[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: 48CFR19.202-2]



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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



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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]