certification date rule, and any mismatch or appeal deadline to raise.

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