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FAR 19.301-3 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented itself as other than a small business concern.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section allows a contractor that previously represented itself as not small to voluntarily rerepresent its size status as small. It can do so only if the conditions in 19.301-2(b) apply and it qualifies as small under the size standard in effect at the time of rerepresentation. This matters because it gives such a contractor a path to be treated as small for future actions, but the rerepresentation is optional.

Applies to: Contractors that represented themselves as other than small before contract award

Key terms: rerepresent · size status · small business concern · size standard · contract award

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

A contractor that represented itself as other than small before contract award may, but is not required to, rerepresent its size status when—

(a) The conditions in 19.301-2(b) apply; and

(b) The contractor qualifies as a small business concern under the applicable size standard in effect at the time of its rerepresentation.

Sections it refers to

  • 19.301-2 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented its status as a small business concern.

← 19.301-2 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented its status as a small business concern. · 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 19

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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