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

FAR 52.219-32 Orders Issued Directly Under Small Business Reserves.

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 clause applies to contracts that were reserved for certain small business concerns. When only one contract of a given small business type results from that reserve, it allows the Contracting Officer to issue orders directly to that concern. It matters because it can let a contractor receive orders without going through a further competition.

Applies to: Contracts reserved for small business concerns identified at 19.000(a)(3)

Key terms: small business concern · reserve · order · Contracting Officer

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)(2), insert the following clause:

Orders Issued Directly Under Small Business Reserves (MAR 2020)

(a) Applicability. This clause applies only to contracts that were reserved for any of the small business concerns identified at 19.000(a)(3).

(b) If there is only one contract award to any one type of small business concern identified in 19.000(a)(3) as a result of the reserve, the Contracting Officer may issue an order or orders directly to the concern.

(End of clause)

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.
  • 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

← 52.219-31 Notice of Small Business Reserve. · 52.219-33 Nonmanufacturer Rule. →

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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