Greetings,
On January 21, 2025, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a program update to firms participating in the Woman-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program (WOSB Program). The announcement provided SBA certified Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) an additional one-year of eligibility to those firms whose three-year certification renewal date occurs between June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025, and an initial one-year eligibility extension to those firms whose three-year renewal date occurs between June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2026.
This means WOSB Program participants whose renewal date was on or between June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025, will not need to complete a three-year renewal until June 1, 2026. For WOSB Program participants whose renewal date is on or between June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2026, will not need to complete a three-year renewal until June 1, 2026.
Example 1: WOSB Program participant renewal date was August 23, 2024, the firm will need to submit their three-year renewal by August 23, 2026.
Example 2: WOSB Program participant renewal date is January 19, 2026, the firm will need to submit their three-year renewal by January 19, 2027.
Participants must continue to meet the WOSB or EDWOSB requirements at all times while certified. Specifically, firms should remain aware of the regulation at 13 C.F.R. § 127.401: “Once certified, a WOSB or EDWOSB must notify SBA of any material changes that could affect its eligibility within 30 calendar days of any such change. Material change includes, but is not limited to, a change in the ownership, business structure, or management. The notification must be in writing and must be uploaded into the concern's profile with SBA.
Additionally, the method for notifying SBA can be found on https://WOSB.certify.sba.gov. A concern's failure to notify SBA of such a material change may result in decertification and removal from SAM and DSBS (or any successor system) as a designated certified WOSB/EDWOSB concern.
In addition, SBA may seek the imposition of penalties under § 127.700.
Thank you,
Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program
Office of Government Contracting & Business Development
U.S. Small Business Administration
https://WOSB.certify.sba.gov/help-csh/