- About the 8a Application Review Service and who should sign up for this service
- The 8a Application Review Service is for designed for the small business who has attempted to prepare their own 8a Application and needs an expert to review it to ensure it will be approved by the SBA.
- We review your entire 8a Application. This includes thoroughly reviewing every item that will be required for your unique 8a Application to be approved. We will alert you of missing items that may be required based upon your specific business situation, identify any potential eligibility issues with definitive solutions to get around them and work one on one with you to ensure that your self-prepared 8a Application is approved by the SBA.
What is the cost? | How do I Purchase/Sign-up?
What you should expect when you sign up for the 8a Application Review Service- Upon engaging us, we will request that you to send us a copy of your self-prepared 8a Application paperwork that you have prepared. First, we organize your 8a Application into the format and way that the SBA wants to receive it. The purpose of this re-organization is to speed the review process when your 8a Application is submitted to the SBA for review.
- Next, we will thoroughly review every item and document within your 8a Application paperwork in great detail. At the conclusion of our initial review we provide you with a detailed progress report. This progress report will identify the following:
If you have any 8a program eligibility issues and provide you a definitive solution to
overcome them, if any.- A list of all items you provided along with whether there are any areas within each item
that needs to be addressed to prevent possible questions or issues that will be brought up by the SBA. - A list of all items that are missing which are required by the SBA within your unique 8a
Application. We request that these items be forwarded to us for review so further
analysis can be made on whether there are any issues that need to be addressed to
prevent possible questions by the SBA. - We review the entire 8a Application including the online and paper portions, including all required SBA forms and attachments. We also review the required 2 year waiver, if needed and the required narrative statement of economic disadvantage and narrative statement of social disadvantage, if required.
- Should any changes to your documents be required, we will identify the required changes and can even prepare or make changes to your documentation at no additional charge on your behalf in most cases.
- Every item and area within your 8a Application will be identified, noted as applicable or non applicable and separated accordingly so your SBA reviewer can easily review your 8a Application.
- At the conclusion of the service you will receive a complete copy of your 8a Application ready to be submitted to the SBA. All signature locations will be noted and instructions on where to submit your 8a Application and what to expect next will be detailed.
- Even after you submit your 8a Application, we provide ongoing support to the first SBA request for additional information as part of the service at no additional cost.
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- Why shouldn't you just complete the 8a electronic application and send all the additional supporting documentation to the SBA yourself?
- The fact is that 90% of all self-prepared 8a Certification Applications are either rejected or returned by the SBA for program regulatory issues or missing information.
- The SBA's 8a Electronic Application process is not 100% complete. It does not provide detailed instructions on how to answer most of the questions. If you answer a question that requires an "Explanation" or additional documentation to support your response,the SBA does not provide any instructions on how to explain or what supporting documentation must be provided. The SBA's checklist of supporting documents is missing required items that will be requested after you submit your 8(a) Application and will result in either sending the entire application back to you or a severe delay. Finally, the 8a application is filled with traps and questions, if answered incorrectly, will immediately deny you from becoming 8a Certified. The current statistics show that the SBA receives upwards of 400 applications a month at its two processing offices (PA and CA) so your 8a Application must be properly prepared the first time or you may get stuck in an endless 8a Application review process.
- The value of our service is that your 8a Application will be reviewed by someone who has prepared and reviewed well over 1,750 successful 8a Applications and knows exactly what it takes to get through the complex 8a Application process. Typically our clients 8(a) Applications take between 30-90 days to be awarded formal 8a Certification by the SBA versus up to a year or more if prepared on your own.
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How long does it take to review an 8a Application?- It takes us 2 business days to provide you the initial review progress report once we receive your self-prepared 8a Application paperwork, although this timeframe can be shorter or longer depending on the degree of complexity of your 8a Application.
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How long does it take to receive notification of formal 8(a) Certification? - Once you submit your 8a Certification Application to the SBA for review, you will receive an email within 2 business weeks that identifies your SBA reviewer. Your SBA reviewer, may at this time, request additional information to answer any questions they may have, upon the initial review of your application paperwork. This is a normal practice by the SBA. As part of our 8a Application Review Service we will prepare all formal responses to the SBA and assist you at no additional charge. Once the SBA has determined that your 8a Application is complete, it will take between 30 to 90 days to be notified of formal 8a Certification by the SBA.
What is the cost? | How do I Purchase/Sign-up?
Why you should hire Cloveer - We have assisted over 1,750 small business obtain 8a Certification. We have extensive knowledge on all of the SBA's 8(a) program rules and regulations, the ins and outs of how the SBA regional offices review an 8a Certification Application and who the key players are at the two regional SBA offices.
- The principals also have extensive federal government contracting experience previously working for federal government prime contractors who were in the SBA 8a program.
- We suggest that you choose wisely when selecting a company to review your firm's 8a Certification Application and ask how long they have been assisting clients in getting certified into the 8a Program, whether or not they have ever worked within the federal sector or for a 8a participant.
You are not local to me. How do I get the information to you? We are located in Wesley Chapel, Florida, just outside of Tampa. We have worked with clients all over the United States. You can email, fax, phone, Fedex, UPS or mail everything to us.
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- What is the cost for this service and how is it payable?
- Cloveer Inc accepts major credit cards or you can pay by check.
- How can I purchase or signup for the 8a Application Review Service?
- Click on the Request a Service Agreement button below and we will send you a Service Agreement for the 8a Application Review Service within 2 business hours.
