SBA Extends Comment Period on Proposed Small Business Size Standards to November 20

BREAKING: Comment Period on Proposed Size Standards and Methodology Extended to November 20, 2026 - SmallGovCon

Back on August 19, 2026, SBA issued proposed rules–one covering what would change and one covering the underlying methodology. This would, in most cases, monumentally increase the size standards for the various industries that perform federal contracts, along with simplifying how industries are categorized and switching several industries from receipts-based to employee-based size standards. Indeed, […] The post BREAKING: Comment Period on Propo…

Trump SBA to Extend Comment Period After Ranking Member Markey Leads Effort to Rescind SBA Policy that Reclassifies Billion-Dollar Businesses as “Small Businesses”

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SBA Extends Comment Time for Small Business Size Standards – tEDmag

Contractor members that have already provided feedback largely opposed the proposed standards as currently written.

US - SBA Extends Deadline For Comments On Historic Overhaul Of Size Standards.

On September 21, 2026, the Small Business Administration announced an extension of the comment period for two previously proposed rules that, as currently constructed, would significantly expand the pool of entities eligible to qualify for small business set-aside procurements. The […]

SBA Extends Comment Period on Proposed Small Business Size Standards to November 20

The U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) has extended the comment periods for its proposed overhaul of small business size standards and its accompanying Revised Size Standards Methodology by 60 days, from September 21 to November 20, 2026. As we discussed in our prior post, SBA’s proposed rule would establish new size standards for 338 industry […]