For most businesses an office is overhead to minimize. For a small business chasing defense and federal work, the right office in the right place is something else: a compliance asset that can satisfy one of the four requirements for SBA HUBZone certification — and open access to set-aside competitions, sole-source awards, and a 10% price preference.
This article sets out exactly what those advantages are, how they work under current law, and what a private office in a federally designated Historically Underutilized Business Zone can and cannot do for a Department of Defense contractor.
Everything here has been checked against primary sources: the SBA HUBZone regulations (13 CFR Part 126), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR 19.1306), the SBA Final Rule effective 16 January 2025, the DoD CMMC Final Rule (32 CFR Part 170, effective November 2025), and Congressional Research Service reports.
This article is informational only. HUBZone eligibility is determined by the SBA case by case. Consult a government contracts attorney before making certification decisions.
What is a HUBZone?
HUBZone stands for Historically Underutilized Business Zone. The program was created by the HUBZone Act of 1997, part of the Small Business Reauthorization Act. Its purpose is economic: to drive job creation and capital investment into distressed communities by steering federal contracting dollars toward businesses physically located there.
The SBA administers it, with a statutory goal of awarding at least 3% of all federal prime contracting dollars each year to HUBZone-certified small businesses. That goal is government-wide — including the Department of Defense, the largest federal buyer.
Six types of HUBZone designation
Not all HUBZones are the same. The SBA recognizes six categories:
- Qualified Census Tracts — areas with high poverty rates based on census data
- Qualified Nonmetropolitan Counties — rural counties with high unemployment or low income
- Qualified Indian Lands — federally recognized tribal territories
- Base Realignment and Closure areas — now obsolete as a category
- Governor-Designated Covered Areas — petitioned by state governors, approved annually by SBA
- Qualified Disaster Areas — temporary designations following federally declared disasters
The HUBZone map
The SBA maintains an interactive map used to verify whether an address qualifies. It is not static:
- The map was last comprehensively updated on 1 July 2023.
- Redesignated Areas — those that previously lost designation but were temporarily extended — are scheduled to expire at some point in 2026.
- The next major update, covering Qualified Census Tracts and Qualified Nonmetropolitan Counties, is due in July 2028.
- Governor-designated and Qualified Disaster Areas can change in any year.
The practical implication: verify any prospective address directly on the SBA's live map, and re-check it, particularly given the 2026 Redesignated Area expiry window.
The four eligibility requirements
Certification is not automatic. A business must satisfy all four requirements simultaneously and maintain them throughout the certification period. HUBZone is the only SBA socioeconomic program requiring both a specific business location and a specific employee residency condition.
1. Small business size standard
The business must qualify as small under the SBA size standard for its primary NAICS code, measured by average annual receipts or headcount depending on the industry. SBA generally accepts the size representation in SAM.gov unless it has reason to question it.
For any specific HUBZone contract, the business must also qualify as small under the size standard for that contract's assigned NAICS code — not just its primary one.
2. At least 51% U.S. citizen ownership and control
At least 51% must be owned and controlled by one or more U.S. citizens, a Community Development Corporation, an agricultural cooperative, an Indian tribe (including Alaska Native Corporations), or a Native Hawaiian Organization.
"Control" covers both day-to-day management and long-term decision-making. SBA treats anyone with a legal or equitable interest as an owner: for LLCs every member counts, and for partnerships all partners including limited partners.
3. Principal office located in a HUBZone
This is the requirement a HUBZone office speaks to directly. SBA defines the principal office as the location where the greatest number of employees at any single location perform their work. A business may have several offices, but the one with the most employees must be in a HUBZone.
The January 2025 Final Rule tightened the standards, particularly for shared and coworking space:
- The business must conduct actual business activity at the location — not merely hold a mailing address.
- For leased facilities, the lease must start at least 30 calendar days before SBA's date of review and end at least 60 calendar days after it.
- For shared workspaces specifically, the business must have a dedicated space — not a hot desk or open area — containing sufficient work surface, furniture, and equipment for the number of employees claimed.
- SBA may require photos or a live or virtual walk-through to verify genuine use.
- Virtual offices and P.O. boxes are explicitly rejected as qualifying principal offices.
A special rule applies to services and construction firms: employees performing more than 50% of their work at job sites to fulfil specific contract obligations are excluded from the principal office headcount. A construction firm with 75 workers on site and 3 in its HUBZone office can still qualify — those 3 define the principal office.
The rule also confirmed long-term investment protection: a firm that buys a building or signs a lease of at least 10 years in a HUBZone may keep its principal office designation for up to 10 years from that date, even if the area later loses designation.
4. At least 35% of employees resident in a HUBZone
Usually the hardest requirement operationally. At least 35% of employees must live in a federally designated HUBZone — not necessarily the same one as the office.
The January 2025 Final Rule updated the definition of employee:
- An individual must work at least 10 hours per week to count.
- An employee must have lived in a HUBZone for at least 90 calendar days before the date of review, reduced from 180.
- The 35% threshold remains unchanged. SBA rejected a proposal to raise it to 51% for fully remote firms after overwhelming public opposition.
Renting a private office in a HUBZone satisfies requirement 3 if all conditions are met. It does not satisfy requirements 1, 2, or 4. All four must be met at once.
The three federal contracting advantages
Once certified and maintaining certification, three mechanisms become available.
Set-aside competitions
A contracting officer may restrict a competition exclusively to HUBZone-certified small businesses when two conditions hold: the officer reasonably expects at least two qualified HUBZone offerors, and the contract can be awarded at a fair and reasonable price.
The effect is a much smaller competitive pool — you compete only against other certified HUBZone firms. The statutory 3% goal creates structural pressure on agencies, DoD included, to identify and use set-asides.
Sole-source awards
Under FAR 19.1306, a contracting officer may award directly to a single HUBZone firm with no competition, when specific conditions are met. Current thresholds, updated by the FAR Council's August 2025 inflation-adjustment final rule:
- $8.5 million for contracts with manufacturing NAICS codes
- $5.5 million for all other NAICS codes — services, construction, and the rest
To award sole-source, the contracting officer must not reasonably expect offers from two or more HUBZone firms if competed, must find the firm responsible, and must determine the price fair and reasonable. Sole-source authority does not apply to requirements currently performed under the 8(a) Program.
10% price evaluation preference
In full-and-open competitions, HUBZone-certified firms receive a 10% price evaluation preference: the contracting officer evaluates the offer as if the price were 10% lower when comparing against large businesses or non-HUBZone offerors.
If a HUBZone firm bids $1.1 million and a large business bids $1.0 million, the HUBZone firm's evaluated price is $990,000 — making it the apparent low bidder despite the higher nominal price. This is one of the most distinctive advantages HUBZone holds over other socioeconomic certifications.
The preference does not apply in HUBZone set-asides, where every competitor is already certified, or in awards below the simplified acquisition threshold.
DoD context: no special program, maximum impact
There is no separate DoD HUBZone program
A common misconception among defense contractors is that DoD runs its own HUBZone program with distinct rules or tiers. It does not. The benefits flow entirely from the SBA and FAR framework and apply equally across every federal agency.
What makes DoD relevant is scale. It is the single largest federal contracting agency by dollar volume, so HUBZone preferences produce the most opportunities in the defense market — not because of special rules, but because DoD buys the most.
NDAA goals and source selection
Each National Defense Authorization Act sets or reaffirms DoD-wide small business targets. Individual components — Army, Navy, Air Force, SOCOM, DARPA and others — track their own HUBZone utilization in annual small business reporting. Contracting officers have structural incentives to meet those targets, which benefits certified firms directly.
In best-value source selection, a firm's socioeconomic status can factor into evaluation where the agency has included small business participation as a stated evaluation factor. Discretionary, but real.
CMMC 2.0: the cybersecurity layer
From 10 November 2025 the DoD began implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification programme via its DFARS final rule. CMMC applies to all DoD contractors and subcontractors whose systems process, store, or transmit Federal Contract Information or Controlled Unclassified Information, phased in over three years to November 2028.
The three levels:
- Level 1 (Foundational) — for contractors handling only FCI. Requires the 15 basic safeguarding requirements under FAR 52.204-21. Self-assessment.
- Level 2 (Advanced) — for contractors handling CUI. Requires all 110 security requirements in NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2. Self-assessment or third-party (C3PAO) assessment depending on sensitivity.
- Level 3 (Expert) — for the most sensitive CUI and high-value assets. Level 2 plus 24 additional NIST SP 800-172 requirements. Government-led assessment.
What an office can and cannot do for CMMC
A private office with appropriate physical infrastructure genuinely supports several NIST SP 800-171 control families — specifically physical protection (PE) and media protection (MP):
- Physical access controls — badge entry, lockable private offices, visitor management
- Physical monitoring — cameras and access logs
- Media handling — secure printing, cross-cut shredding, locked storage for removable media
- Network segmentation — private VLANs and isolated Wi-Fi
But CMMC is an organizational cybersecurity certification, not a real estate one. Physical security covers a subset of controls; a contractor must still address access control, incident response, configuration management, system and communications protection, risk assessment, and more through its own systems and policies.
No workspace is or can be "CMMC-certified." CMMC certifies an organization's cybersecurity practices, not a location. A space can provide physical security infrastructure that supports your compliance program — it cannot be the program.
What the SBA actually needs to see
Documentation for a shared-space principal office
Under the January 2025 Final Rule, to qualify a shared workspace as a principal office you must be able to show:
- An active lease for a dedicated space — not a membership or virtual office agreement — starting at least 30 days before SBA review and ending at least 60 days after
- Photos of the dedicated office showing actual furniture, workstations, and equipment sufficient for the employees claimed
- Willingness to accommodate a live or virtual walk-through at SBA's request
- Evidence of actual business activity at the location, not merely a mailing address
- SAM.gov registration showing the HUBZone address as the principal place of business
Recertification: every three years
The January 2025 Final Rule moved recertification from annual to every three years. That does not mean compliance can lapse between cycles. Businesses must:
- Notify SBA of major changes affecting eligibility — ownership shifts, entity structure changes, office relocation, or falling below the 35% residency threshold
- Maintain compliance during active contract performance. The business must attempt to maintain 35% employee HUBZone residency during performance; falling below 20% is treated as a failure to maintain
- Represent HUBZone eligibility at the time of each contract offer
SBA retains authority to conduct unannounced site visits at any time, not only at recertification.
SAM.gov and DSBS visibility
Only firms designated in SAM.gov and the SBA's Dynamic Small Business Search as certified HUBZone small businesses are eligible for HUBZone preferences. The principal office address on your lease and in SAM.gov is the address contracting officers and primes see when they search. A stable, verifiable address in a confirmed HUBZone is the cornerstone of your procurement-visible identity.
Prime contractor teaming
HUBZone certification creates value in the subcontracting and teaming market as well as in direct contracting. Large primes — Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Booz Allen, SAIC and others — win DoD contracts that carry mandatory subcontracting plans.
Federal law requires large contractors on contracts above $750,000 ($1.5M for construction) to submit subcontracting plans with numerical goals for small business participation, including HUBZone firms, women-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and small disadvantaged businesses. Those goals are tracked, reported, and affect the prime's standing with the agency.
That creates structural demand for certified subcontractors. A prime gets credit toward statutory goals simply by doing business with you.
SAM.gov and DSBS are the primary databases primes search when building teams, so a professional, stable registered address makes a firm easy to find and signals credibility.
The co-location benefit is worth noting too. Contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and government relations professionals working near one another generate informal intelligence on upcoming solicitations, RFIs, Broad Agency Announcements, and teaming opportunities — hard to replicate from an isolated office.
Financial and operational advantages
DCAA cost allowability
For cost-type contracts and those subject to Defense Contract Audit Agency oversight, cost allowability is governed by FAR Part 31. Office rental costs are allowable under FAR 31.205-36, so they can be included in an indirect cost pool and billed to the government.
A formal, documented lease is the cost documentation a DCAA auditor expects. Informal arrangements, virtual office memberships, and home office setups attract more scrutiny.
Indirect rate competitiveness
Contractors compete on indirect billing rates — overhead, G&A, and fringe — as well as price. Lower rates make bids more competitive.
A flexible lease that lets a firm right-size space to its current workload tends to produce lower overhead than a fixed commercial lease, where you pay for unused space through lean periods. On tight margins, that difference shows up directly in bid competitiveness.
Scalability for contract ramp-up
Winning a contract creates a ramp-up problem: suddenly you need more space, staff, and infrastructure. A five-year commercial lease accommodates neither sudden growth nor contraction. Flexible space lets a contractor scale from one private office to several, plus conference rooms, as performance demands — without capital commitment or lease-break penalties.
Federal HUBZone versus the Texas state HUB program
Two separate programs share confusingly similar names, and conflating them is a costly mistake.
Federal HUBZone (SBA) is administered by the SBA. Eligibility rests on the location of the principal office and employee residency in federally designated HUBZones. It applies to federal contracts and is not Texas-specific.
Texas HUB (Comptroller) is a state program administered by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. It has historically been based on ownership by economically disadvantaged groups — women, minority owners, and service-disabled veterans — and applies to state agency contracts, not federal ones.
The Texas program is currently in significant legal flux:
- In December 2025 the Comptroller issued emergency rules removing businesses owned by people of color and women from the program, limiting eligibility to service-disabled veterans and renaming it "VetHUB."
- More than 15,000 businesses — nearly 97% of certified Texas HUBs — lost certification.
- Multiple lawsuits followed. In April 2026 a Travis County district court judge granted a temporary injunction blocking the changes and reverting to prior rules, but it applied only to the six businesses that sued.
- The status remains unresolved.
Federal HUBZone certification does not satisfy Texas HUB requirements, or vice versa. Different eligibility criteria, different governing bodies, different contracting systems. Being in one location does not bridge them.
What a HUBZone office cannot do
Understanding the boundaries makes you better positioned to achieve and keep certification.
It cannot satisfy all four requirements. A private office addresses the principal office criterion only. Size standard, 51% citizen ownership and control, and 35% employee residency must be satisfied through your own structure and hiring.
It does not guarantee contract awards. SBA states explicitly (13 CFR Part 126, Subpart F) that certification does not guarantee contracts. Contracting officers retain discretion over whether a requirement gets set-aside or sole-source treatment. Certified firms still have to market their capabilities.
It is not a CMMC certificate. Physical security supports compliance but does not constitute certification, which requires a full System Security Plan, documented controls, and — for Level 2 where required — third-party assessment by a C3PAO.
Sole-source authority is not automatic. A contracting officer must consider a sole-source award under FAR 19.1306 but is not required to make one, and must affirmatively determine that two or more competitive HUBZone offers are not expected. Sole-source awards are the exception.
Who should consider a HUBZone private office
Early-stage DoD contractors building a certification foundation. For a new or growing small business planning to pursue federal work, establishing the principal office in a HUBZone before the first bid is the most efficient path. Lease documentation, SAM.gov registration, and site-visit evidence are built in from day one.
Firms stacking multiple certifications. HUBZone can be held alongside SDVOSB, WOSB, and others. A service-disabled veteran-owned business that also qualifies for HUBZone can compete in SDVOSB set-asides, HUBZone set-asides, and full-and-open competitions with the 10% preference — a substantially broader footprint.
Subcontractors seeking prime teaming work. Certification markedly increases your value as a teaming partner, because the prime can count you toward its subcontracting plan goals.
Growing contractors needing scalable infrastructure. Flexible space removes the mismatch between fixed real estate costs and variable contract demand — surge space for proposal teams, conference rooms for client meetings, capacity for new hires, without long-term commitment.
Firms needing DCAA audit-ready documentation. For cost-type or CPFF contracts, a professional lease consistent with FAR 31.205-36 provides clean, auditable cost documentation and reduces indirect rate audit risk.
Reference: HUBZone versus other SBA certifications
Source: SBA.gov, FAR 19.1306, FAR 19.1406, FAR 19.1506. Current as of the August 2025 FAR Final Rule.
HUBZone — eligibility based on location plus employee residency. Set-asides available. Sole-source up to $5.5M non-manufacturing / $8.5M manufacturing. The only one of these with a 10% price preference, in full-and-open competition. Federal prime goal 3%. Recertifies every 3 years.
8(a) Business Development — eligibility based on disadvantaged ownership. Set-asides available. Same sole-source ceilings. No price preference. Goal 5%. Annual recertification. Limited stacking with HUBZone.
SDVOSB — eligibility based on veteran disability status. Set-asides available. Same sole-source ceilings. No price preference. Goal 3%. Annual recertification. Stacks with HUBZone.
WOSB — eligibility based on ≥51% women ownership. Set-asides available. Same sole-source ceilings. No price preference. Goal 5%. Annual recertification. Stacks with HUBZone.
Small business (general) — eligibility on size only. Set-asides available, no sole-source authority, no price preference. Goal 23%.
Reference: what a HUBZone office does and does not satisfy
Source: SBA.gov (13 CFR Part 126), SBA Final Rule 16 January 2025, DoD CMMC Final Rule November 2025.
- SBA principal office requirement — Yes, if dedicated. Requires an enclosed private space lease, the 30/60-day timing rule, furniture and equipment, and willingness to host an SBA walk-through.
- Small business size standard — No. Based on revenue or headcount per NAICS code, not location.
- 51% U.S. citizen ownership — No. Based on ownership structure.
- 35% employee HUBZone residency — Indirect. The office does not satisfy this, though proximity may help recruit qualifying employees.
- SAM.gov principal address registration — Yes. A physical address anchors your SAM and DSBS identity; virtual addresses are rejected.
- CMMC Level 1 support (FCI) — Partial. Physical access controls support PE and MP control families; a full organizational program is still required.
- CMMC Level 2 support (CUI) — Partial. Physical security helps, but 110 NIST 800-171 controls require a full cybersecurity program and SSP.
- DCAA allowable cost documentation — Yes. A formal lease is allowable under FAR 31.205-36 and auditable for cost-type contracts.
- Guarantee of contract awards — No. SBA states explicitly that certification does not guarantee contracts.
Reference: HUBZone office versus the alternatives
A dedicated HUBZone coworking office is eligible as an SBA principal office (if the space is dedicated), is walk-through ready with photos and physical space, offers short-term scalable lease terms, provides a formal lease for DCAA documentation, can include badge access and secure printing, scales as contracts ramp, and — where the community is GovCon-focused — supplies a teaming network. Overhead is lower than a traditional lease because space is right-sized.
A virtual office or P.O. box is explicitly rejected by SBA as a principal office, offers nothing for a walk-through, provides no physical security, cannot scale, and is unsuitable for DCAA cost documentation. It is the cheapest option and the only one that cannot support certification.
A traditional commercial lease is eligible as a principal office and walk-through ready, and provides a formal lease for DCAA purposes. But it typically locks you into a three-to-five-year commitment and fixed square footage, physical security is usually a do-it-yourself matter, and overhead is highest because you pay the same regardless of contract load.
Reference: current FAR thresholds
Source: FAR 19.1306 (Acquisition.gov), FAR Council Final Rule 27 August 2025.
- Micro-purchase threshold — $15,000. No competition required, all agencies.
- Simplified acquisition threshold — $350,000. Small business set-aside required above this for qualifying acquisitions.
- HUBZone sole-source ceiling — $8.5M manufacturing, $5.5M non-manufacturing (FAR 19.1306). Also applies to SDVOSB and WOSB.
- 8(a) sole-source ceiling — $8.5M manufacturing, $5.5M non-manufacturing.
- 8(a) separate justification threshold — $30M, entity-owned 8(a) firms only; separate contracting officer justification required above this.
Frequently asked questions
Does renting a private office in a HUBZone automatically qualify my business for certification?
No. It can satisfy the principal office requirement — one of four mandatory criteria. Your business must also qualify as small under SBA size standards, be at least 51% owned and controlled by U.S. citizens, and have at least 35% of employees residing in a HUBZone. All four must be met simultaneously and maintained.
Can a coworking or shared workspace satisfy the principal office requirement?
Yes, but only with a dedicated, enclosed private space. Under the January 2025 Final Rule the space must contain sufficient work surface, furniture, and equipment for the employees claimed. The lease must be active at least 30 days before SBA review and extend at least 60 days beyond it. SBA may request photos or a virtual walk-through. Open desks, hot-desking, and virtual office memberships do not qualify.
What contracts become available through HUBZone certification?
Three categories: set-aside competitions restricted to HUBZone firms; sole-source awards up to $5.5M non-manufacturing and $8.5M manufacturing under FAR 19.1306; and a 10% price evaluation preference in full-and-open competitions against large businesses or non-HUBZone offerors.
Is there a separate HUBZone program for DoD contractors?
No. HUBZone is a government-wide SBA and FAR program with no DoD-specific version, different rules, or separate thresholds. DoD is simply the largest federal buyer, which makes it the most impactful market for certified firms.
How often does a certified business have to recertify?
Every three years under the January 2025 Final Rule, reduced from annually. Businesses must still report major eligibility changes at any time, and SBA may conduct unannounced site visits between cycles.
What are the current sole-source dollar limits?
Under FAR 19.1306 as updated by the FAR Council's August 2025 inflation-adjustment final rule: $8.5 million for manufacturing NAICS codes and $5.5 million for all others. These are maximum contract values including options.
How does CMMC relate to my office space?
CMMC 2.0 is the DoD's cybersecurity certification programme, with enforcement from 10 November 2025. A private office with physical access controls, network isolation, and secure media handling supports several NIST SP 800-171 physical and media protection controls. But CMMC certifies an organization's full cybersecurity program — IT systems, policies, incident response. Physical space is one input, not the solution.
Does the Texas state HUB program offer the same benefits as federal HUBZone certification?
No, and the distinction matters especially right now. The two have different eligibility criteria, governing agencies, and contracting systems (state versus federal). As of April 2026 the Texas HUB program is in active litigation following December 2025 emergency rules that restructured eligibility. Do not assume federal certification satisfies Texas requirements, or the reverse.
Can a services or construction firm qualify if most employees work at client job sites?
Possibly. SBA excludes employees performing more than 50% of their work at specific job sites from the principal office headcount. A construction firm with 75 workers on site and 3 in its HUBZone office can still qualify. But if all employees work exclusively at job sites with no fixed office location, the firm may fail the principal office test.
What happens if my area loses its HUBZone designation?
Generally the business loses eligibility at recertification. However, firms that purchased a building or signed a lease of at least 10 years in the HUBZone qualify for long-term investment protection, keeping the principal office designation for up to 10 years from that date. This does not apply to a home office or residence.
How does certification help when working with large primes?
Federal law requires large primes on contracts above $750,000 to submit subcontracting plans with numerical goals for HUBZone and other small business participation. Primes including certified subcontractors receive credit toward those goals, creating direct demand for certified firms as teaming partners independent of any prime competition.
What is the difference between a set-aside and a sole-source award?
A set-aside is a competitive procurement restricted to HUBZone firms, requiring at least two expected qualified offerors. A sole-source award is non-competitive, given directly to one firm when the contracting officer does not expect two or more competitive offers, subject to the $5.5M/$8.5M ceilings. Set-asides are far more common.
What to look for in a HUBZone workspace
If you are evaluating space with certification in mind, the checklist is specific:
- A confirmed, currently designated HUBZone address — verify it yourself on the SBA's live map, and ask about the 2026 Redesignated Area expiry
- A dedicated, enclosed private office, not a desk in an open area
- A lease agreement (not a membership) that can meet the 30-day-before and 60-day-after timing rule
- Furniture and equipment sufficient for the number of employees you will claim
- An operator willing to accommodate an SBA walk-through and provide documentation
- A formal lease suitable as DCAA cost documentation under FAR 31.205-36
Strategic real estate for the defense industrial base
A private office in a verified HUBZone is not simply a workspace. For an eligible small business pursuing federal and defense contracts it is compliance infrastructure — satisfying the SBA's principal office requirement, anchoring the firm's identity in SAM.gov, supporting DCAA cost documentation, contributing to physical security controls under NIST 800-171, and placing the firm among contractors it can share intelligence and build teams with.
The economic value is concrete: a smaller competitive field through set-asides, non-competitive sole-source potential up to $8.5M, and a 10% price evaluation advantage in full-and-open competition. These are not soft benefits — they are legal preferences codified in the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
The honest framing is not "sign a lease and win contracts." It is narrower and more useful: a dedicated private office in a verified HUBZone can help a qualified small business establish and document a principal office for SBA certification, making it more competitive for federal and defense contracting. For a business that meets all four criteria, that office is not overhead. It is an advantage written into federal law.
Talk to us about a private office
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Verify the address on the SBA's HUBZone map for your own due diligence, then book a tour or call (210) 985-9749 to discuss what your certification requires.