[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR19.202-2]

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            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) 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.
    (b) 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; 68 FR 43856, July 
24, 2003]