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DFARS 219.703 Eligibility requirements for participating in the program.

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 explains who is eligible to participate in the program and how subcontracts to certain entities can count toward a prime contractor's small business subcontracting goal. It also lets a contractor rely on a written representation of status for a historically black college or university, minority institution, or qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or severely disabled.

Applies to: Prime contractors and qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind and other severely disabled

Key terms: qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind and other severely disabled · Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled · small business subcontracting goal · historically black college or university · minority institution

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

The text

(a) Qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind and other severely disabled, that have been approved by the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled under 41 U.S.C. chapter 85, are eligible to participate in the program as a result of 10 U.S.C. 3903 and section 9077 of Public Law 102-396 and similar sections in subsequent Defense appropriations acts. Under this authority, subcontracts awarded to such entities may be counted toward the prime contractor's small business subcontracting goal.

(b) A contractor may also rely on the written representation as to status of—

(i) A historically black college or university or minority institution; or

(ii) A qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely disabled approved by the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled.

← 219.702-70 Statutory requirements for the Test Program for Negotiation of Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plans. · 219.704 Subcontracting plan requirements. →

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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