Setting aside a class of acquisitions for small business.

Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2023-10-01 2023-10-01 false Setting aside a class of acquisitions for small business. 19.502-6 Section 19.502-6 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS Small Business Total Set-Asides, Partial Set-Asides, and Reserves 19.502–6 Setting aside a class of acquisitions for small business. (a) A class of acquisitions of selected products or services, or a portion of the acquisitions, may be set aside for exclusive participation by small business concerns if individual acquisitions in the class will meet the criteria in 19.502–1, 19.502–2, or 19.502–3(a). The determination to make a class small business set-aside shall not depend on the existence of a current acquisition if future acquisitions can be clearly foreseen. (b) The determination to set aside a class of acquisitions for small business may be either unilateral or joint. (c) Each class small business set-aside determination shall be in writing and must— (1) Specifically identify the product(s) and service(s) it covers; (2) Provide that the set aside does not apply to any acquisition automatically under 19.502–2(a). (3) Provide that the set-aside applies only to the (named) contracting office(s) making the determination; and (4) Provide that the set-aside does not apply to any individual acquisition if the requirement is not severable into two or more economic production runs or reasonable lots, in the case of a partial class set-aside. (d) The contracting officer shall review each individual acquisition arising under a class small business set-aside to identify any changes in the magnitude of requirements, specifications, delivery requirements, or competitive market conditions that have occurred since the initial approval of the class small business set-aside. If there are any changes of such a material nature as to result in probable payment of more than a fair market price by the Government or in a change in the capability of small business concerns to satisfy the requirements, the contracting officer may withdraw or modify (see 19.502–9(a)) the unilateral or joint set-aside by giving written notice to the SBA PCR (or, if a PCR is not assigned, see 19.402(a)) stating the reasons. [48 FR 42240, Sept. 19, 1989, as amended at 53 FR 43390, Oct. 26, 1988; 60 FR 34757, July 3, 1995; 63 FR 70270, Dec. 18, 1998; 71 FR 36926, June 28, 2006. Redesignated and amended at 85 FR 11762, Feb. 27, 2020]