[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR752.219-8]

[Page 66]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
             CHAPTER 7--AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 752.219-8  Utilization of small business concerns and small 

disadvantaged business concerns.

    The Foreign Assistance Act calls for USAID to give small businesses 
an opportunity to provide supplies and services for foreign assistance 
projects. To help USAID meet this obligation, the following paragraph is 
to be added to the clause prescribed in FAR 19.708(a):

    USAID small business provision. To permit USAID, in accordance with 
the small business provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act, to give 
small business firms an opportunity to participate in supplying 
equipment supplies and services financed under this contract, the 
Contractor shall, to the maximum extent possible, provide the following 
information to the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business 
Utilization (OSDBU), USAID, Washington, DC 20523-1414, at least 45 days 
prior to placing any order in excess of the simplified acquisition 
threshold except where a shorter time is requested of, and granted by 
OSDBU:
    (1) Brief general description and quantity of commodities or 
services;
    (2) Closing date for receiving quotations or bids; and
    (3) Address where invitations or specifications may be obtained.

[49 FR 13259, Apr. 3, 1984, as amended at 52 FR 21059, June 4, 1987; 56 
FR 2699, Jan. 24, 1991; 61 FR 39095, July 26, 1996; 62 FR 40469, July 
29, 1997]