Local area set-aside.

Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2023-10-01 2023-10-01 false Local area set-aside. 26.202-1 Section 26.202-1 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS OTHER SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS Major Disaster or Emergency Assistance Activities 26.202–1 Local area set-aside. The contracting officer may set aside solicitations to allow only local firms within a specific geographic area to compete ( see 6.208). (a) The contracting officer, in consultation with the requirements office, shall define the specific geographic area for the local set-aside. (b) A major disaster or emergency area may span counties in several contiguous States. The set-aside area need not include all the counties in the declared disaster/emergency area(s), but cannot go outside it. (c) The contracting officer shall also determine whether a local area set-aside should be further restricted to small business concerns in the set-aside area (see Part 19). [72 FR 63087, Nov. 7, 2007, as amended at 76 FR 18312, Apr. 1, 2011]