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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 19: Small Business Programs › Subpart 19.2

FAR 19.202-5 Data collection and reporting requirements.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section tells agencies how to measure small business participation in their acquisitions. It requires agencies to ask contractors to represent their small business status, to track and report the total value of contracts awarded to small businesses each fiscal year, and to require certain contractors to rerepresent their size and socioeconomic status after award when the contract includes the rerepresentation clause. For contractors, this means you may need to provide or update your small business status information.

Applies to: Agencies measuring small business participation and contractors responding to representations

What it requires

  • Represent whether you are a small business or other specified small business category when required by the agency
  • Rerepresent your size and socioeconomic status after award if you previously represented yourself as a small business and the contract includes the rerepresentation clause and its conditions are met

Key terms: small business · veteran-owned small business · service-disabled veteran-owned small business · HUBZone small business · small disadvantaged business

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

Agencies shall measure the extent of small business participation in their acquisition programs by taking the following actions:

(a) Require each prospective contractor to represent whether it is a small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, women-owned small business, EDWOSB concern, or WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program (see the provision at 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representations).

(b) Accurately measure the extent of participation by small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns in Government acquisitions in terms of the total value of contracts placed during each fiscal year, and report data to the SBA at the end of each fiscal year (see subpart 4.6).

(c) When the contract includes the clause at 52.219-28, Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation, and the conditions in the clause for rerepresenting are met—

(1) Require a contractor that represented itself as any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3) prior to award of the contract to rerepresent its size and socioeconomic status (i.e., 8(a), small disadvantaged business, HUBZone small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, EDWOSB, or WOSB status); and

(2) Permit a contractor that represented itself as other than a small business concern prior to award to rerepresent its size status.

Sections it refers to

  • 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations.
  • 52.219-28 Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation.
  • 19.000 Scope of part.

← 19.202-4 Solicitation. · 19.202-6 Determination of fair market price. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 19

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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