Part 19 - Small Business Programs

• 19.000 Scope of part.

• 19.001 Definitions.

• Subpart 19.1 - Size Standards

  • 19.101 [Reserved]

  • 19.102 Small business size standards and North American Industry Classification System codes.

  • 19.103 Appealing the contracting officer's North American Industry Classification System code and size standard determination.

• Subpart 19.2 - Policies

  • 19.201 General policy.

  • 19.202 Specific policies.

    • 19.202-1 Encouraging small business participation in acquisitions.

    • 19.202-2 Locating small business sources.

    • 19.202-3 Equal low bids.

    • 19.202-4 Solicitation.

    • 19.202-5 Data collection and reporting requirements.

    • 19.202-6 Determination of fair market price.

  • 19.203 Relationship among small business programs.

• Subpart 19.3 - Determination of Small Business Size and Status for Small Business Programs

  • 19.301 Representations and rerepresentations.

    • 19.301-1 Representation by the offeror.

    • 19.301-2 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented itself as a small business concern.

    • 19.301-3 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented itself as other than a small business concern.

  • 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.

  • 19.303 [Reserved].

  • 19.304 Small disadvantaged business status.

  • 19.305 Reviews of SDB status.

  • 19.306 Protesting a firm’s status as a HUBZone small business concern.

  • 19.307 Protesting a firm’s status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.

  • 19.308 Protesting a firm’s status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concern or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.

  • 19.309 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

• Subpart 19.4 - Cooperation with the Small Business Administration

  • 19.401 General.

  • 19.402 Small Business Administration procurement center representatives.

  • 19.403 [Reserved].

• Subpart 19.5 - Small Business Total Set-Asides, Partial Set-Asides, and Reserves

  • 19.501 General.

  • 19.502 Setting aside acquisitions.

    • 19.502-1 Requirements for setting aside acquisitions.

    • 19.502-2 Total small business set-asides.

    • 19.502-3 Partial set-asides of contracts other than multiple-award contracts.

    • 19.502-4 Partial set-asides of multiple-award contracts.

    • 19.502-5 Insufficient reasons for not setting aside an acquisition.

    • 19.502-6 Setting aside a class of acquisitions for small business.

    • 19.502-7 Inclusion of Federal Prison Industries, Inc.

    • 19.502-8 Rejecting Small Business Administration recommendations.

    • 19.502-9 Withdrawing or modifying small business set-asides.

    • 19.502-10 Automatic dissolution of a small business set-aside.

    • 19.502-11 Solicitation notice regarding administration of change orders for construction.

  • 19.503 Reserves.

  • 19.504 Orders under multiple-award contracts.

  • 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.

  • 19.506 Documentation requirements.

  • 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

• Subpart 19.6 - Certificates of Competency and Determinations of Responsibility

  • 19.601 General.

  • 19.602 Procedures.

    • 19.602-1 Referral.

    • 19.602-2 Issuing or denying a Certificate of Competency (COC).

    • 19.602-3 Resolving differences between the agency and the Small Business Administration.

    • 19.602-4 Awarding the contract.

• Subpart 19.7 - The Small Business Subcontracting Program

  • 19.701 Definitions.

  • 19.702 Statutory requirements.

  • 19.703 Eligibility requirements for participating in the program.

  • 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.

  • 19.705 Responsibilities of the contracting officer under the subcontracting assistance program.

    • 19.705-1 General.

    • 19.705-2 Determining the need for a subcontracting plan.

    • 19.705-3 Preparing the solicitation.

    • 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.

    • 19.705-5 Awards involving subcontracting plans.

    • 19.705-6 Postaward responsibilities of the contracting officer.

    • 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.

  • 19.706 Responsibilities of the cognizant administrative contracting officer.

  • 19.707 The Small Business Administration’s role in carrying out the program.

  • 19.708 Contract clauses.

• Subpart 19.8 - Contracting with the Small Business Administration (The 8(a) Program)

  • 19.800 General.

  • 19.801 [Reserved]

  • 19.802 Determining eligibility for the 8(a) program.

  • 19.803 Selecting acquisitions for the 8(a) Program.

  • 19.804 Evaluation, offering, and acceptance.

    • 19.804-1 Agency evaluation.

    • 19.804-2 Agency offering.

    • 19.804-3 SBA acceptance.

    • 19.804-4 Repetitive acquisitions.

    • 19.804-5 Basic ordering agreements and blanket purchase agreements.

    • 19.804-6 Indefinite delivery contracts.

  • 19.805 Competitive 8(a).

    • 19.805-1 General.

    • 19.805-2 Procedures.

  • 19.806 Pricing the 8(a) contract.

  • 19.807 Estimating fair market price.

  • 19.808 Contract negotiation.

    • 19.808-1 Sole source.

    • 19.808-2 Competitive.

  • 19.809 Preaward considerations.

    • 19.809-1 Preaward survey.

    • 19.809-2 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.

  • 19.810 SBA appeals.

  • 19.811 Preparing the contracts.

    • 19.811-1 Sole source.

    • 19.811-2 Competitive.

    • 19.811-3 Contract clauses.

  • 19.812 Contract administration.

  • 19.813 Protesting an 8(a) participant's eligibility or size status.

  • 19.814 Requesting a formal size determination (8(a) sole source requirements).

  • 19.815 Release and notification requirements for non-8(a) procurement.

  • 19.816 Exiting the 8(a) program.

• Subpart 19.9 - [Reserved]

• Subpart 19.10 - [Reserved]

• Subpart 19.11 - [Reserved]

• Subpart 19.12 - [Reserved]

• Subpart 19.13 - Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program

  • 19.1301 General.

  • 19.1302 [Reserved].

  • 19.1303 Status as a HUBZone small business concern.

  • 19.1304 Exclusions.

  • 19.1305 HUBZone set-aside procedures.

  • 19.1306 HUBZone sole-source awards.

  • 19.1307 Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns.

  • 19.1308 [Reserved].

  • 19.1309 Contract clauses.

• Subpart 19.14 - Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program

  • 19.1401 General.

  • 19.1402 Applicability.

  • 19.1403 Status.

  • 19.1404 Exclusions.

  • 19.1405 Set-aside procedures.

  • 19.1406 Sole source awards.

  • 19.1408 Contract clauses.

• Subpart 19.15 - Women-Owned Small Business Program.

  • 19.1500 General.

  • 19.1501 [Reserved]

  • 19.1502 Applicability.

  • 19.1503 Status.

  • 19.1504 Exclusions.

  • 19.1505 Set-aside procedures.

  • 19.1506 Women-Owned Small Business Program sole-source awards.

  • 19.1507 [Reserved]

  • 19.1508 Contract clauses.