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FAR 37.108 Small business Certificate of Competency.

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 says that for certain service contracts requiring the highest possible competence—shown by a solicitation asking for a technical/management proposal and a resulting technical evaluation and source selection—the small business Certificate of Competency procedures may not apply. It matters because a small business competing for such a contract might not be able to use those procedures.

Applies to: Service contracts requiring the highest competence obtainable, as evidenced by a request for a technical/management proposal and a resultant technical evaluation and source selection

Key terms: Certificate of Competency · small business · service contracts · technical/management proposal · source selection

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

The text

In those service contracts for which the Government requires the highest competence obtainable, as evidenced in a solicitation by a request for a technical/management proposal and a resultant technical evaluation and source selection, the small business Certificate of Competency procedures may not apply (see subpart 19.6).

← 37.107 Service Contract Labor Standards. · 37.109 Services of quasi-military armed forces. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 37

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

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