[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 48, Volume 1] [Revised as of October 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 48CFR19.202-2] [Page 343] TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION PART 19--SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS--Table of Contents Subpart 19.2--Policies Sec. 19.202-2 Locating small business sources. The contracting officer must, to the extent practicable, encourage maximum participation by small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns in acquisitions by taking the following actions: (a) Include on mailing lists all established and potential small business sources, including those located in labor surplus areas and HUBZones, if the concerns have submitted acceptable applications or appear from other representations to be qualified small business concerns. (b) Before issuing solicitations, make every reasonable effort to find additional small business concerns, unless lists are already excessively long and only some of the concerns on the list will be solicited. This effort should include contacting the agency SBA procurement center representative, or if there is none, the SBA. (c) Publicize solicitations and contract awards through the Governmentwide point of entry (see subparts 5.2 and 5.3). [48 FR 42240, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 63 FR 70268, Dec. 18, 1998; 65 FR 60544, Oct. 11, 2000; 66 FR 27413, May 16, 2001]