48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement
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91 sections with “set-aside”: the first 40
- FAR 19.502-2 Total small business set-asides.…ives only one acceptable offer from a responsible small business concern in response to a set-aside, the contracting officer should make an award to that firm. If the contracting officer receives no acceptable offers from responsible small …
- FAR 19.502-3 Partial set-asides of contracts other than multiple-award contracts.… exclusive small business participation when— (1) Market research indicates that a total set-aside is not appropriate (see 19.502-2); (2) The requirement can be divided into distinct portions; (3) The acquisition is not subject to simpli…
- FAR 19.502-4 Partial set-asides of multiple-award contracts.…ess concerns identified at 19.000(a)(3) when— (1) Market research indicates that a total set-aside is not appropriate (see 19.502-2); (2) The requirement can be divided into distinct portions; (3) The acquisition is not subject to simpli…
- FAR 19.502-9 Withdrawing or modifying small business set-asides.(a) If, before award of a contract involving a total or partial small business set-aside, the contracting officer considers that award would be detrimental to the public interest (e.g., payment of more than a fair market price), the contrac…
- FAR 19.1405 Set-aside procedures.…ith 19.203 before deciding to set aside an acquisition under the SDVOSB Program; (2) May set-aside acquisitions exceeding the micro-purchase threshold for competition restricted to SDVOSB concerns when the requirements of paragraph (b) of …
- FAR 19.1505 Set-aside procedures.…sonable price. (d) An EDWOSB or WOSB concern may submit an offer under an EDWOSB or WOSB set-aside when the offeror— (1) Qualifies as a small business concern under the size standard corresponding to the NAICS code assigned to the contrac…
- FAR 52.219-7 Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside.…s prescribed in 19.507(d), insert the following clause: Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2020) (a) Definition. Small business concern, as used in this clause— (1) Means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independ…
- FAR 26.202-1 Local area set-aside.…ion with the requirements office, shall define the specific geographic area for the local set-aside. (b) A major disaster or emergency area may span counties in several contiguous States. The set-aside area need not include all the countie…
- FAR 52.226-4 Notice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside.…escribed in 26.206(b), insert the following clause: Notice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside (NOV 2007) (a) Set-aside area. Offers are solicited only from businesses residing or primarily doing business in __________ [Contracting Of…
- FAR 19.502-10 Automatic dissolution of a small business set-aside.(a) If a small business set-aside acquisition or portion of an acquisition is not awarded, the unilateral or joint determination to set the acquisition aside is automatically dissolved for the unawarded portion of the set-aside. The require…
- FAR 19.1305 HUBZone set-aside procedures.…ements of paragraph (b) of this section can be satisfied; and (3) Shall consider HUBZone set-asides before considering HUBZone sole-source awards (see 19.1306) or small business set-asides (see subpart 19.5). (b) To set aside an acquisiti…
- FAR 52.219-27 Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Concerns Eligible Under the SDVOSB Program.As prescribed in 19.1408, insert the following clause: Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Concerns Eligible Under the SDVOSB Program (FEB 2024) (a) Definition. Service-…
- FAR 52.219-29 Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business Concerns.As prescribed in 19.1508(a), insert the following clause: Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business Concerns (OCT 2022) (a) Definition—Economically disadvantaged women-owned sm…
- FAR 52.219-30 Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.As prescribed in 19.1508(b), insert the following clause: Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program (OCT 2022) (a) Definition—Women-owned sm…
- FAR 6.203 Set-asides for small business concerns.…c) Subpart 19.5 prescribes policies and procedures that shall be followed with respect to set-asides.
- FAR 6.206 Set-asides for service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concerns eligible under the SDVOSB Program.… relating to the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 (15 U.S.C. 657f), contracting officers may set-aside solicitations to allow only service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns eligible under the SDVOSB Program to compete (see 19.1405…
- FAR 6.208 Set-asides for local firms during a major disaster or emergency.…etermination and findings is required under this part to set aside a contract action. The set-aside area specified by the contracting officer shall be a geographic area within the area identified in a Presidential declaration(s) of major di…
- 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 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside.As prescribed in 19.507(c), insert the following clause: Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2020) (a) Definition. Small business concern, as used in this clause— (1) Means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independe…
- FAR 52.219-13 Notice of Set-Aside of Orders.As prescribed in 19.507(f)(1), insert the following clause: Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (MAR 2020) (a) The Contracting Officer may set aside orders for the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3). (b) The Contracting Officer…
- DFARS 219.502-2 Total small business set-asides.Unless the contracting officer determines that the criteria for set-aside cannot be met, set aside for small business concerns acquisitions for— (1) Construction, including maintenance and repairs, under $3.5 million; (2) Dredging under $…
- 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 6.207 Set-asides for economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concerns or women-owned small business (WOSB) concerns eligible under the WOSB Program.(a) To fulfill the statutory requirements relating to 15 U.S.C. 637(m), contracting officers may set aside solicitations for only EDWOSB concerns or WOSB concerns eligible under the WOSB Program (see 19.1505). (b) No separate justification…
- FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.…ard Date. (15) Contractor. (16) Description. (17) Place of Contract Performance. (18) Set-aside Status. (b) Transmittal. Transmissions to the GPE must be in accordance with the interface description available via the Internet at https:…
- FAR 19.501 General.(a)(1) The purpose of small business set-asides is to award certain acquisitions exclusively to small business concerns. A “set-aside for small business” is the limiting of an acquisition exclusively for participation by small business conc…
- FAR 19.502-6 Setting aside a class of acquisitions for small business.…a in 19.502-1, 19.502-2, or 19.502-3(a). The determination to make a class small business set-aside shall not depend on the existence of a current acquisition if future acquisitions can be clearly foreseen. (b) The determination to set asi…
- FAR 19.504 Orders under multiple-award contracts.… contracting officer shall state in the solicitation and resulting contract whether order set-asides will be discretionary or mandatory when the conditions in 19.502-2 are met at the time of order set-aside, and the specific program eligibi…
- FAR 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.…e contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside, in solicitations and contracts involving total small business set-asides. This includes multiple-award contracts when orders may be set asi…
- FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.…tters (OCT 2018) (41 U.S.C. 2313). __(14) [Reserved] __(15) 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award (OCT 2022) (15 U.S.C. 657a). __(16) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concern…
- FAR 52.216-21 Requirements.… Alternate III (OCT 1995). If the requirements contract involves a partial small business set-aside, substitute the following paragraph (c) for paragraph (c) of the basic clause: (c) The Government's requirements for each item or subitem o…
- FAR 52.226-3 Disaster or Emergency Area Representation.…nsert the following provision: Disaster or Emergency Area Representation (NOV 2007) (a) Set-aside area. The area covered in this contract is: ___________ [Contracting Officer to fill in with definite geographic boundaries.] (b) Represent…
- FAR 9.104-3 Application of standards.…tions 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 Subcont…
- FAR 14.502 Conditions for use.…nment property to be made available to the successful bidder. (3) A total small business set-aside (see 19.502-2). (4) The use of a set-aside or price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns (see subpart 19.13). (5) The…
- FAR 19.201 General policy.…whether a particular acquisition should be awarded under subpart 19.5 as a small business set-aside, under subpart 19.8 as a section 8(a) award, under subpart 19.13 as a HUBZone set-aside, under subpart 19.14 as a set-aside for service-disa…
- FAR 19.202-6 Determination of fair market price.…the reasonable price guidelines in 15.404-1(b) for— (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…
- FAR 19.301-2 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented its status as a small business concern.…ide for a woman-owned small business concern under a multiple-award contract that was not set-aside, unless the order is issued under the reserved portion of the multiple-award contract); (ii) Issued under a multiple-award contract set asi…
- FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.…bmission of its offer for a HUBZone contract. (3) SBA will consider protests for HUBZone set-aside or sole-source service contracts or orders, if a HUBZone prime contractor is unduly reliant on a small entity subcontractor that is not a si…
- FAR 19.804-2 Agency offering.…s 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 other public communication (such as a notice through the Go…
- FAR 26.206 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.…6-3, 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 52.226-4, Notice…
- FAR 52.226-5 Restrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency Area.…marily doing business in the clause at FAR 52.226—4, Notice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside; (2) Supplies (other than procurement from a nonmanufacturer of such supplies). The Contractor or employees of other businesses residing or…
FAR (chapter 1)
- Part 1 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 58 sections
- Part 2 Definitions of Words and Terms 3 sections
- Part 3 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 98 sections
- Part 4 Administrative and Information Matters 116 sections
- Part 5 Publicizing Contract Actions 34 sections
- Part 6 Competition Requirements 34 sections
- Part 7 Acquisition Planning 34 sections
- Part 8 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 67 sections
- Part 9 Contractor Qualifications 106 sections
- Part 10 Market Research 4 sections
- Part 11 Describing Agency Needs 33 sections
- Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 38 sections
- Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 49 sections
- Part 14 Sealed Bidding 82 sections
- Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation 81 sections
- Part 16 Types of Contracts 74 sections
- Part 17 Special Contracting Methods 50 sections
- Part 18 Emergency Acquisitions 34 sections
- Part 19 Small Business Programs 126 sections
- Part 22 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 205 sections
- Part 23 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 38 sections
- Part 24 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 10 sections
- Part 25 Foreign Acquisition 81 sections
- Part 26 Other Socioeconomic Programs 36 sections
- Part 27 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 59 sections
- Part 28 Bonds and Insurance 61 sections
- Part 29 Taxes 23 sections
- Part 30 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 30 sections
- Part 31 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 87 sections
- Part 32 Contract Financing 175 sections
- Part 33 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 23 sections
- Part 34 Major System Acquisition 20 sections
- Part 35 Research and Development Contracting 25 sections
- Part 36 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 81 sections
- Part 37 Service Contracting 46 sections
- Part 38 Federal Supply Schedule Contracting 3 sections
- Part 39 Acquisition of Information Technology 14 sections
- Part 40 Information Security and Supply Chain Security 12 sections
- Part 41 Acquisition of Utility Services 17 sections
- Part 42 Contract Administration and Audit Services 84 sections
- Part 43 Contract Modifications 14 sections
- Part 44 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 24 sections
- Part 45 Government Property 33 sections
- Part 46 Quality Assurance 60 sections
- Part 47 Transportation 106 sections
- Part 48 Value Engineering 13 sections
- Part 49 Termination of Contracts 108 sections
- Part 50 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 34 sections
- Part 51 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 15 sections
- Part 52 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 680 sections
- Part 53 Forms 61 sections
DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)
- Part 201 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 24 sections
- Part 202 Definitions of Words and Terms 1 sections
- Part 203 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 28 sections
- Part 204 Administrative and Information Matters 76 sections
- Part 205 Publicizing Contract Actions 11 sections
- Part 206 Competition Requirements 20 sections
- Part 207 Acquisition Planning 22 sections
- Part 208 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 31 sections
- Part 209 Contractor Qualifications 55 sections
- Part 210 Market Research 2 sections
- Part 211 Describing Agency Needs 22 sections
- Part 212 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 24 sections
- Part 213 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 23 sections
- Part 214 Sealed Bidding 14 sections
- Part 215 Contracting by Negotiation 66 sections
- Part 216 Types of Contracts 36 sections
- Part 217 Special Contracting Methods 64 sections
- Part 218 Emergency Acquisitions 7 sections
- Part 219 Small Business Programs 47 sections
- Part 222 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 56 sections
- Part 223 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 34 sections
- Part 224 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 2 sections
- Part 225 Foreign Acquisition 251 sections
- Part 226 Other Socioeconomic Programs 14 sections
- Part 227 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 99 sections
- Part 228 Bonds and Insurance 17 sections
- Part 229 Taxes 9 sections
- Part 230 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 2 sections
- Part 231 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 232 Contract Financing 74 sections
- Part 233 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 8 sections
- Part 234 Major System Acquisition 13 sections
- Part 235 Research and Development Contracting 16 sections
- Part 236 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 25 sections
- Part 237 Service Contracting 67 sections
- Part 239 Acquisition of Information Technology 38 sections
- Part 241 Acquisition of Utility Services 8 sections
- Part 242 Contract Administration and Audit Services 40 sections
- Part 243 Contract Modifications 18 sections
- Part 244 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 245 Government Property 23 sections
- Part 246 Quality Assurance 39 sections
- Part 247 Transportation 27 sections
- Part 249 Termination of Contracts 14 sections
- Part 250 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 16 sections
- Part 251 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 5 sections
- Part 252 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 405 sections
- Part 253 Forms 10 sections
- Part 270 Defense Contracting Programs 7 sections
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.