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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.219-31 Notice of Small Business Reserve.

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 provision tells offerors that the solicitation includes a reserve for one or more small business concerns identified at 19.000(a)(3), and that small business program eligibility requirements apply. Eligible small business concerns must submit a single offer covering each portion of the solicitation they want to compete for, with award based on criteria stated elsewhere in the solicitation.

Applies to: Offerors on solicitations containing a small business reserve

What it requires

  • Eligible small business concern(s) must submit one offer that addresses each portion of the solicitation for which it wants to compete.

Key terms: small business concern · reserve · solicitation · offer · small business program eligibility requirements

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

The text

As prescribed in 19.507(g)(1), insert the following provision:

Notice of Small Business Reserve (MAR 2020)

(a) This solicitation contains a reserve for one or more small business concerns identified at 19.000(a)(3). The small business program eligibility requirements apply.

(b) The small business concern(s) eligible for participation in the reserve shall submit one offer that addresses each portion of the solicitation for which it wants to compete. Award of the contract will be based on criteria identified elsewhere in the solicitation.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
  • 19.000 Scope of part.

Sections that refer to it

  • 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 52.219-30 Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program. · 52.219-32 Orders Issued Directly Under Small Business Reserves. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

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

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