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DFARS 219.309 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

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 DFARS section tells contracting officers when to include the clause 252.219-7000, Advancing Small Business Growth, in solicitations. It applies when the estimated annual contract value is expected to exceed either the dollar-based small business size standard for the assigned NAICS code, or $70 million if the size standard is based on number of employees. It matters to contractors because it signals when this small business growth provision will appear in a solicitation, including for commercial products and services.

Applies to: Solicitations, including those using FAR part 12 procedures for commercial products and commercial services, when the estimated annual contract value exceeds the stated thresholds

What it requires

  • Use the provision at 252.219-7000, Advancing Small Business Growth, in solicitations when the estimated annual value of the contract is expected to exceed the applicable threshold

Key terms: 252.219-7000 · Advancing Small Business Growth · small business size standard · North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code · commercial products and commercial services

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

The text

(1) Use the provision at 252.219-7000, Advancing Small Business Growth, in solicitations, including solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, when the estimated annual value of the contract is expected to exceed—

(i) The small business size standard, if expressed in dollars, for the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned by the contracting officer; or

(ii) $70 million, if the small business size standard is expressed as number of employees for the NAICS code assigned by the contracting officer.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 252.219-7000 Advancing Small Business Growth.

← 219.301-3 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented itself as other than a small business concern. · 219.401 General. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 219

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

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