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20 sections with “qualified small business concerns”

  • 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…
  • 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 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 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,…
  • DFARS 210.001 Policy.
    …small business or, for a task or delivery order, whether there are a sufficient number of qualified small business concerns available to justify limiting competition under the terms of the contract. If the contracting officer cannot determi…
  • DFARS 215.203-70 Requests for proposals—tiered evaluation of offers.
    …business; or (ii) For a task or delivery order, whether there are a sufficient number of qualified small business concerns available to justify limiting competition under the terms of the contract; and (2) If the contracting officer canno…
  • 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 19.1505 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 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…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    … Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 501(a)), or any nonprofit scientific or educational organization qualified under a State nonprofit organization statute. Practical application means to manufacture, in the case of a composition of product; to pract…

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