[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 13, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 13CFR126.609]

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                TITLE 13--BUSINESS CREDIT AND ASSISTANCE
 
                CHAPTER I--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 126_HUBZONE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart F_Contractual Assistance
 
Sec.  126.609  What must the contracting officer do if a contracting 

opportunity does not exist for competition among qualified HUBZone SBCs?

    If a contract opportunity for competition among qualified SBCs does 
not exist under the provisions of Sec.  126.607, the contracting officer 
must first consider the possibility of making an award to a qualified 
HUBZone SBC on a sole source basis, and then to a small business under 
small business set-aside procedures, in that order of precedence. If the 
criteria are not met for any of these special contracting authorities,

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then the contracting officer may solicit the procurement through another 
appropriate contracting method.