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FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside.

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 tells contractors that a solicitation is totally set aside for small business concerns, so only small businesses (or, under Alternate I, also Federal Prison Industries) may submit offers. Offers from other concerns will be rejected as nonresponsive, and any award will go to a small business concern (or FPI under Alternate I).

Applies to: Contracts and orders totally set aside for small business concerns

What it requires

  • Submit offers only if you qualify as a small business concern (or FPI under Alternate I)

Key terms: small business concern · affiliates · totally set aside · nonresponsive · Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI)

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

The text

As prescribed in 19.507(c), insert the following clause:

Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2020)

(a) Definition. Small business concern, as used in this clause—

(1) Means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the size standards in this solicitation.

(2) Affiliates, as used in paragraph (a)(1) of this clause, means business concerns, one of whom directly or indirectly controls or has the power to control the others, or a third party or parties control or have the power to control the others. In determining whether affiliation exists, consideration is given to all appropriate factors including common ownership, common management, and contractual relationships. SBA determines affiliation based on the factors set forth at 13 CFR 121.103.

(b) Applicability. This clause applies only to—

(1) Contracts that have been totally set aside for small business concerns; and

(2) Orders set aside for small business concerns under multiple-award contracts as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F).

(c) General. (1) Offers are solicited only from small business concerns. Offers received from concerns that are not small business concerns shall be considered nonresponsive and will be rejected.

(2) Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to a small business concern.

(End of clause)

Alternate I (MAR 2020). As prescribed in 19.507(c), substitute the following paragraph (c) for paragraph (c) of the basic clause:

(c) General. (1) Offers are solicited only from small business concerns and Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI). Offers received from concerns that are not small business concerns or FPI shall be considered nonresponsive and will be rejected.

(2) Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to either a small business concern or FPI.

Sections it refers to

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.

← 52.219-5 [Reserved] · 52.219-7 Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside. →

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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