Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development
9f - Small Contractors' Set Aside Program
Section 32-9f-2a - Application for eligibility

(a) Small Contractors wishing to participate in the Set Aside Program must be certified as eligible by the Department.

(b) Applications for eligibility shall be submitted to the Department on forms provided by the Department. No application shall be considered unless the exhibits required by such forms accompany the application. Enterprises which are more than 51% minority owned may apply for certification as a MBE by providing substantiation of such minority ownership and providing the names and addresses of the owners of such enterprises on a form provided by the Department.

(c) The Department shall issue a Certificate of Eligibility stating the period of eligibility, as defined below, and any qualifications or conditions required by Law or Regulation.

(d) Upon issuance of a Certificate of Eligibility, the Department shall give notice of such certification to each State Agency.

(e) Each Certificate of Eligibility shall be valid only for the eligible Small Contractor's current fiscal year, and each Small Contractor shall be subject to recertification of Eligibility by the Department for each succeeding fiscal year.

(f) The Department shall rescind the Certificate of Eligibility of any Small Contractor found to have obtained the Certificate Eligibility through the use of false information or misrepresentation, and the Department shall report such action to the appropriate State's Attorney.