Certification as a small business

Authority: IC 4-13-1.3-4; IC 4-13.6-2-11; IC 4-13.6-3-1; IC 5-22-14-3 Affected: IC 4-13.6; IC 5-22-14 Sec. 4. (a) Any business which makes an offer in the case of a small business procurement or in the case of a small business project shall certify that it is a small business within the meaning of 25 IAC 1.5 . (b) The department shall presume the representations contained in the small business certification submitted by an offeror are true, thereby qualifying the offeror as a small business. However, this presumption may be rebutted under .5-4-1, under .5-4-2 or if the department has reason to question the representations contained in the certification. (c) The department may require a business which submits an offer as a small business to provide information the department considers necessary to demonstrate that the business is a small business. (Indiana Department of Administration; .5-3-4; filed Jul 17, 1985, 11:48 am: 8 IR 1699; readopted filed Nov 20, 2001, 9:30 a.m.: 25 IR 1265; readopted filed Aug 26, 2008, 8:31 a.m.: 20080910-IR-025080549RFA; readopted filed Oct 31, 2014, 1:19 p.m.: 20141126-IR-025140349RFA; errata filed Sep 9, 2020, 11:02 a.m.: 20200923-IR-025200470ACA; readopted filed Oct 20, 2020, 1:55 p.m.: 20201118-IR-025200463RFA)