[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 48, Volume 1] [Revised as of October 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 48CFR19.000] [Page 343-345] TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION PART 19_SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS--Table of Contents Sec. 19.000 Scope of part. Sec. 19.000 Scope of part. 19.001 Definitions. Subpart 19.1_Size Standards 19.101 Explanation of terms. 19.102 Size standards. Subpart 19.2_Policies 19.201 General policy. 19.202 Specific policies. 19.202-1 Encouraging small business participation in acquisitions. 19.202-2 Locating small business sources. 19.202-3 Equal low bids. 19.202-4 Solicitation. 19.202-5 Data collection and reporting requirements. 19.202-6 Determination of fair market price. Subpart 19.3_Determination of Small Business Status for Small Business Programs 19.301 Representation by the offeror. 19.302 Protesting a small business representation. 19.303 Determining North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and size standards. 19.304 Disadvantaged business status. 19.305 Protesting a representation of disadvantaged business status. 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern. 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. 19.308 Solicitation provisions. Subpart 19.4_Cooperation With the Small Business Administration 19.401 General. 19.402 Small Business Administration procurement center representatives. 19.403 Small Business Administration breakout procurement center representatives. Subpart 19.5_Set-Asides for Small Business 19.501 General. 19.502 Setting aside acquisitions. 19.502-1 Requirements for setting aside acquisitions. 19.502-2 Total small business set-asides. 19.502-3 Partial set-asides. 19.502-4 Methods of conducting set-asides. 19.502-5 Insufficient causes for not setting aside an acquisition. 19.503 Setting aside a class of acquisitions for small business. 19.504 Inclusion of Federal Prison Industries, Inc. 19.505 Rejecting Small Business Administration recommendations. 19.506 Withdrawing or modifying small business set-asides. 19.507 Automatic dissolution of a small business set-aside. 19.508 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses. Subpart 19.6_Certificates of Competency and Determinations of Responsibility 19.601 General. 19.602 Procedures. 19.602-1 Referral. 19.602-2 Issuing or denying a certificate of competency (COC). 19.602-3 Resolving differences between the agency and the Small Business Administration. 19.602-4 Awarding the contract. Subpart 19.7_The Small Business Subcontracting Program 19.701 Definitions. 19.702 Statutory requirements. 19.703 Eligibility requirements for participating in the program. 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements. 19.705 Responsibilities of the contracting officer under the subcontracting assistance program. 19.705-1 General support of the program. 19.705-2 Determining the need for a subcontracting plan. 19.705-3 Preparing the solicitation. 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan. 19.705-5 Awards involving subcontracting plans. 19.705-6 Postaward responsibilities of the contracting officer. 19.705-7 Liquidated damages. 19.706 Responsibilities of the cognizant administrative contracting officer. 19.707 The Small Business Administration's role in carrying out the program. 19.708 Contract clauses. Subpart 19.8_Contracting With the Small Business Administration (the 8(a) Program) 19.800 General. 19.801 [Reserved] 19.802 Selecting concerns for the 8(a) Program. 19.803 Selecting acquisitions for the 8(a) Program. [[Page 344]] 19.804 Evaluation, offering, and acceptance. 19.804-1 Agency evaluation. 19.804-2 Agency offering. 19.804-3 SBA acceptance. 19.804-4 Repetitive acquisitions. 19.804-5 Basic ordering agreements. 19.804-6 Multiple award and Federal Supply Schedule contracts. 19.805 Competitive 8(a). 19.805-1 General. 19.805-2 Procedures. 19.806 Pricing the 8(a) contract. 19.807 Estimating the fair market price. 19.808 Contract negotiation. 19.808-1 Sole source. 19.808-2 Competitive. 19.809 Preaward considerations. 19.810 SBA appeals. 19.811 Preparing the contracts. 19.811-1 Sole source. 19.811-2 Competitive. 19.811-3 Contract clauses. 19.812 Contract administration. Subpart 19.9_Very Small Business Pilot Program 19.901 General. 19.902 Designated SBA district. 19.903 Applicability. 19.904 Procedures. 19.905 Solicitation provision and contract clause. Subpart 19.10_Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program 19.1001 General. 19.1002 Definitions. 19.1003 Purpose. 19.1004 Participating agencies. 19.1005 Applicability. 19.1006 Exclusions. 19.1007 Procedures. 19.1008 Solicitation provisions. Subpart 19.11_Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns 19.1101 General. 19.1102 Applicability. 19.1103 Procedures. 19.1104 Contract clauses. Subpart 19.12_Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program 19.1201 General. 19.1202 Evaluation factor or subfactor. 19.1202-1 General. 19.1202-2 Applicability. 19.1202-3 Considerations in developing an evaluation factor or subfactor. 19.1202-4 Procedures. 19.1203 Incentive subcontracting with small disadvantaged business concerns. 19.1204 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses. Subpart 19.13_Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program 19.1301 General. 19.1302 Applicability. 19.1303 Status as a qualified HUBZone small business concern. 19.1304 Exclusions. 19.1305 HUBZone set-aside procedures. 19.1306 HUBZone sole source awards. 19.1307 Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns. 19.1308 Contract clauses. Subpart 19.14_Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Procurement Program 19.1401 General. 19.1402 Applicability. 19.1403 Status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. 19.1404 Exclusions. 19.1405 Service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside procedures. 19.1406 Sole source awards to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns. 19.1407 Contract clauses. Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 137; and 42 U.S.C. 2473(c). Source: 48 FR 42240, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted. (a) This part implements the acquisition-related sections of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.), applicable sections of the Armed Services Procurement Act (10 U.S.C. 2302, et seq.), the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 252), section 7102 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (Public Law 103- 355), 10 U.S.C. 2323, and Executive Order 12138, May 18, 1979. It covers-- (1) The determination that a concern is eligible for participation in the programs identified in this part; (2) The respective roles of executive agencies and the Small Business Administration (SBA) in implementing the programs; (3) Setting acquisitions aside for exclusive competitive participation by small business, HUBZone small business, and service- disabled veteran-owned small business concerns; [[Page 345]] (4) The certificate of competency program; (5) The subcontracting assistance program; (6) The 8(a) program, under which agencies contract with the SBA for goods or services to be furnished under a subcontract by a small disadvantaged business concern; (7) The use of women-owned small business concerns; (8) The use of a price evaluation adjustment for small disadvantaged business concerns, and the use of a price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns; (9) The Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program; (10) The Very Small Business Pilot Program; (11) The use of veteran-owned small business concerns; and (12) Sole source awards to HUBZone small business and service- disabled veteran-owned small business concerns. (b) This part, except for subpart 19.6, applies only in the United States or its outlying areas. Subpart 19.6 applies worldwide. [48 FR 42240, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 59 FR 64785, Dec. 15, 1994; 59 FR 67036, Dec. 28, 1994; 63 FR 35721, June 30, 1998; 63 FR 36122, July 1, 1998; 63 FR 70268, Dec. 18, 1998; 64 FR 10536, Mar. 4, 1999; 65 FR 60544, Oct. 11, 2000; 68 FR 28081, May 22, 2003; 69 FR 25276, May 5, 2004]