[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR719.271-6]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

             CHAPTER 7--AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 719_SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS--Table of Contents

 

                         Subpart 719.2_Policies

 

Sec. 719.271-6  Small business screening procedure.



    (a) General. All USAID/Washington proposed contract actions in 

excess of the simplified acquisition threshold shall be screened by SDB, 

with the exception of:

    (1) Class set-asides and those unilaterally set-aside by contracting 

officers (719.271-3(f));

    (2) Those where the contracting officer certifies in writing that 

the public exigency will not permit the delay incident to screening 

(719.271-7(b));

    (3) ``Institution building'' contracts (contracts for development of 

a counterpart capability in the host country) with educational or 

nonprofit institutions; or collaborative assistance contracts pursuant 

to AIDAR 715.370-2.

    (4) Those involving the payment of tuition and fees for participant 

training at academic institutions; and

    (5) Personal services contract requirements (see 719.270).

    (b) Preparation of Form USAID 1410-14 (the Small Business/Minority 

Business Enterprise Procurement Review Form). (1) The contracting 

officer shall prepare the subject form in an original and 3 copies and 

forward the original and 2 copies to SDB within one working day of 

receipt by the contracting activity of a procurement requisition.

    (2) The contracting officer will attach to his/her transmittal a 

complete copy of the procurement request and a copy of the recommended 

source list as furnished by the technical office and supplemented by 

him/her.

    (3) The contracting officer shall complete blocks 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, and 

10 (when appropriate) prior to submittal to SDB.

    (c) Screening of Form USAID 1410-14 by SDB. (1) SDB will screen the 

contracting officer's recommendations on set-aside potential, small 

business subcontracting opportunities, and section 8(a) subcontracting, 

and furnish him/her with either a written concurrence in his/her 

recommendations or written counter-recommendations on the original and 

duplicate copy within five working days from receipt of the form from 

the contracting officer.

    (2) SDB will complete Blocks 1, 6, 7, 8, 11, and 12 (when 

appropriate) prior to returning the screened form to the contracting 

officer.

    (d) Concurrence or rejection procedure. (1) The contracting officer 

shall complete Block 13 upon receipt of the original and duplicate copy 

of the screened form from SDB.



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    (2) If the contracting officer rejects the SDB counter-

recommendation, he/she shall return the original and duplicate forms 

with his/her written reasons for rejection to SDB within two working 

days.

    (3) Upon receipt of the contracting officer's rejection, SDB may: 

(i) accept, or (ii) appeal, the rejection. In the case of acceptance of 

the contracting officer's rejection, SDB shall annotate Block 14 when it 

renders a decision and return the original form to the contracting 

officer within two working days.

    (e) Appeal procedure. (1) When informal efforts fail to resolve the 

set-aside disagreement between the contracting officer and SDB, the 

latter official may appeal the contracting officer's decision to the 

head of the contracting activity. Such an appeal will be made within 

five working days after receipt of the contracting officer's rejection.

    (2) In the case of an appeal, SDB will send the original and 

duplicate form, with the appeal noted in Block 14, directly to the head 

of the contracting activity with its written reasons for appealing. The 

contracting officer will be notified of SDB's appeal by means of a copy 

of the written reasons for appealing.

    (3) The head of the contracting activity shall render a decision on 

the appeal (complete Block 15) within three working days after receipt 

of same and return the original to SDB and the duplicate to the 

contracting officer.



[49 FR 13243, Apr. 3, 1984, as amended at 52 FR 21058, June 4, 1987; 61 

FR 39092, July 26, 1996; 62 FR 40468, July 29, 1997; 64 FR 42042, Aug. 

3, 1999]