48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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75 sections with “HUBZone”: the first 40

  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …ements, SBA or the contracting officer may protest the prospective contractor's certified HUBZone status; for all other procurements, SBA, the contracting officer, or any other interested party may protest the apparent successful offeror's …
  • FAR 19.1303 Status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    (a) Status as a HUBZone small business concern is determined by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in accordance with 13 CFR part 126. (b) If SBA determines that a concern is a HUBZone small business, it will designate the concern as …
  • FAR 19.1305 HUBZone set-aside procedures.
    …icer— (1) Shall comply with 19.203 before deciding to set aside an acquisition under the HUBZone Program; (2) May set aside acquisitions exceeding the micro-purchase threshold for competition restricted to HUBZone small business concerns …
  • FAR 19.1307 Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns.
    (a) The price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns shall be used in acquisitions conducted using full and open competition. The preference shall not be used— (1) Where price is not a selection factor so that a price ev…
  • FAR 52.219-3 Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award.
    As prescribed in 19.1309(a), insert the following clause: Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award (OCT 2022) (a) Definition. “HUBZone small business concern,” as used in this clause, means a small business concern, certified by t…
  • FAR 52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns.
    …ed in 19.1309(b), insert the following clause: Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (OCT 2022) (a) Evaluation preference. (1) Offers will be evaluated by adding a factor of 10 percent to the price of a…
  • FAR 19.1306 HUBZone sole-source awards.
    (a) A contracting officer shall consider a contract award to a HUBZone small business concern on a sole-source basis (see 6.302-5(b)(5)) before considering a small business set-aside (see 19.203 and subpart 19.5), provided none of the exclu…
  • FAR 6.205 Set-asides for HUBZone small business concerns.
    (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 ju…
  • FAR 18.115 HUBZone sole source awards.
    Contracts may be awarded to Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small business concerns on a sole source basis. (See 19.1306.)
  • DFARS 219.1307 Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns.
    (a) Also, do not use the price evaluation preference in acquisitions that use tiered evaluation of offers, until a tier is reached that considers offers from other than small business concerns.
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ution determined by the Secretary of Education to meet the requirements of 34 CFR 608.2. HUBZone means a historically underutilized business zone that is an area located within one or more qualified census tracts, qualified nonmetropolitan…
  • FAR 19.301-1 Representation by the offeror.
    …9.000(a)(3) at the time of award of the order. (d) To be eligible for an award under the HUBZone Program (see subpart 19.13), a HUBZone small business concern must be a HUBZone small business concern at the time of initial offer. (e) Mult…
  • FAR 19.703 Eligibility requirements for participating in the program.
    …ll business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, or women-owned small business concern. (1) To represent itself as a small business, veteran-own…
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    …ian tribes), veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business (including ANCs and Indian tribes) and women-owned small business concerns as subcontractors; (2…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    …ll business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business subcontractors to the maximum practicable extent. The contracting…
  • FAR 19.1309 Contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award, in solicitations and contracts for acquisitions that are set aside or awarded on a sole-source basis to, HUBZone small busine…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …or first-tier subcontractors) amount to more than 50 percent of the contract price: (11) HUBZone small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] T…
  • FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations.
    …small business and has a value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (ii) Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or (iii) Is an 8(a), HUBZo…
  • FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns.
    …zation of Small Business Concerns (JAN 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this contract— HUBZone small business concern means a small business concern that meets the requirements described in 13 CFR 126.200, certified by the Small Business…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …ll business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns. If the Offeror is submitting an individual subcontracti…
  • FAR 52.219-28 Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation.
    … that differs from the underlying multiple-award contract (e.g., an order set aside for a HUBZone small business concern under a multiple-award contract that is set aside for small businesses); (3) Issued under the part of the multiple-awa…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …nd approve plant or division-wide small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business master subcontracting plans. (53) Obtain the contractor's currently approved company- or d…
  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    …small business and has a value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (ii) Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or (iii) Is an 8(a), HUBZo…
  • FAR 19.000 Scope of part.
    …or in part, for exclusive competitive participation by small business, 8(a) participants, HUBZone small business concerns, service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concerns eligible under the SDVOSB Program, and economically d…
  • FAR 19.202-5 Data collection and reporting requirements.
    …ll business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, women-owned small business, EDWOSB concern, or WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program (see…
  • FAR 19.203 Relationship among small business programs.
    (a) General. There is no order of precedence among the 8(a) Program (subpart 19.8), HUBZone Program (subpart 19.13), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Program (subpart 19.14), or the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Pr…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    …ll business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns as subcontractors in Government contracts is a matter of…
  • FAR 19.708 Contract clauses.
    …ll business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns, and is commensurate with the efficient and economical p…
  • 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 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …ll business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns (see part 19). (iv) Consider the impact of any consolid…
  • FAR 9.104-3 Application of standards.
    …e limitations on subcontracting may be considered nonresponsible (see 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award; 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns; 52.219-14, Limitations on…
  • FAR 13.003 Policy.
    …he— (i) 8(a) Program (see subpart 19.8); (ii) Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program (but see 19.1305); (iii) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Program (see subpart 19.14); or (iv) Women-Owned Sm…
  • FAR 15.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.
    …ility— (A) When using a small business set-aside (see subpart 19.5); (B) When using the HUBZone procedures in 19.1305 or 19.1307; (C) When using the service-disabled veteran-owned small business procedures in 19.1405; or (D) When using …
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …ll business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns. Such concerns must also have the maximum practicable op…
  • FAR 19.202-6 Determination of fair market price.
    …— (1) Total and partial small business set-asides, and reserves (see subpart 19.5); (2) HUBZone set-asides (see subpart 19.13); (3) Contracts utilizing the price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns (see subpart 19.1…
  • FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    …that are issued directly in accordance with 19.504(c)(1)(ii). (v) Contracts that use the HUBZone price evaluation preference to award to a HUBZone small business concern unless the concern waived the evaluation preference. (b)(1) Limitati…
  • FAR 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … limitations on subcontracting is required at the contract or order level; (2) Using the HUBZone price evaluation preference. However, if the prospective contractor waived the use of the price evaluation preference, or is an other than sma…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …eran-owned small business (VOSB), service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business (SDB), and women-owned small business (WOSB) concerns will have the maximum practicable opportuni…
  • FAR 19.706 Responsibilities of the cognizant administrative contracting officer.
    …ll business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns; (c) Information on whether the contractor's efforts to…
  • FAR 19.804-2 Agency offering.
    …ffering no solicitation for the specific acquisition has been issued as a small business, HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside, or a set-aside under the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program, and that no othe…

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