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11 sections with “utilization goal”

  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …acts. (9) Assurances that the Offeror will include the clause of this contract entitled “Utilization of Small Business Concerns” in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities, and that the Offeror will require all sub…
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …ncy with contracting authority to establish an Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (see section 15(k) of the Small Business Act). For the Department of Defense, in accordance with section 904 of Public Law 109-163 (10 U.S…
  • FAR 22.1401 Policy.
    …gned to effectively recruit qualified individuals with disabilities; and (c) Compare the utilization of individuals with disabilities in their workforces to the utilization goal, as prescribed in the regulations of the Secretary of Labor, …
  • FAR 27.305-1 Goals.
    …ed by formal instruments such as licenses or assignments; and (5) Expeditious commercial utilization of subject inventions is achieved. (b) If a subject invention is made under a contract funded by more than one agency, at the request of …
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    …e for subcontracts; (9) Assurances that the offeror will include the clause at 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (see 19.708(a)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities, and that the offeror will…
  • DFARS 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).
    …actor or subcontractor to comply in good faith with the clause of this contract entitled “Utilization of Small Business Concerns,” or an approved plan required by this clause, shall be a material breach of the contract. (f) Liquidated dama…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …bpart 15.6. Offeror means offeror or bidder. Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization means the Office of Small Business Programs when referring to the Department of Defense. OMB Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR part 200 is the ab…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …ithin the scope of the contract and the contract does not contain the clause at 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns. (c) As stated in 15 U.S.C. 637(d)(9), any contractor or subcontractor failing to comply in good faith with th…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    …s the bidder's intention not to comply with its obligations under the clause at 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns, the contracting officer may find the bidder nonresponsible. (c) In negotiated acquisitions, the contracting o…
  • 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 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    …essed as percentages of the total hours of employment and training of minority and female utilization that the Contractor should reasonably be able to achieve in each construction trade in which it has employees in the covered area. If the …

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.