48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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9 sections with “local area set-aside”

  • FAR 26.202-1 Local area set-aside.
    The contracting officer may set aside solicitations to allow only local firms within a specific geographic area to compete (see 6.208). (a) The contracting officer, in consultation with the requirements office, shall define the specific ge…
  • FAR 26.202 Local area preference.
    …S.C.5121, et seq.), preference shall be given, to the extent feasible and practicable, to local firms. Preference may be given through a local area set-aside or an evaluation preference. (b) When using the authority under the Stafford Act,…
  • FAR 26.203 Transition of work.
    …ot be structured in any way that may inhibit the transition of emergency response work to local firms (e.g., unnecessarily broad scopes of work or long periods of performance). (b) 42 U.S.C. 5150(b)(2) requires that agencies performing res…
  • FAR 6.208 Set-asides for local firms during a major disaster or emergency.
    (a) To fulfill the statutory requirements relating to 42 U.S.C. 5150, contracting officers may set aside solicitations to allow only offerors residing or doing business primarily in the area affected by such major disaster or emergency to c…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …expense and sold in substantial quantities, on a competitive basis, to multiple State and local governments or to multiple foreign governments. Commercial service means— (1) Installation services, maintenance services, repair services, tr…
  • FAR 26.206 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    …on at 52.226-3, Disaster or Emergency Area Representation, in solicitations involving the local area set-aside. For commercial products and commercial services, see 12.301(e)(5). (b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.22…
  • FAR 18.203 Emergency declaration or major disaster declaration.
    (a) Disaster or emergency assistance activities. Preference will be given to local organizations, firms, and individuals when contracting for major disaster or emergency assistance activities when the President has made a declaration under …
  • FAR 52.226-3 Disaster or Emergency Area Representation.
    …mber of permanent employees the offeror employs in the set-aside area; (7) Membership in local and state organizations in the set-aside area; and (8) Other evidence that establishes the offeror resides or primarily does business in the se…
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …partial small business program set-aside, or when the proposed acquisition provides for a local area set-aside (see Subpart 26.2), the contracting officer shall identify the type of set-aside in the synopsis and in the solicitation. (e) Co…

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.