FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 19: Small Business Programs › Subpart 19.5
FAR 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
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In plain English
This section tells contracting officers which small business solicitation provisions and contract clauses they must include in certain solicitations and contracts. It matters to contractors because these clauses determine notice of set-asides, limits on subcontracting, and nonmanufacturer rule requirements that will appear in the contract. The section also identifies when alternate versions of clauses apply, such as when FPI is included in the competition.
Applies to: Contracting officers preparing solicitations and contracts involving small business set-asides, reserves, or the HUBZone price evaluation preference
What it requires
- Insert the clause at 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside, in solicitations and contracts involving total small business set-asides, including certain multiple-award contracts
- Use 52.219-6 with Alternate I when including FPI in the competition under 19.502-7
- Insert the clause at 52.219-7, Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside, in solicitations and contracts involving partial small business set-asides
- Insert the clause at 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, in specified set-aside and sole-source solicitations and contracts, and indicate in paragraph (f) whether compliance is required at the contract or order level
Key terms: total small business set-aside · partial small business set-aside · multiple-award contract · simplified acquisition threshold · HUBZone price evaluation preference
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The text
(a)-(b) [Reserved]
(c) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside, in solicitations and contracts involving total small business set-asides. This includes multiple-award contracts when orders may be set aside for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3), as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F). Use the clause at 52.219-6 with its Alternate I when including FPI in the competition in accordance with 19.502-7.
(d) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-7, Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside, in solicitations and contracts involving partial small business set-asides. This includes part or parts of multiple-award contracts, including those described in 38.101. Use the clause at 52.219-7 with its Alternate I when including FPI in the competition in accordance with 19.502-7.
(e) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, in solicitations and contracts—
(1) For supplies, services, and construction, if any portion of the requirement is to be set aside for small business and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, and in any solicitations and contracts that are set aside or awarded on a sole-source basis in accordance with subparts 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, or 19.15, regardless of dollar value. This includes multiple-award contracts when orders may be set aside for small business concerns, as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F), and when orders may be issued directly to a small business concern as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii). For contracts that are set aside, the contracting officer shall indicate in paragraph (f) of the clause whether compliance with the limitations on subcontracting is required at the contract or order level;
(2) Using the HUBZone price evaluation preference. However, if the prospective contractor waived the use of the price evaluation preference, or is an other than small business, do not insert the clause in the resultant contract.
(f)(1) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders, in all solicitations for multiple-award contracts under which orders may be set aside for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3), and all contracts awarded from such solicitations.
(2) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-13 with its Alternate I in all full and open solicitations and contracts for multiple-award contracts under which orders will be set aside for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3) if the conditions in 19.502-2 are met at the time of order set-aside, and the specific program eligibility requirements, as applicable, are also then met.
(g)(1) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.219-31, Notice of Small Business Reserve, in solicitations for multiple-award contracts that have reserves.
(2) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-32 Orders Issued Directly Under Small Business Reserves, in solicitations and the resulting multiple-award contracts that have reserves.
(h)(1) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-33, Nonmanufacturer Rule, in solicitations and contracts, including multiple-award contracts, when orders may be set aside for small business concerns as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F), and when orders may be issued directly to a small business concern as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii)), when—
(i) the item being acquired has been assigned a manufacturing or supply NAICS code, and—
(ii)(A) Any portion of the requirement is to be—
(1) Set aside for small business and is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold; or
(2) Set aside or awarded on a sole-source basis in accordance with subparts 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, or 19.15, regardless of dollar value; or
(B) Using the HUBZone price evaluation preference. However, if the prospective contractor waived the use of the price evaluation preference, or is an other than small business, do not insert the clause in the resultant contract.
(2) The contracting officer shall not insert the clause at 52.219-33 when the Small Business Administration has waived the nonmanufacturer rule (see 19.505(c)(4)).
Sections it refers to
- 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside.
- 19.000 Scope of part.
- 8.405-5 Small business.
- 16.505 Ordering.
- 19.502-7 Inclusion of Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
- 52.219-7 Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside.
- 38.101 General.
- 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting.
- 19.504 Orders under multiple-award contracts.
- 52.219-13 Notice of Set-Aside of Orders.
- 19.502-2 Total small business set-asides.
- 52.219-31 Notice of Small Business Reserve.
- 52.219-32 Orders Issued Directly Under Small Business Reserves.
- 52.219-33 Nonmanufacturer Rule.
- 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
Sections that refer to it
- 19.811-3 Contract clauses.
- 19.1309 Contract clauses.
- 19.1408 Contract clauses.
- 19.1508 Contract clauses.
- 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside.
- 52.219-7 Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside.
- 52.219-13 Notice of Set-Aside of Orders.
- 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting.
- 52.219-31 Notice of Small Business Reserve.
- 52.219-32 Orders Issued Directly Under Small Business Reserves.
- 52.219-33 Nonmanufacturer Rule.
← 19.506 Documentation requirements. · 19.601 General. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 19
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Participation on Certain Multiple-Award Contracts ↗ · proposed 2025-06-12
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Participation on Certain Multiple-Award Contracts ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Subcontracting to Puerto Rican and Covered Territory Small Businesses ↗ · final rule 2025-01-03 · effective 2025-01-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Rerepresentation of Size and Socioeconomic Status ↗ · final rule 2025-01-03 · effective 2025-01-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Certification of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses ↗ · final rule 2024-12-16 · effective 2024-12-16
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-08-29 · effective 2024-09-30
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.