ENGINEERING SERVICES, ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, SURVEYING AND MAPPING SERVICES -- NEW SBA SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARDS. Effective June 14, 1999, the Small Business Administration will establish new small business size standards for these services. The new standards will be $4.0 million for general Engineering Services (part of SIC code 8711), Architectural Services (SIC code 8712), Surveying (SIC code 8713) and Mapping Services (part of SIC code 7389). The current size standard for the general Engineering component of SIC code 8711 and all of SIC codes 8712 and 8713 is $2.5 million. For Mapping Services under SIC code 7389, the current size standard is $3.5 million. SBA is revising these size standards to more appropriately define the size of business in these industries that SBA believes should be eligible for Federal small business assistance programs. SBA published a final rule announcing the new standards in the Federal Register on Friday, May 14, 1999 (64 FR 26275). A copy of the rule is available on SBA's web site at http://www.sba.gov/library/lawroom.html (see 13 CFR 121). WEB: SBA Online Library/Lawroom, http://www.sba.gov/library/lawroom.html. Posted 05/18/99 (W-SN332565).

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