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25 sections with “total set-aside”

  • 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 19.502-2 Total small business set-asides.
    …o responsible small business concerns; and (2) Award will be made at fair market prices. Total small business set-asides shall not be made unless such a reasonable expectation exists (see 19.502-3 for partial set-asides). Although past acq…
  • FAR 19.502-3 Partial set-asides of contracts other than multiple-award contracts.
    …n, 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 be divided into distinct portions; (3) The acquisition is not subject to …
  • FAR 19.502-4 Partial set-asides of multiple-award contracts.
    … business 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 …
  • 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 2.101 Definitions.
    …ral agency under two or more separate contracts, each of which was lower in cost than the total cost of the contract for which offers are solicited; or (ii) Requirements of the Federal agency for construction projects to be performed at tw…
  • FAR 19.501 General.
    …(3). A small business set-aside of a single acquisition or a class of acquisitions may be total or partial. (2) The purpose of small business reserves is to award one or more multiple-award contracts to any of the small business concerns i…
  • 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 52.216-21 Requirements.
    …nt is not required to purchase from the Contractor requirements in excess of any limit on total orders under this contract. (e) If the Government urgently requires delivery of any quantity of an item before the earliest date that delivery …
  • FAR 19.504 Orders under multiple-award contracts.
    …le-award contracts, see 16.505). (b) Orders under set-aside contracts- (1) Orders under total set-aside contracts. Under a total small business set-aside, contracting officers may at their discretion set aside orders for any of the small …
  • FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    …d veteran-owned small businesses under multiple-award contracts that are not partially or totally set aside or reserved for service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns (see 13 CFR 134.1004(a)(3)(i)), except for orders and blanket…
  • FAR 19.503 Reserves.
    …mall business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3), when market research indicates— (1) A total set-aside is not feasible because there is no reasonable expectation of receiving offers that are competitive in terms of fair market prices, qu…
  • FAR 19.502-5 Insufficient reasons for not setting aside an acquisition.
    … an established planning list under the Industrial Readiness Planning Program. However, a total small business set-aside shall not be made when the list contains a large business Planned Emergency Producer of the item(s) who has conveyed a …
  • FAR 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …b) [Reserved] (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 …
  • FAR 52.219-33 Nonmanufacturer Rule.
    …This clause applies to— (i) Contracts 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 …
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …nical data may be 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 contra…
  • FAR 7.104 General procedures.
    …n 7.107-4 for substantial bundling unless the contract or task order or delivery order is totally set-aside for small business under part 19. The small business specialist shall notify the agency Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business U…
  • FAR 14.502 Conditions for use.
    …ntracting. (2) Government 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 sub…
  • FAR 15.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.
    …r other factors makes listing any stated unit prices impracticable at that time, only the total contract price need be furnished in the notice. However, the items, quantities, and any stated unit prices of each award shall be made publicly …
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …ceeding $7.5 million. The contracting officer shall notify unsuccessful awardees when the total price of a task or delivery order exceeds $7.5 million. (i) The procedures at 15.503(b)(1) shall be followed when providing postaward notificat…
  • FAR 19.202-6 Determination of fair market price.
    …rice achieved in accordance 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 th…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …ide for HUBZone small businesses under multiple-award contracts that are not partially or totally set-aside or reserved for HUBZone small business concerns (see 13 CFR 126.801(d)(1)), except for orders and blanket purchase agreements placed…
  • FAR 19.308 Protesting a firm's status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concern or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.
    …side for EDWOSB or WOSB concerns under multiple-award contracts that are not partially or totally set aside or reserved for EDWOSB or WOSB concerns (see 13 CFR 127.603(c)(1)), except for orders and blanket purchase agreements placed under a…
  • FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    …ology value-added resellers under NAICS code 541519; and (ii) At least 50 percent of the total cost of the components of the kit shall be manufactured, processed, or produced in the United States or its outlying areas by business concerns …
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ndicate in its offer) (15 U.S.C. 657a). __(17) [Reserved] __(18)(i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2020) (15 U.S.C. 644). __(ii) Alternate I (MAR 2020) of 52.219-6. __(19)(i) 52.219-7, Notice of Partial Small Bu…

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