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31 sections with “small business set-asides”

  • FAR 19.502-2 Total small business set-asides.
    …hase threshold, but not over the simplified acquisition threshold, shall be set aside for small business unless the contracting officer determines there is not a reasonable expectation of obtaining offers from two or more responsible small …
  • 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…
  • DFARS 219.502-2 Total small business set-asides.
    …ntracting 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 $2 million; an…
  • 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 6.203 Set-asides for small business concerns.
    (a) To fulfill the statutory requirements relating to small business concerns, contracting officers may set aside solicitations to allow only such business concerns to compete. This includes contract actions conducted under the Small Busine…
  • FAR 6.205 Set-asides for HUBZone small business concerns.
    … 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 justification or determination and findings is required under this part to set asid…
  • FAR 6.206 Set-asides for service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concerns eligible under the SDVOSB Program.
    …racting 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). (b) No separate justification or determination and findings are r…
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    (a)(1) The SBA regulations on small business size and size protests are found at 13 CFR part 121. (2) An offeror, the contracting officer, SBA, or another interested party may protest the small business representation of an offeror in a sp…
  • FAR 52.219-7 Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside.
    As 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 indepen…
  • FAR 19.1506 Women-Owned Small Business Program sole-source awards.
    … award to an EDWOSB concern on a sole-source basis (see 6.302-5(b)(7)) before considering small business set-asides (see 19.203 and subpart 19.5) provided none of the exclusions at 19.1504 apply and— (1) The acquisition is assigned a NAICS…
  • 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 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 19.502-4 Partial set-asides of multiple-award contracts.
    (a) In accordance with section 1331 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (15 U.S.C. 644(r)(1)), contracting officers may, at their discretion, set aside a portion or portions of a multiple-award contract, except for construction, for any …
  • FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    (a) Applicability. (1) This section applies to small business set-asides above the simplified acquisition threshold and orders issued directly to a small business in accordance with 19.504(c)(1)(ii) above the simplified acquisition threshol…
  • FAR 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …served] (c) The 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…
  • FAR 19.800 General.
    (a) Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) established a program that authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to enter into all types of contracts with other agencies and award subcontracts for performing those…
  • FAR 19.1305 HUBZone set-aside procedures.
    …acquisitions exceeding the micro-purchase threshold for competition restricted to HUBZone small business concerns when the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section can be satisfied; and (3) Shall consider HUBZone set-asides before con…
  • FAR 25.106 Determining reasonableness of cost.
    …from a large business concern; or (B) 30 percent, if the lowest domestic offer is from a small business concern. The contracting officer must use this factor, or another factor established in agency regulations, in small business set-aside…
  • FAR 19.502-3 Partial set-asides of contracts other than multiple-award contracts.
    …set aside a portion or portions of an acquisition, except for construction, for 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 b…
  • FAR 19.1406 Sole-source awards.
    … award to a SDVOSB concern on a sole source basis (see 6.302-5(b)(6)), before considering small business set-asides (see 19.203 and subpart 19.5) provided none of the exclusions of 19.1404 apply and— (1) The contracting officer does not ha…
  • 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 19.1405 Set-aside procedures.
    … consider SDVOSB set-asides before considering SDVOSB sole source awards (see 19.1406) or small business set-asides (see subpart 19.5). (b) A contracting officer may restrict competition to SDVOSB concerns eligible under the SDVOSB Program…
  • DFARS 215.371-4 Exceptions.
    …ional disaster assistance; or to support response to an emergency or major disaster; (3) Small business set-asides under FAR subpart 19.5, set asides offered and accepted into the 8(a) Program under FAR subpart 19.8, or set-asides under th…
  • FAR 5.404-1 Release procedures.
    …e same manner as the original; and (6) Each release— (i) Is coordinated in advance with small business, public information, and public relations personnel, as appropriate; (ii) Contains, if applicable, a statement that small business set…
  • FAR 19.202-6 Determination of fair market price.
    …ccordance with 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…
  • FAR 25.101 General.
    …ems in this category, except for COTS fasteners. (b) The Buy American statute applies to small business set-asides. A manufactured product of a small business concern is a U.S.-made end product, but is not a domestic end product unless it …
  • FAR 12.207 Contract type.
    …ible offerors; or (C) The fair opportunity procedures in 16.505 (including discretionary small business set-asides under 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F)), if placing an order under a multiple-award delivery-order contract; and (ii) The contracting off…
  • FAR 13.303-5 Purchases under BPAs.
    … (c) The existence of a BPA does not justify purchasing from only one source or avoiding small business set-asides. The requirements of 13.003(b) and subpart 19.5 also apply to each order. (d) If, for a particular purchase greater than th…
  • FAR 19.804-1 Agency evaluation.
    …any delay in delivery; (c) Whether the items or work have previously been acquired using small business set-asides, and the date the items or work were acquired; (d) Problems encountered in previous acquisitions of the items or work from …
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    … obtained. (d) Set-asides. When the proposed acquisition provides for a total or 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 sha…
  • FAR 16.103 Negotiating contract type.
    …elopment; and (iii) Awards on the set-aside portion of sealed bid partial set-asides for small business.

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.