[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: 48CFR19.502-1]

[Page 354]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 19--SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart 19.5--Set-Asides for Small Business
 
Sec. 19.502-1  Requirements for setting aside acquisitions.

    (a) The contracting officer 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 Nations full productive capacity, war or national defense 
programs; or
    (2) Assuring that a fair proportion of Government contracts in each 
industry category is placed with small business concerns; and the 
circumstances described in 19.502-2 or 19.502-3(a) exist.
    (b) This requirement does not apply to purchases of $2,500 or less 
($15,000 or less for acquisitions as described in 13.201(g)), or 
purchases from required sources of supply under part 8 (e.g., Federal 
Prison Industries, Committee for Purchase From People Who are Blind or 
Severely Disabled, and Federal Supply Schedule contracts).

[63 FR 70270, Dec. 18, 1998, as amended at 67 FR 56121, Aug. 30, 2002]