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54 sections with “Qualified business”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
    …l subcontracting plan in eSRS for the Department of Defense. (b) Subcontracts awarded to qualified nonprofit agencies designated by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (41 U.S.C. 8502-8504), may be cou…
  • DFARS 252.270-7001 Pilot Program to Incentivize Contracting with Employee-Owned Businesses—Subcontracting Certification.
    …esses—Subcontracting Certification (NOV 2024) (a) Definition. As used in this provision, qualified business has the meaning given in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 252.270-7002, Pilot Program to Incentivize Contracti…
  • DFARS 252.270-7002 Pilot Program to Incentivize Contracting with Employee-Owned Businesses.
    …cting 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 100 percent of the outstanding stock is held through an employe…
  • DFARS 252.270-7000 Pilot Program to Incentivize Contracting with Employee-Owned Businesses—Representation.
    …ee-Owned Businesses—Representation (NOV 2024) (a) Definition. As used in this provision, qualified business has the meaning given in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 252.270-7002, Pilot Program to Incentivize Contracti…
  • DFARS 270.103 Limitations.
    …gable to a level no lower than one level above the contracting officer; (2) Contracts to qualified businesses that have a minimum performance rating of satisfactory for the predecessor contract in the Contractor Performance Assessment Repo…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ans a historically underutilized business zone that is an area located within one or more qualified census tracts, qualified nonmetropolitan counties, lands within the external boundaries of an Indian reservation, qualified base closure are…
  • FAR 9.202 Policy.
    …osts for testing and evaluation which will be incurred by the potential offeror to become qualified; and (iii) Specifying all requirements that a potential offeror (or its product) must satisfy in order to become qualified. Only those requ…
  • FAR 9.204 Responsibilities for establishment of a qualification requirement.
    … borne only if it is determined in accordance with agency procedures that such additional qualified sources or products are likely to result in cost savings from increased competition for future requirements sufficient to amortize the costs…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    … (j)(1)(i) and in paragraphs (j)(2) through (j)(6) of this subsection. (i) Except for nonqualified pension plans using the pay-as-you-go cost method, to be allowable in the current year, the contractor shall fund pension costs by the time …
  • FAR 52.219-28 Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation.
    …es, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field of operation, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR part 121 and the size standard in paragraph (d) of this clause. (2) Affiliates, as used in…
  • FAR 19.402 Small Business Administration procurement center representatives.
    …he set-aside or sole-source award to a small business of selected acquisitions; (ii) New qualified small business sources, including veteran-owned small, service-disabled veteran-owned small, HUBZone small, small disadvantaged, economicall…
  • FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations.
    …es, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field of operation, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR part 121 and the size standard in paragraph (b) of this provision. (2) Affiliates, as used…
  • FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside.
    …ot 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 busine…
  • FAR 52.219-7 Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside.
    …ot 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 busine…
  • FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns.
    …tes, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field of operation and qualified as a small business under the criteria and size standards in 13 CFR part 121, including the size standard that corresponds to the NAICS code…
  • 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.
    …h data or software with the appropriate restrictive legend for which the data or software qualified under the prior contract or license. The Contractor shall follow the marking procedures in paragraph (g)(1) of this clause. (h) Contractor …
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …tion under 26 U.S.C. 501(a); or (3) Any nonprofit scientific or educational organization qualified under a State nonprofit organization statute. Practical application means— (1)(i) To manufacture, in the case of a composition or product;…
  • DFARS 270.100 Scope of subpart.
    …etitive award of certain follow-on contracts to contractors that meet the definition of a qualified business (see 270.101). (b) The authority to award contracts under this subpart expires on December 27, 2029.
  • DFARS 270.101 Definition.
    As used in this subpart, qualified business means an S corporation as defined in 26 U.S.C. 1361(a)(1) for which 100 percent of the outstanding stock is held through an employee stock ownership plan as defined in 26 U.S.C. 4975(e)(7).
  • DFARS 270.102 Policy.
    …contract to the incumbent contractor if— (1) The contractor has represented that it is a qualified business; and (2) The contract is for the continued development, production, or provision of products or services that are the same as or s…
  • DFARS 219.703 Eligibility requirements for participating in the program.
    (a) Qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind and other severely disabled, that have been approved by the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled under 41 U.S.C. chapter 85, are eligible to participate in the …
  • DFARS 237.104 Personal services contracts.
    … and enter into negotiations with the next highest. (2) Enter into negotiations with all qualified applicants and select on the basis of qualifications and rates, fees, or other costs. (H) In the event only one individual responds to an a…
  • FAR 1.602-2 Responsibilities.
    … or for DoD, in accordance with the current applicable DoD policy guidance; (3) Shall be qualified by training and experience commensurate with the responsibilities to be delegated in accordance with agency procedures; (4) May not be dele…
  • FAR 9.104-1 General standards.
    …ent and facilities, or the ability to obtain them (see 9.104-3(a)); and (g) Be otherwise qualified and eligible to receive an award under applicable laws and regulations (see also inverted domestic corporation prohibition at 9.108).
  • FAR 9.406-1 General.
    …nse. (15) Whether the contractor (including an individual) is or has been excluded or disqualified by an agency of the Federal Government or has not been allowed to participate in State or local contracts or assistance agreements on a basi…
  • FAR 13.303-5 Purchases under BPAs.
    …i) Recurring requirements for the same or similar supplies or services seem likely; (ii) Qualified sources are willing to accept BPAs; and (iii) It is otherwise practical to do so. (e) Limit documentation of purchases to essential inform…
  • FAR 14.502 Conditions for use.
    …efinite criteria exist for evaluating technical proposals. (3) More than one technically qualified source is expected to be available. (4) Sufficient time will be available for use of the two-step method. (5) A firm-fixed-price contract …
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    … sufficient to stimulate efficient 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 s…
  • FAR 19.001 Definitions.
    …dependent contractor, that— (1) Has the same small business program status as that which qualified the prime contractor for the award (e.g., for a small business set-aside contract, any small business concern, without regard to socioeconom…
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …entative (see 19.402)— (i) Who is a full-time employee of the contracting activity, well qualified, technically trained, and familiar with the supplies or services contracted for by the activity; and (ii) Whose principal duty is to assist…
  • FAR 19.502-5 Insufficient reasons for not setting aside an acquisition.
    … has conveyed a desire to supply some or all of the required items. (c) The item is on a Qualified Products List. However, a total small business set-aside shall not be made if the list contains the products of large business unless none o…
  • FAR 19.602-1 Referral.
    … that referral is not necessary if the small business concern— (i) Is determined to be unqualified and ineligible because it does not meet the standard in 9.104-1(g); provided, that the determination is approved by the chief of the contrac…
  • FAR 19.804-3 SBA acceptance.
    …BA will select an 8(a) participant for possible award from among two or more eligible and qualified 8(a) participants. The selection will be based upon relevant factors, including business development needs, compliance with competitive busi…
  • FAR 19.1301 General.
    … (b) The purpose of the HUBZone Program is to provide Federal contracting assistance for qualified small business concerns located in historically underutilized business zones, in an effort to increase employment opportunities, investment,…
  • FAR 19.1505 Set-aside procedures.
    …he contracting officer may make an award, if only one acceptable offer is received from a qualified EDWOSB concern or WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program. (h) If no acceptable offers are received from an EDWOSB concern or WOSB con…
  • FAR 22.1301 Definitions.
    … badge veteran,” or an “Armed Forces service medal veteran,” as defined by this section. Qualified disabled veteran means a disabled veteran who has the ability to perform the essential functions of the employment positions with or without…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    …n increase in the cost of living or a special factor, such as the limited availability of qualified attorneys for the proceedings involved, justifies a higher fee. The cap placed on attorneys' fees for businesses, other than small businesse…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …es, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field of operation, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR part 121 and size standards in this solicitation. (2) Affiliates, as used in this definiti…
  • FAR 52.219-3 Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award.
    …oncern, certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA), that appears on the List of Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns maintained by the SBA (13 CFR 126.103). (b) Applicability. This clause applies only to— (1) Contracts that…
  • FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting.
    …dependent contractor, that— (1) Has the same small business program status as that which qualified the prime contractor for the award (e.g., for a small business set-aside contract, any small business concern, without regard to its socioec…

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