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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 6: Competition Requirements › Subpart 6.2

FAR 6.205 Set-asides for HUBZone small business concerns.

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 allows contracting officers to set aside solicitations exclusively for HUBZone small business concerns to meet statutory requirements. It also clarifies that no separate justification or determination and findings is needed for such a set-aside.

Applies to: Contracting officers and HUBZone small business concerns

Key terms: set-aside · HUBZone small business concerns · justification · determination and findings

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

The text

(a) To fulfill the statutory requirements relating to the HUBZone Act of 1997 (15 U.S.C. 631 note), contracting officers may set aside solicitations to allow only HUBZone small business concerns to compete (see 19.1305).

(b) No separate justification or determination and findings is required under this part to set aside a contract action for HUBZone small business concerns.

Sections it refers to

  • 19.1305 HUBZone set-aside procedures.

← 6.204 Section 8(a) competition. · 6.206 Set-asides for service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concerns eligible under the SDVOSB Program. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 6

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

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