The U.S. Small Business Administration is raising the minimum size for engineering, construction and other companies to be classified as “small,” a move that the agency expects will increase the number of firms eligible for SBA loans and set-aside contracts.

SBA.说on July 23 that it has issued an interim final rule spelling out the various new revenue thresholds, which it says will rise by about 8% from the current levels. The new standards will take effect on Aug. 19. [View July 18 Federal Register notice这里。]

The agency said the increases are an adjustment to account for inflation since its last inflation-related increase, which took place in 2014. [View current size standards for all industries这里. Scroll down or search document for "construction," "engineering," "architectural services".]

SBA发布后，新标准很快就会出现proposal为了允许小企业计算其平均收据 - 对于尺寸标准的目的 - 超过五年，与现在三年相比。

Jordan Howard, director of the Associated General Contractors of America’s federal and heavy construction division, said in an interview that the combination of the increased SBA size standard and the proposed longer “lookback” revenue-averaging period “makes this a significant year for small federal construction contractors.”

美国工程委员会倡导和外交高级副总裁史蒂夫霍尔说，在接受采访时表示，较高规模的标准“允许小公司的一些增长”。

SBA估计，较高的标准将允许90,000家额外的公司获得小企业，并可在联邦小型商业合同中获得高达7.5亿美元，而多达120美元的小型企业贷款总额约为6500万美元。

For construction firms that fall into the various buildings construction and heavy and civil engineering construction sub-categories, the new threshold will be set at average annual receipts of $39.5 million. That’s a hike of $3 million, or 8.2%, from the current level.

例外是疏浚和表面清理公司，其新的门槛为30.0百万美元，从现在的2750万美元起。

对于专业贸易承包商类别的公司，新的基准是1650万美元，从目前的标志增长10％。

For engineering services, SBA’s new threshold is $16.5 million, a 10% boost from the present number.

例外是在1992年“能源政策法”下授予的工程合同和分包商。他们的最低限度将设定为4150万美元，推动为7.8％。

对于建筑服务公司来说，新的门槛将是800万美元，从现在的750万美元增加6.7％。

根据SBA的新收据 - 平均提案，发表于6月24日联邦登记册, companies can average their annual receipts for five consecutive years to determine the figure used to meet the agency’s size standard. At present, firms use a three-year average.

该提案遵循去年12月17日成为法律的小企业跑道推广法案。它呼吁为期五年的平均期。

AGC的霍华德说，一些国会认为，三年期间有限的小公司竞标某些项目的能力有限。新利18备用网址他说，担心，如果公司“有一个很好的一年，那可能会把它们从这个类别中淘汰出局。”

霍尔说，Acec已经向其成员发出了有关大小标准更改的信息，展会说。“我们仍然从公司获得反馈，我们将进一步吸引SBA。”