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63 sections with “small business programs”: the first 40

  • FAR 19.203 Relationship among small business programs.
    …) 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) Program (subpart 19.15). (b) At or below the simplified acq…
  • FAR 53.219 Small business programs.
    The following standard form is prescribed for use in reporting small business (including Alaska Native Corporations and Indian tribes), veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, sma…
  • FAR 8.405-5 Small business.
    …ivity contracting officers may, at their discretion— (i) Set aside orders for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3); and (ii) Set aside BPAs for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3). (2) W…
  • FAR 19.402 Small Business Administration procurement center representatives.
    …eviewing proposed acquisitions to recommend— (i) The 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 sma…
  • FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations.
    As prescribed in 19.309(a)(1), insert the following provision: Small Business Program Representations (FEB 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern means a s…
  • 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.
    …e following clause: RIGHTS IN OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL TECHNICAL DATA AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE—SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM AND SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM (AUG 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commer…
  • FAR 19.602-3 Resolving differences between the agency and the Small Business Administration.
    …dquarters will furnish written notice to the procuring agency's Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) or, for the Department of Defense, the Director of the Office of Small Business Programs, or othe…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ition at 9.403. (2) For use of affiliates in size determinations, see the definition of “small business concern” in this section. Agency head or head of the agency means the Secretary, Attorney General, Administrator, Governor, Chairperso…
  • FAR 7.104 General procedures.
    … who will be responsible for significant aspects of the acquisition, such as contracting, small business, fiscal, legal, and technical personnel. If contract performance is to be in a designated operational area or supporting a diplomatic o…
  • FAR 7.107-2 Consolidation.
    …ovide substantial benefits to the Government. However, because of the potential impact on small business participation, before conducting an acquisition that is a consolidation of requirements with an estimated total dollar value exceeding …
  • FAR 10.001 Policy.
    …ly available market research methods in order to effectively identify the capabilities of small businesses and new entrants into Federal contracting that are available in the marketplace for meeting the requirements of the agency in further…
  • FAR 15.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.
    …ermination and that a proposal revision will not be considered. (2) Preaward notices for small business programs. (i) In addition to the notice in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the contracting officer shall notify each offeror in writi…
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …icy of the Government to provide maximum practicable opportunities in its acquisitions to small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and…
  • FAR 19.401 General.
    (a) The Small Business Act is the authority under which the Small Business Administration (SBA) and agencies consult and cooperate with each other in formulating policies to ensure that small business interests will be recognized and protec…
  • 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 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …a value greater than the simplified acquisition threshold must agree in the contract that small business, veteran-owned small business (VOSB), service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), HUBZone small business, small disadvantag…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …ational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115-91). (viii) Part 219—Small Business Programs. (A) Use the provision at 252.219-7000, Advancing Small Business Growth, as prescribed in 219.309(1), to comply with 10 U.S.C.…
  • DFARS 219.201 General policy.
    (c) For the defense agencies, the director of the Office of Small Business Programs must be appointed by, be responsible to, and report directly to the director or deputy director of the defense agency. (8) The responsibility for assigning…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    …be used in evaluating the proposed program, such as capability, capacity, availability of small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns for subcontracting, establ…
  • FAR 19.506 Documentation requirements.
    …racting officer shall document the rationale when a contract is not totally set aside for small business in accordance with 19.502-2. (2) The contracting officer shall document the rationale when a multiple-award contract is not partially …
  • FAR 19.803 Selecting acquisitions for the 8(a) program.
    …one or more 8(a) participant(s) and sends a requirements letter to the agency's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, or for the Department of Defense, Office of Small Business Programs, requesting the contracting office o…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    … at https://www.contractdirectory.gov/contractdirectory/. (iii) Include consideration of small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …late 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 should be concerned w…
  • FAR 19.000 Scope of part.
    (a) This part implements the acquisition-related sections of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.), applicable sections of the Armed Services Procurement Act (10 U.S.C. 3063-3064 and 3203), 41 U.S.C. 3104, and Executive Order 1213…
  • FAR 19.202-5 Data collection and reporting requirements.
    Agencies shall measure the extent of small business participation in their acquisition programs by taking the following actions: (a) Require each prospective contractor to represent whether it is a small business, veteran-owned small busin…
  • FAR 19.301-1 Representation by the offeror.
    (a)(1) To be eligible for award as a small business concern identified in 19.000(a)(3), an offeror is required to represent in good faith— (i)(A) That it meets the small business size standard corresponding to the North American Industry C…
  • FAR 19.504 Orders under multiple-award contracts.
    (a) General. In accordance with section 1331 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (15 U.S.C. 644(r)(2)), contracting officers may, at their discretion, set aside orders placed under multiple-award contracts for any of the small business c…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    … the circumstances of the particular acquisition, including— (1) Previous involvement of small business concerns as prime contractors or subcontractors in similar acquisitions; (2) Proven methods of involving small business concerns as su…
  • FAR 27.302 Policy.
    …rams and all funding agreement limitations under 35 U.S.C. 202(a)(iv) for agreements with small business concerns and nonprofit organizations are limited to inventions occurring under the above two programs; or (v) Pursuant to statute or i…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    …ribed in 27.405-2 through 27.405-4 (see paragraphs (f) and (g) of this section); (iii) A small business innovation research contract (see paragraph (h) of this section); (iv) To be performed outside the United States (see paragraph (i)(1)…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …the placement of subcontracts. (52) Review, evaluate, and approve plant or division-wide small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business master subcontracting plans. (53) …
  • FAR 42.502 Selecting contracts for postaward orientation.
    …istory and experience with the product or service; (i) Contractor's status, if any, as a small business, small disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, or service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern; (j) Contractor's …
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ons and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern means a small business concern that is at least 51 percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management a…
  • FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting.
    … a first-tier subcontractor, including an independent 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 bus…
  • FAR 52.219-33 Nonmanufacturer Rule.
    …racts that have been awarded pursuant to a set-aside, in total or in part, for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3); (ii) Contracts that have been awarded on a sole-source basis in accordance with subparts 19.8, 19…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …re reasonable under the circumstances to attract licensees of subject inventions that are small business concerns, and give a preference to a small business concern when licensing a subject invention if the Contractor determines that the sm…
  • DFARS 215.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    (c)(i) In acquisitions that require use of the clause at FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan, other than those based on the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process (see FAR 15.101-2), the extent of particip…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    …Such use is subject to the limitations in paragraphs (1) through (4) of this definition. Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) data means all technical data or computer software developed or gene…
  • FAR 19.202 Specific policies.
    …n this section and shall consider recommendations of the agency Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, or for the Department of Defense, the Director of the Office of Small Business Programs, or the Director…
  • FAR 19.810 SBA appeals.
    …decision; and (ii) Must be provided to the contracting agency Director for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization or, for the Director of the Office of Defense, the Director of the Office of Small Business Programs. (2…

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