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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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58 sections with “8(a) Business Development Program”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …owing clause: RIGHTS IN OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL TECHNICAL DATA AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE—SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM AND SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM (AUG 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commercial c…
  • DFARS 252.227-7041 Additional postaward requirements for Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    … 227.7104-4(c)(2), use the following clause: Additional Postaward Requirements for Small Business Technology Transfer Program (JAN 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Research institution means an institution or entity that— …
  • DFARS 252.270-7002 Pilot Program to Incentivize Contracting with Employee-Owned Businesses.
    …, use the following clause: Pilot Program To Incentivize Contracting With Employee-Owned Businesses (NOV 2024) (a) Definition. As used in this clause— Qualified business means an S corporation as defined in 26 U.S.C. 1361(a)(1) for which…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …BA upholds the protest, SBA will remove the concern's HUBZone status in the Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS). SBA's protest regulations are found in subpart H “Protests” at 13 CFR 126.800 through 126.805. (c) Protests relating to small…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    As prescribed in 19.708(b), insert the following clause: Small Business Subcontracting Plan (JAN 2025) (a) This clause does not apply to small business concerns. (b) Definitions. As used in this clause— Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) m…
  • FAR 19.800 General.
    (a) Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) established a program that authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to enter into all types of contracts with other agencies and award subcontracts for performing those…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …n 227.303(2), use the following clause: Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business) (JUN 2012) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause—Invention means— (1) Any invention or discovery that is or may be patentable or otherwi…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …lopment, production, operation or maintenance of the system. Affiliates means associated business concerns or individuals if, directly or indirectly either one controls or can control the other; or third party controls or can control both,…
  • FAR 4.1102 Policy.
    …f this section to require SAM registration. (c) Contracting officers shall use the legal business name or “doing business as” name and physical address from the contractor's SAM registration for the provided unique entity identifier to ide…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …be made (see paragraph (b)(21) of this section). The plan must address all the technical, business, management, and other significant considerations that will control the acquisition. The specific content of plans will vary, depending on th…
  • FAR 10.001 Policy.
    …ilable market research methods in order to effectively identify the capabilities of small businesses and new entrants into Federal contracting that are available in the marketplace for meeting the requirements of the agency in furtherance o…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …fficient contract performance, attract the best capabilities of qualified large and small business concerns to Government contracts, and maintain a viable industrial base. (3) Both the Government and contractors should be concerned with pr…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …ability Office, in accordance with the procedures at 33.104. (iii) For protests of small business size status for set-aside orders, see 19.302. (11) Publicize orders funded in whole or in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act…
  • FAR 19.000 Scope of part.
    (a) This part implements the acquisition-related sections of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.), applicable sections of the Armed Services Procurement Act (10 U.S.C. 3063-3064 and 3203), 41 U.S.C. 3104, and Executive Order 1213…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …e greater than the simplified acquisition threshold must agree in the contract that small business, veteran-owned small business (VOSB), service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged bus…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    (a) General. Maximum practicable utilization of small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns as su…
  • FAR 19.708 Contract clauses.
    (a) Insert the clause at 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns, in solicitations and contracts when the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold unless— (1) A personal services contract is conte…
  • FAR 19.815 Release and notification requirements for non-8(a) procurement.
    …e a written request to, and receive concurrence from, the SBA Associate Administrator for Business Development. (c)(1) The written request to the SBA Associate Administrator for Business Development shall indicate— (i) Whether the agency …
  • FAR 27.302 Policy.
    … (i) When the contractor is not located in the United States or does not have a place of business located in the United States or is subject to the control of a foreign government (see 27.303(e)(1)(i)); (ii) In exceptional circumstances, …
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    …in 27.405-2 through 27.405-4 (see paragraphs (f) and (g) of this section); (iii) A small business innovation research contract (see paragraph (h) of this section); (iv) To be performed outside the United States (see paragraph (i)(1) of th…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …advantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business master subcontracting plans. (53) Obtain the contractor's currently approved company- or division-wide plans for small, small disadvantaged,…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    … of the agency, except when transferred to the successor of that part of the Contractor's business to which the invention pertains. (ii) The Contractor's license may be revoked or modified by the agency to the extent necessary to achieve e…
  • DFARS 215.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    (c)(i) In acquisitions that require use of the clause at FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan, other than those based on the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process (see FAR 15.101-2), the extent of particip…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ing the restriction is notified of such reproduction, release, disclosure, or use. Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) data means all technical data or computer software developed or generated …
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    …se is subject to the limitations in paragraphs (1) through (4) of this definition. Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) data means all technical data or computer software developed or generated …
  • DFARS 252.227-7017 Identification and Assertion of Use, Release, or Disclosure Restrictions.
    …f this solicitation; or (2) If this solicitation contemplates a contract under the Small Business Innovation Research Program or Small Business Technology Transfer Program, the 252.227-7018, Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data a…
  • FAR 6.302-3 Industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental, or research capability; or expert services.
    …on may be appropriate when it is necessary to— (i) Keep vital facilities or suppliers in business or make them available in the event of a national emergency; (ii) Train a selected supplier in the furnishing of critical supplies or servic…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    …advantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns for subcontracting, establishment of new facilities in or near labor surplus areas, delivery or performance schedules, control of te…
  • FAR 19.804-3 SBA acceptance.
    … the contracting office may seek SBA's acceptance through the Associate Administrator for Business Development. The contracting office may assume that SBA has accepted the requirement into the 8(a) program if it does not receive a reply fro…
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …such costs to sales of the product is reasonable; (iii) The contractor had no Government business during the time that the costs were incurred or did not allocate IR&D costs to Government contracts except to prorate the cost of developing …
  • FAR 5.205 Special situations.
    …ntracting officers may transmit to the GPE special notices of procurement matters such as business fairs, long-range procurement estimates, prebid or preproposal conferences, meetings, and the availability of draft solicitations or draft sp…
  • FAR 19.805-1 General.
    …le source procedures for award to a single firm. (d) The SBA Associate Administrator for Business Development may approve a contracting office's request for a competitive 8(a) award below the competitive thresholds. Such requests will be a…
  • FAR 19.1301 General.
    (a) The Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Act of 1997 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) created the HUBZone Program. (b) The purpose of the HUBZone Program is to provide Federal contracting assistance for qualified small business conce…
  • FAR 27.303 Contract clauses.
    …licitation or contract is for DoD, DOE, or NASA, and the contractor is other than a small business concern or nonprofit organization. (e)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (e)(2) of this section, and after compliance with the applicable p…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …ncy or combination of deficiencies in the internal control over information in contractor business systems, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of such information will not be prevented, or detected and …
  • DFARS 209.571-6 Identification of organizational conflicts of interest.
    … defense acquisition programs, contracting officers shall consider— (a) The ownership of business units performing systems engineering and technical assistance, professional services, or management support services to a major defense acqui…
  • FAR 15.602 Policy.
    …e submission of new and innovative ideas in response to Broad Agency Announcements, Small Business Innovation Research topics, Small Business Technology Transfer Research topics, Program Research and Development Announcements, or any other …
  • FAR 15.604 Agency points of contact.
    …Government, such as any agency: upcoming solicitations; Broad Agency Announcements; Small Business Innovation Research programs; Small Business Technology Transfer Research programs; Program Research and Development Announcements; or grant …
  • FAR 16.103 Negotiating contract type.
    …ormance. (b) A firm-fixed-price contract, which best utilizes the basic profit motive of business enterprise, shall be used when the risk involved is minimal or can be predicted with an acceptable degree of certainty. However, when a reaso…
  • FAR 19.705-1 General.
    …ated value of the contract meets the subcontracting plan thresholds at 19.702(a)and small business subcontracting opportunities exist. (2) Contracting officers placing orders may establish small business subcontracting goals for each order…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.