[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 220 (Thursday, November 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 64270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22357]
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Small Business Size Standards: Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Notice of intent to waive the Nonmanufacturer Rule for
Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering
granting a request for a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for
Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing,
Diagnostic equipment, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) manufacturing;
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) medical diagnostic equipment
manufacturing; Medical ultrasound equipment manufacturing; MRI
(magnetic resonance imaging) medical diagnostic equipment
manufacturing; Patient monitoring equipment (e.g., intensive care
coronary care unit) manufacturing; PET (positron emission equipment
tomography) scanners manufacturing; and Positron emission tomography
(PET) scanners manufacturing. According to the request, no small
business manufacturers supply these classes of products to the Federal
government. If granted, the waiver would allow otherwise qualified
regular dealers to supply the products of any domestic manufacturer on
a Federal contract set aside for small businesses; service-disabled
veteran-owned small businesses or SBA's 8(a) Business Development
Program.
DATES: Comments and source information must be submitted November 30,
2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments and source information to Edith G.
Butler, Program Analyst, U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of
Government Contracting, 409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 8800, Washington, DC
20416.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATI0N CONTACT: Edith G. Butler, Program Analyst, by
telephone at (202) 619-0422; by fax at (202) 481-1788; or by e-mail at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 8(a)(17) of the Small Business Act
(Act), 15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17), requires that recipients of Federal
contracts set aside for small businesses, service-disabled veteran-
owned small businesses, or SBA's 8(a) Business Development Program
provide the product of a small business manufacturer or processor, if
the recipient is other than the actual manufacturer or processor of the
product. This requirement is commonly referred to as the
Nonmanufacturer Rule. The SBA regulations imposing this requirement are
found at 13 CFR 121.406(b). Section 8(a)(17)(b)(iv) of the Act
authorizes SBA to waive the Nonmanufacturer Rule for any ``class of
products'' for which there are no small business manufacturers or
processors available to participate in the Federal market.
As implemented in SBA's regulations at 13 CFR 121.1202(c), in order
to be considered available to participate in the Federal market for a
class of products, a small business manufacturer must have submitted a
proposal for a contract solicitation or received a contract from the
Federal government within the last 24 months. The SBA defines ``class
of products'' based on a six digit coding system. The coding system is
the Office of Management and Budget North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
The SBA is currently processing a request to waive the
Nonmanufacturer Rule for Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic
Apparatus Manufacturing, Diagnostic equipment, MRI (magnetic resonance
imaging) manufacturing; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) medical
diagnostic equipment manufacturing; Medical ultrasound equipment
manufacturing; MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) medical diagnostic
equipment manufacturing; Patient monitoring equipment (e.g., intensive
care coronary care unit) manufacturing; PET (positron emission
equipment tomography) scanners manufacturing; and Positron emission
tomography (PET) scanners manufacturing, North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) code 334510 product number 6525.
The public is invited to comment or provide source information to
SBA on the proposed waivers of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for this class
of NAICS code within 15 days after date of publication in the Federal
Register.
Dated: November 6, 2007.
Arthur E. Collins, Jr.,
Director for Government Contracting.
[FR Doc. E7-22357 Filed 11-14-07; 8:45 am]
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