8(a) Two Year In Business Waiver

• The business entity has not been in existence for greater than two years.
• The owner of the firm who is applying for the 8(a) Certification has not owned the firm for longer than two years.
• The business is changing primary NAICS codes and has not done business in the primary NAICS code in which it is applying for greater than 2 years.

Unfortunately, not all two-year waivers can be successful. The SBA sets a high threshold that must be met regarding the owner’s skills and expertise. Proving these skills to the SBA is required in order to overcome the firm’s “likelihood of success” for lack of a two-year track record. The 8(a) Certification program is not designed for startup companies; therefore, most successful waivers occur on average after 14 months of business. The two-year waiver requires a skilled consultant to analyze the owner’s past and current skill set regarding the primary NAICS code to determine what additional validation is needed for the SBA to accept the two-year waiver. Once 8acertification.net makes the determination that a two-year waiver is achievable, a skilled narrative, construed through use of our proprietary questionnaire emphasizing all five elements of the two-year waiver provides the greatest chance for the 8(a) application to be successful.