SUPPLIER SIZE CERTIFICATION

Effective Date: 03/01/2022

SUPPLIERS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE SUPPLIER SIZE CERTIFICATION AND SELF-CERTIFY THEIR BUSINESS SIZE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS. MODIFICATION OR DELETION OF ANY WRITTEN TEXT CONTAINED HEREIN WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. SUPPLIERS ARE REQUIRED TO PROMPTLY NOTIFY NORTHROP GRUMMAN OF ANY MATERIAL CHANGES TO A PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED CERTIFICATION AND MUST PROVIDE AN AMENDED CERTIFICATION PRIOR TO AWARD OF A SUBCONTRACT/PURCHASE ORDER.

FOR DEFINITIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO APPENDIX A AND
Section 1 - Supplier Information * = Required Field
Section 2 - Type of Business Concern
A. Type of Business Concern (Select One)
B. Other Classifications (Select all that apply)
C. Minority Owned - Supplier Race and Ethnicity (COMPLETE IF MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS SELECTED IN PART B)

CHECK THE CATEGORY IN WHICH COMPANY OWNERSHIP FALLS. BY CHECKING ONE OF THE SELECTIONS BELOW, SUPPLIER CERTIFIES THAT IT HAS DONE SO VOLUNTARILY. SUPPLIER SHALL NOT BE PENALIZED FOR DECLINING TO ANSWER.

Section 3 - Size Standard Ranges: Business Size Evaluation (REF 13 CFR Part 121)

REFER TO 13 CFR PART 121 SMALL BUSINESS SIZE REGULATIONS (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-13/chapter-I/part-121)

THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) SIZE STANDARDS MATCHED TO NAICS CODES DEFINE THE LARGEST SIZE A BUSINESS ENTITY CAN BE TO BE CONSIDERED A SMALL BUSINESS.

SIZE STANDARDS ARE EXPRESSED EITHER IN AVERAGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES OR AVERAGE RECEIPTS IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, AND INDICATE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED FOR A BUSINESS CONCERN, INCLUDING ITS AFFILIATES, TO BE CONSIDERED A SMALL BUSINESS

AFFILIATES : BUSINESS CONCERNS, ONE OF WHOM DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CONTROLS OR HAS THE POWER TO CONTROL THE OTHERS, OR A THIRD PARTY OR PARTIES CONTROL OR HAVE THE POWER TO CONTROL THE OTHERS. IN DETERMINING WHETHER AFFILIATION EXISTS, CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO ALL APPROPRIATE FACTORS INCLUDING COMMON OWNERSHIP, COMMON MANAGEMENT, AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS.

AVERAGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES (REFER TO 13 CFR 121.106: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-13/section-121.106)

AVERAGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED BY SUPPLIER, INCLUDING ITS AFFILIATES, FOR EACH PAY PERIOD OVER THE LATEST 24 CALENDAR MONTHS. ANY PERSON ON THE PAYROLL MUST BE INCLUDED AS ONE EMPLOYEE.

AVERAGE RECEIPTS (IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) (REFER TO 13 CFR 121.104: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-13/section-121.104)

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL INCOME/GROSS INCOME PLUS THE “COST OF GOODS SOLD” FOR SUPPLIER, INCLUDING ITS AFFILIATES. RECEIPTS ARE AVERAGED OVER SUPPLIER’S LATEST FIVE (5) COMPLETE FISCAL YEARS

Section 4 - Supplier's Products or Services NAICS Code

IF SUPPLIER’S AVERAGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IS BETWEEN 151 – 1500 OR AVERAGE RECEIPT (IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) IS BETWEEN $2.25 - $47.0, SUPPLIER IS REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE NORTHROP GRUMMAN NAICS CODE TABLE WITH SIZE STANDARDS THAT ACCOMPANIES THIS SUPPLIER BUSINESS SIZE CERTIFICATION AND INDICATES THOSE NAICS CODES FOR WHICH THE SUPPLIER IS DETERMINED TO BE A SMALL BUSINESS BASED ON THE CORRESPONDING SIZE STANDARD AND THE SUPPLIER’S AVERAGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND AVERAGE RECEIPTS (SMALL BUSINESS CODES).

Small Business Codes

SECTOR 42 WHOLESALE TRADE AND SECTOR 44 – 45 RETAIL TRADE NAICS CODES ARE NOT APPLICABLE

13 CFR 121.201: APPLICABLE MANUFACTURING NAICS CODES MUST BE USED TO CLASSIFY ACQUISITIONS FOR SUPPLIES, NOT WHOLESALER/DISTRIBUTOR NAICS CODES (SECTOR 42, 44, & 45) THAT DESCRIBE THE TYPE OF SUPPLIER

13 CFR 121.406(e): SUBCONTRACTORS (SUPPLIERS) ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE NON-MANUFACTURER (NMR) RULE THAT REQUIRES WHOLESALERS / DISTRIBUTORS TO BE CATEGORIZED AS A NON-MANUFACTURER FOR SUPPLY ACQUISITIONS

NAICS CODE THAT DEFINES THE PRIMARY TYPE OF PRODUCT OR SERVICE OFFERED BY SUPPLIER AND PRIMARY BUSINESS SIZE (NAICS CODE DEFINITIONS AND INFORMATION: https://www.census.gov/naics/) Effective 03/17/2023

Section 5 - Supplier Business Size and Socio-Economic Status
REGULATIONS ON PENALTIES FOR MISREPRESENTATIONS AND FALSE STATEMENTS ARE CONTAINED IN 13 CFR 121.108 FOR SMALL BUSINESS, 13 CFR 124.501 FOR 8(a) SMALL BUSINESS, 13 CFR 124.1004 FOR SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS, 13 CFR 125.29 FOR VETERAN OR SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS, 13 CFR 126.90FOR HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS, AND 13 CFR 127.70FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (WOSB) CONCERNS ELIGIBLE UNDER THE WOSB PROGRAM.
A. Business Size (Determined by section 3)
B. Small Business Socio-Economic Status (Select all that apply)
Section 6 - Business Size Certification

SUPPLIER REPRESENTS AND CERTIFIES THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED HEREIN IS CURRENT, ACCURATE, AND COMPLETE AS OF THE DATE OF SIGNATURE BELOW. IN SUBMITTING BIDS OR OFFERS TO NORTHROP GRUMMAN, SUPPLIER THEREBY CONFIRMS THAT THESE REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS ARE CURRENT, ACCURATE, COMPLETE, AND APPLICABLE PER THE ASSIGNED NAICS CODE AND SIZE STANDARD AS OF THE DATE OF OFFER AND SHALL THEREIN BE APPLICABLE TO ANY RESULTING AWARDS.

NOTICE: UNDER 15 U.S.C.645(D), ANY PERSON WHO MISREPRESENTS A FIRM’S STATUS AS A BUSINESS CONCERN THAT IS SMALL, HUBZONE SMALL, SMALL DISADVANTAGED, SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WOMEN-OWNED SMALL, OR WOMEN-OWNED SMALL IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A SUBCONTRACT/PURCHASE ORDER TO BE AWARDED UNDER THE PREFERENCE PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8, 9, 15, 31, AND 36 OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF FEDERAL LAW THAT SPECIFICALLY REFERENCES SECTION 8(D) FOR A DEFINITION OF PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY, SHALL-

  1. BE PUNISHED BY IMPOSITION OF FINE, IMPRISONMENT, OR BOTH;
  2. BE SUBJECT TO ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES, INCLUDING SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT; AND
  3. BE INELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE ACT

BY COMPLETING THIS CERTIFICATION AND SIGNING BY CLICKING THE "SUBMIT" BUTTON BELOW, THE SIGNER HEREBY CERTIFIES THEY ARE A DULY AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE SUPPLIER WITH AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE THIS CERTIFICATION AND THAT ALL THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IS CURRENT, ACCURATE, AND COMPLETE. FURTHER, SUPPLIER AGREES TO NOTIFY NORTHROP GRUMMAN IN A TIMELY MANNER OF ANY CHANGES TO ANY OF THE REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS GIVEN HEREIN.
SUPPLIERS ARE REQUIRED TO RECERTIFY THEIR BUSINESS SIZE AND STATUS IF THERE IS A MATERIAL CHANGE TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS SUPPLIER SIZE CERTIFICATION.
U.S. DOMESTIC CONCERNS ARE REQUIRED TO RECERTIFY THEIR BUSINESS SIZE AND STATUS EVERY THREE (3) YEARS.
HUBZONE CONCERNS ARE REQUIRED TO RECERTIFY THEIR BUSINESS SIZE AND STATUS EVERY YEAR (12 MONTHS).