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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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43 sections with “small businesses”: the first 40

  • FAR 19.202-1 Encouraging small business participation in acquisitions.
    Small business concerns shall be afforded an equitable opportunity to compete for all contracts that they can perform to the extent consistent with the Government's interest. When applicable, the contracting officer shall take the following…
  • FAR 19.301-2 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented its status as a small business concern.
    …iate authority. (b) Requirements. A contractor that represented its status as any of the small business concerns identified at 19.000(a)(3) before contract award is required to rerepresent its size and socioeconomic status in accordance wi…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …. If SBA upholds the protest, SBA will remove the concern's HUBZone status in the Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS). SBA's protest regulations are found in subpart H “Protests” at 13 CFR 126.800 through 126.805. (c) Protests relating to…
  • FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    …A), or SBA may protest the apparently successful offeror's service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) status. For all other acquisitions, any interested party may protest the apparently successful offeror's service-disabled vete…
  • 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 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 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    As prescribed in 19.708(b), insert the following clause: Small Business Subcontracting Plan (JAN 2025) (a) This clause does not apply to small business concerns. (b) Definitions. As used in this clause— Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) m…
  • FAR 52.219-28 Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation.
    As prescribed in 19.309(c)(1), insert the following clause: Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation (JAN 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Long-term contract means a contract of more than five years in duration, in…
  • DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
    Basic. As prescribed in 219.708(b)(1)(A) and (b)(1)(A)(1), use the following clause: Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts)—BASIC (DEC 2019) This clause supplements the Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.219-9, Small Business S…
  • 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 7.107-3 Bundling.
    …ovide substantial benefits to the Government. However, because of the potential impact on small business participation, before conducting an acquisition strategy that involves bundling, the agency shall make a written determination that the…
  • 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 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 19.503 Reserves.
    (a) In accordance with section 1331 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (15 U.S.C. 644(r)(3)) and 13 CFR 125.2(e)(4), contracting officers may, at their discretion when conducting multiple-award procurements using full and open competiti…
  • 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…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    (a) General. Maximum practicable utilization of small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns as su…
  • FAR 25.504-1 Buy American statute.
    …s. This acquisition is for end products for use in the United States and is set aside for small business concerns. The Buy American statute applies. Since the acquisition value is less than $50,000 and the acquisition is set aside, none of …
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    … agency in response to the recommendation. (5) No agency shall pay a party, other than a small business concern within the meaning of section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (see 2.101, “Small business concern”), costs under paragraph (h)(2…
  • DFARS 215.203-70 Requests for proposals—tiered evaluation of offers.
    …s shall be consistent with FAR part 19. (b) Consideration shall be given to the tiers of small businesses (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, small business) before evaluating offers from oth…
  • 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 236.272 Prequalification of sources.
    …hat requires prequalification; and (2) Approve the prequalification procedures. (c) For small businesses, the prequalification procedures must require the qualifying authority to— (1) Request a preliminary recommendation from the appropr…
  • DFARS 252.219-7010 Notification of Competition Limited to Eligible 8(a) Participants—Partnership Agreement
    …le 8(A) Participants—Partnership Agreement (OCT 2019) (a) Offers are solicited only from small business concerns expressly certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for participation in SBA's 8(a) Program and which meet the foll…
  • FAR 16.500 Scope of subpart.
    …ee subpart 19.5 for procedures to set aside part or parts of multiple-award contracts for small businesses; to reserve one or more awards for small business on multiple-award contracts; and to set aside orders for small businesses under mul…
  • FAR 19.502-5 Insufficient reasons for not setting aside an acquisition.
    …a) A large percentage of previous contracts for the required item(s) has been placed with small business concerns. (b) The item is on an established planning list under the Industrial Readiness Planning Program. However, a total small busi…
  • 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 219.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    (1) In those subcontracting plans which specifically identify small businesses, prime contractors shall notify the administrative contracting officer of any substitutions of firms that are not small business firms, for the small business fi…
  • FAR 9.202 Policy.
    …tisfy to become qualified; and (ii) At their expense (but see 9.204(a)(2) with regard to small businesses), a prompt opportunity to demonstrate their abilities to meet the standards specified for qualification using qualified personnel and…
  • FAR 19.502-1 Requirements for setting aside acquisitions.
    … shall set aside an individual acquisition or class of acquisitions for competition among small businesses when— (1) It is determined to be in the interest of maintaining or mobilizing the Nation's full productive capacity, war or national…
  • FAR 25.504-4 Group award basis.
    …asis. Assume the Buy American statute applies and the acquisition cannot be set aside for small business concerns. All offerors are large businesses. Analysis: (see 25.503(c)) STEP 1: Determine which of the offers are domestic (see 25.503…
  • DFARS 219.270-2 Procedures.
    …clude a nonprofit organization from competing, even when the acquisition is set aside for small businesses as identified in FAR 19.000(a)(3); and (2) Do not use any of the sole source exceptions at FAR 6.302-5(b)(4) through (7) for such ac…
  • FAR 15.102 Oral presentations.
    … The impact on the efficiency of the acquisition; and (4) The impact (including cost) on small businesses. In considering the costs of oral presentations, contracting officers should also consider alternatives to on-site oral presentations…
  • FAR 17.502-1 General.
    …business-case analysis shall— (1) Consider strategies for the effective participation of small businesses during acquisition planning (see 7.103(u)); (2) Detail the administration of such contract, including an analysis of all direct and …
  • FAR 25.401 Exceptions.
    (a) This subpart does not apply to— (1) Acquisitions set aside for small businesses; (2) Acquisitions of arms, ammunition, or war materials, or purchases indispensable for national security or for national defense purposes; (3) Acquisiti…
  • FAR 36.213-2 Presolicitation notices.
    …or the invitation for bids should be submitted; (6) State whether award is restricted to small businesses; and (7) Specify any amount to be charged for solicitation documents. (8) Be publicized through the Governmentwide point of entry i…
  • FAR 52.230-1 Cost Accounting Standards Notices and Certification.
    … Accounting Standards Notices and Certification (JUN 2020) This notice does not apply to small businesses or foreign governments. This notice is in three parts, identified by Roman numerals I through III. Offerors shall examine each part …
  • DFARS 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.
    …hat the contractor finances is 20 percent. On contracts that provide progress payments to small businesses, use the customary progress payment rate for large businesses. (f) Contract length factor. (1) This is the period of time that the c…
  • DFARS 227.7103-2 Acquisition of technical data.
    …rocesses that have been developed at private expense (including the economic interests of small businesses and nontraditional contractors); the Government's costs to acquire, maintain, store, retrieve, and protect the technical data; reproc…
  • DFARS 227.7203-2 Acquisition of other than commercial computer software and computer software documentation and associated rights.
    … software that has been developed at private expense (including the economic interests of small businesses and nontraditional contractors); (ii) The Government's costs to develop, acquire, maintain, store, retrieve, and protect the compute…
  • DFARS 242.7200 Scope of subpart.
    …ncurred by the contractor as work progresses under the contract; and (2) Do not apply to small businesses, educational institutions, or nonprofit organizations.
  • DFARS 242.7204 Contract clause.
    …he acquisition of commercial products or commercial services and— (a) Are not awarded to small businesses, educational institutions, or nonprofit organizations; and (b) Are either— (1) Cost-reimbursement contracts; or (2) Fixed-price co…

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