[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR1852.219-74]

[Page 285]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
        CHAPTER 18--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 1852.219-74  Use of rural area small businesses.

    As prescribed in 1819.7103, insert the following clause:

               Use of Rural Area Small Business (SEP 1990)

    (a) Definitions.
    Rural area means any county with a population of fewer than twenty 
thousand individuals.
    Small business concern, as used in this clause, means a concern, 
including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not 
dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding under this 
contract, and qualified as a small business under the criteria and size 
standards in 13 CFR part 121.
    (b) NASA prime and subcontractors are encouraged to use their best 
efforts to award subcontracts to small business concerns located in 
rural areas.
    (c) Contractors acting in good faith may rely on written 
representations by their subcontractors regarding their status as small 
business concerns located in rural areas.
    (d) The Contractor agrees to insert the provisions of this clause, 
including this paragraph (d), in all subcontracts hereunder that offer 
subcontracting possibilities.

                             (End of clause)

[55 FR 47479, Nov. 14, 1990]