SBA’s Government Contracting Area Director will issue a formal size determination within 15 business days, if possible, after SBA receives the request for a formal size determination. The agency shall distribute copies of the contract in accordance with part 4. All contracts and modifications, if any, shall be distributed to both the SBA and the 8 contractor in accordance with the timeframes set forth in 4.201. The agency contracting activity, prime contract number, name of agency contracting officer, and lines for signature, date signed, and effective date. For acquisitions not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, the contracting officer may use the alternative procedures in paragraph of this subsection with the appropriate simplified acquisition forms. Where the 8 participant does not ultimately comply with the limitations on subcontracting by the end of the contract, SBA will not grant future waivers for the 8 participant.

• When a solicitation requires a small business to adhere to the definition of a nonmanufacturer, a contracting officer’s determination that the small business does not comply shall be processed in accordance with subpart 19.3.
• Reports are due 30 days after the close of each reporting period, unless otherwise directed by the contracting officer.
• If OHA’s decision is received by the contracting officer before the date the offers are due, the decision shall be final and the solicitation shall be amended to reflect the decision, if appropriate.
• Ensure that delivery schedules are established on a realistic basis that will encourage small business participation to the extent consistent with the actual requirements of the Government.
• Responsibilities of the contracting officer under the subcontracting assistance program.

If the SBA does not initiate negotiations within the agreed time and the agency cannot allow additional time, the agency may, after notifying the SBA, proceed with the acquisition from other sources. In any case in which an 8 participant is determined to be ineligible, SBA will notify the 8 participant of that determination. Identification of all SBA field offices that have prontoidraulicoroma asked for the acquisition for the 8 program. The contract, together with all of its subcontracts, will be performed entirely outside of the United States and its outlying areas. Participating in a formal mentor-protégé program with one or more small business protégés that results in developmental assistance to the protégés. Notify the SBA of the award by sending a copy of the award document to the Area Director, Office of Government Contracting, in the SBA area office where the contract will be performed.

1303 Status As A Hubzone Small Business Concern

Conducting periodic reviews of the contracting activity to which assigned to ascertain whether it is complying with the small business policies in this regulation. Upon their request and subject to applicable acquisition and security regulations, contracting officers shall give SBA PCRs (or, if a PCR is not assigned, see paragraph of this section) access to all reasonably obtainable contract information that is directly pertinent to their official duties. Any protest received after the designated time limit is untimely, unless it is from the contracting officer or SBA.

Gace Scores

As part of the acceptance process, SBA will review the appropriateness of the NAICS code designation assigned to the requirement by the contracting officer. Acting under the authority of the program, the SBA certifies to an agency that SBA is competent and responsible to perform a specific contract. The contracting officer has the discretion to award the contract to the SBA based upon mutually agreeable terms and conditions. The amount of damages attributable to the contractor’s failure to comply shall be an amount equal to the actual dollar amount by which the contractor failed to achieve each subcontracting goal. Failure to maintain records or otherwise demonstrate procedures adopted to comply with the plan including subcontracting flowdown requirements. Conducting market research to identify potential small business subcontractors through all reasonable means, such as searching SAM, posting notices or solicitations on SBA’s SUBNet, participating in business matchmaking events, and attending preproposal conferences.

The protested HUBZone small business concern or the original protester, as appropriate. Identification of the bid opening date or the date of notification provided to unsuccessful offerors. The protest, or confirmation if the protest was initiated orally, shall be in writing and shall contain the basis for the protest with specific, detailed evidence to support the allegation that the offeror is not small. The SBA will dismiss any protest that does not contain specific grounds for the protest.

1403 Status As A Service

The protest presents evidence that the concern is not at least 51 percent owned and controlled by one or more economically disadvantaged women, when it is in connection with an EDWOSB contract. For ownership and control protests, the protester presents evidence that the concernis not 51 percent owned and controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans. In the case of a veteran with a permanent and severe disability, the protester presents evidence that the concern is not controlled by the veteran, spouse, or permanent caregiver of such veteran.

Gace Practice Tests

Ensure that the subcontracting goals are consistent with the offeror’s certified cost or pricing data or data other than certified cost or pricing data. Determine whether a proposed modification will cause the total contract dollars to exceed the subcontracting plan threshold (see 19.702). If the contracting agency decides to file an appeal, it must notify SBA Headquarters through its procuring agency’s Director, OSDBU, or other designated official, within 10 business days that it intends to appeal the issuance of the COC. At least 50 percent of the total cost of the components of the kit shall be manufactured, processed, or produced in the United States or its outlying areas by business concerns that are small under the size standards for the NAICS codes of the components of the kit. For a contract or order assigned a NAICS code for construction by special trade contractors, the concern will not pay more than 75 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities.