Set-Asides for Small Business

Only small businesses (SB) can bid on small business set aside procurements.

Set-Asides for Small Business

(a) The purpose of small business set-asides is to award certain acquisitions exclusively to small business concerns. A “set-aside for small business” is the reserving of an acquisition exclusively for participation by small business concerns. A small business set-aside may be open to all small businesses.

To ensure companies are qualified to receive Set-Asides, the SBA has oversight of set aside programs to ensure that the rules and regulations are being followed.

There are several very important FAR contract clauses regarding small business set-asides. They are:

• 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations

• 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside. This clause states that any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to a small business concern.

• 52.219-7 Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside

• 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns

• 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting

• 52.219-19 Small Business Concern Representations for the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program

• 52.219-21 Small Business Size Representation for Targeted Industry Categories under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program

• 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation