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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Office of Federal Procurement **Policy**; **Small** **Business**
Administration

**Final** **Policy** **Directive**, **Small** **Business**
Competitiveness

Demonstration Program

AGENCIES: Office of Federal Procurement **Policy** (OFPP), and **Small**

**Business** Administration (SBA), OMB.

ACTION: Notice of **final** **policy** **directive**.

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SUMMARY: The OFPP and SBA are issuing a **final** **policy**
**directive** and

implementation plan to implement the **Small** **Business**
Competitiveness

Demonstration Program established by the **Small** **Business**
Competitiveness

Demonstration Program Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-656), as amended, 15

U.S.C. 644 note. As a result of comments received following publication

of an interim **policy** **directive** and implementation plan in the
Federal

Register on September 19, 1998 (63 FR 51981), we are revising the

interim **policy** **directive** and implementation plan as indicated
below.

The changes to the implementation plan include:

1\. We added a new subparagraph 7. in section III.A. to make clear

that the very **small** **business** pilot program does not apply to any

requirement that is subject to the **Small** **Business**
Competitiveness

Demonstration Program.

2\. We revised section IIIC.1. to allow participating agencies to

apply the 40 percent **small** **business** goal separately for east
coast non-

nuclear ship repair and west coast non-nuclear ship repair.

3\. We revised section IVA.5. to clarify that SBA has the authority

to request quarterly reports from the Federal Procurement Data System

(FPDS) to monitor agencies\' progress towards meeting their annual

goals.

4\. We revised section V.A.1 to delete reference to the solicitation

date, but retained the requirement for agencies to distinguish awards

made under the Program from other contract awards.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda G. Williams, Deputy Associate

Administrator, (202) 395-3302.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

Congress established the **Small** **Business** Competitiveness

Demonstration Program in 1988 to test the effectiveness of eliminating

**small** **business** set-asides in certain industries. (See Pub. L.
100-656,

the **Small** **Business** Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of
1988

(\`\`Act\'\'), as amended, at 15 U.S.C. 644 note.) The Program has two

primary objectives: (1) to demonstrate whether or not **small**
businesses

in certain industry groups can compete successfully on an unrestricted

basis for Federal contracts, and (2) to demonstrate whether or not

targeted goaling and management techniques can expand Federal contract

opportunities for **small** businesses in industry categories where such

opportunities historically have been low despite adequate numbers of

**small** **business** contractors in the economy. A separate program to
expand

**small** **business** participation in the dredging industry, to be
overseen

by the Department of the Army, was also included in the Act. As

originally established, the Demonstration Program extended through

December 31, 1992.

To implement the Program, Congress in section 715(a) of the Act,

authorized the OFPP Administrator to issue a test plan pursuant to

section 15 of the Office of Federal Procurement **Policy** Act (41
U.S.C.

413). In addition, in section 715(b), Congress directed the OFPP

Administrator, in cooperation with the SBA Administrator, to issue a

**policy** **directive** (binding on all participating agencies) to
ensure

consistent government-wide implementation of the Act in the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR).

After requesting public comment on an interim **policy** **directive**
and

test plan (53 FR 52889 (December 29, 1988), OFPP implemented the

Program by issuing a **final** **policy** **directive** and test plan
dated August

31, 1989, 54 FR 37741 (September 12, 1989). In accordance with section

715(b) of the Act, the **policy** **directive** and test plan were
implemented

in the FAR (48 CFR subpart 19.10).

In 1992, Congress in sections 201-203 of the **Small** **Business**
Credit

and **Business** Opportunity Enhancement Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-366;

\`\`1992 Act\'\'), extended the Demonstration Program through September
30,

1996, and made amendments to the Program. To carry out these

amendments, Congress in Section 202(i) of the 1992 Act directed the

OFFP Administrator to issue conforming modifications to the test plan

and **policy** **directive**. The conforming modifications were issued
in an

interim **policy** **directive** with request for comments (58 FR 19849,
April

16, 1993), and were incorporated into the FAR (48 CFR subpart 19.10).

In 1996, Congress extended the Demonstration Program for one year,

through September 30, 1997. Public Law 104-208, Div. D, Title I, Sec.

108\. In 1997, Congress also extended the aspect of the Program covering

expansion of **small** **business** participation in the dredging
industry.

Public Law 105-18, Title II, Sec. 2002.

In December 1997, the **Small** **Business** Reauthorization Act of 1997

(Public Law 105-135) was enacted into law (\`\`1997 Act\'\'). Sections
401-

405 of the 1997 Act made the Demonstration Program permanent, and made

further amendments to the Program.

In order to respond to the comments that we received on the April

1993 interim **policy** **directive** and test plan, and to make
conforming

changes to reflect the amendments made by the 1997 Act, we issued a

newly revised interim OFPP **policy** **directive** and implementation
plan on

September 29, 1998. In addition to making conforming revisions to

reflect the amendments made by Congress in the 1997 Act, we made non-

substantive revisions in various parts of the document, which are

intended to improve its clarity. For ease of reading, we reissued the

interim **policy** **directive** and implementation plan in its entirety
for

comment.

B. Public Comments

OFPP received seven letters in response to the request for comments

on the September 29, 1998, interim **policy** **directive** and
implementation

plan. A summary of the main issues and concerns raised in the comments

follows:

1\. Comment: SBA should change the **small** **business** size standard
for

the construction industry to make appropriate adjustments for

inflation.

Response: SBA is reviewing the size standards for construction and

will make adjustments for inflation if deemed necessary. SBA will

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any new size standards in the Federal Register for public comment. No

changes to the **policy** **directive** and implementation plan would be

necessary because they do not contain the size standards. SBA size

standards are published in the FAR.

2\. Comment: The **policy** **directive** should allow subcontract
awards to

count towards the 40 percent **small** **business** goal in
construction. OFPP

should continue and expand the use of the simplified data collection

system for architectural and engineering (A&E) services, which expired

on September 30, 1997, to allow participating agencies to track

subcontract awards under construction contracts. If agencies cannot

count subcontracts to **small** businesses towards their goal

accomplishments, the **policy** **directive** should exempt task order

contracts for construction. In addition, the **policy** **directive**
ignores

the provision at 713(b) of Public Law 100-656, which establishes a 35

percent goal for A&E until the subcontracting reporting system is

implemented.

Response: The commenter states that agencies with recurring

construction needs use task order IDIQ contracts to respond quickly to

maintenance, alteration, and repair services. Under these task order

contracts, **small** businesses perform more than 75 percent of the work
as

subcontracts. We support the use of **small** businesses as
subcontractors

under construction projects. However, there is no statutory basis to

require participating agencies to count subcontracts to **small**

businesses toward goal achievement for A&E services or to expand the

subcontracting reporting system to other industries. As the commenter

recognizes, section 714(b) of Public Law 100-656, which required OFPP

to develop a simplified data collection system to collect data on the

participation of **small** **business** concerns as subcontractors under
prime

contracts for A&E services, expired on September 30, 1997. Accordingly,

the implementation plan excludes the subcontracting reporting system

and deletes reference to the 35 percent goal for A&E services. Under

current law, each participating agency has a **small** **business** goal
that

is 40 percent of the agency\'s total contract dollars awarded in each

designated industry group. Participating agencies determine their
**small**

**business** goal achievement using prime contract award data.

3\. Comment: The **policy** **directive** should not refer to the
Program as

a \`\`demonstration\'\' program since it was extended indefinitely by
the

**Small** **Business** Reauthorization Act of 1997.

Response: The **Small** **Business** Reauthorization Act did not amend

section 711(a) of Public Law 100-656 to rename the Program. Section

711(a) established the Program as the \`\`**Small** **Business**
Competitiveness

Demonstration Program.\'\' Therefore, we do not believe it is
appropriate

to change the Program title.

4\. Comment: The **policy** **directive** substitutes \`\`unrestricted

competition\'\' for \`\`full and open competition\'\' throughout the
document

whenever it refers to procurements below the simplified acquisition

threshold (SAT) but above the emerging **small** **business** reserve
amount.

The **directive** also allows for \`\`maximum practicable
competition\'\' below

the simplified acquisition threshold. The references to \`\`unrestricted

competition\'\' and \`\`maximum practicable competition\'\' should be
amended

to confirm that neither phrase excludes \`\`Brooks Act A&E
procurements\'\'

from its terms.

Response: Contrary to the commenter\'s statement, the **policy**

**directive** substitutes \`\`unrestricted competition\'\' for \`\`full
and open

competition\'\' throughout the interim **policy** **directive** for all

procurements, not just those below the SAT and above the emerging
**small**

**business** reserve amount. As explained in the preamble to the Sept.
29,

1998 interim **policy** **directive**, we used the term \`\`unrestricted

competition\'\' to encompass both agencies\' use of \`\`maximum
practicable

competition\'\' for procurements below the SAT and \`\`full and open

competition\'\' for procurements above the SAT. This is necessary
because

the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act and the Competition in

Contracting Act establish different competition standards for

procurements above and below the SAT. This change does not affect the

qualification-based selection procedures for acquiring A&E services

because these procedures are considered full and open competition under

FAR subpart 6.102.

5\. Comment: FAR 19.1202-2 provides that the extent of **small**

disadvantaged **business** (SDB) participation shall be an evaluation

factor in competitive procurements over \$500,000 (\$1 million in

construction) and does not list the **Small** **Business**
Competitiveness

Demonstration Program as an exception. This is contrary to the intent

of the Program which seeks to provide an open competition among firms

with qualifications and experience related to the scope of work. By

reference to \`\`construction\'\' it is clear that FAR 19.1202-2 does
not

recognize the exemption for the four designated industry groups from

restraints on their competition. FAR 19.1202-2 seeks to impose an

evaluation factor inconsistent with either the \`\`unrestricted

competition\'\' or full and open competition terminology used in the

Program. OFPP should change the **final** **directive** to resolve the
conflict

with FAR 19.1202-2.

Response: The **policy** **directive** and the SDB reform program are

consistent. FAR subpart 19.12 requires agencies to use the SDB

participation evaluation factor (FAR 19.1202) in certain unrestricted

negotiated procurements. Agencies use the SDB participation evaluation

factor along with other evaluation factors or subfactors to determine

the successful contractor. The use of this evaluation factor is

consistent with the \`\`unrestricted competition\'\' terminology used in

the Program.

6\. Comment: There is no statutory basis to reimpose set-asides in

the event **small** **business** participation in a SIC code falls below
35

percent even if the major group exceeded the 40 percent **small**
**business**

goal.

Response: The legislative history supporting Public Law 100-656

states that consistent efforts shall be made to achieve the 40 percent

**small** **business** goal and the 15 percent emerging **small**
**business** goal

evenly across all the SIC codes that comprise a designated industry

group. Firms within individual SIC codes shall not be disproportionally

burdened. Therefore, to comply with the legislative intent, we included

the requirement for set-asides to be reimposed when an individual SIC

code falls below 35 percent even if the industry group exceeded 40

percent.

7\. Comment: Transferring from OFPP to SBA the responsibility to

report to the Congress within 180 days after FPDS data are available

should not deter or disrupt an agency\'s process of maintaining or

returning, by the start of the calendar year, to open competition where

such action is supported by the data. The **directive** should make
clear

that there is no congressional action required prior to agency action

on data from the prior fiscal year.

Response: The Federal Register notice preamble mentions SBA\'s

responsibility to report to the Congress on the results of the Program.

However, there is no mention of a Congressional requirement in the

**directive** and implementation plan. Rather, the implementation plan

(Paragraph IIID.2.c.) makes clear that agencies must make appropriate

changes to solicitation practices (reinstituting restricted competition

or reinstituting unrestricted competition)

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not later than 30 days following their annual reviews.

8\. Comment: The **final** **policy** **directive** should separate east
and

west coast non-nuclear ship repair when monitoring goal achievement

rather than considering performance of the industry as a whole.

Response: The comments suggest that **small** **business** participation
in

non-nuclear ship repair is significantly different on the east coast

and the west coast. **Small** firms are performing above the 40 percent

goal on the east coast while performance on the west coast is below the

40 percent goal. The comments suggest that the **policy** **directive**
should

recognize the non-nuclear ship repair industry as two separate markets,

rather than monitoring **small** **business** performance for the
industry as a

whole. We believe this suggestion has merit. Therefore, we will revise

the **Policy** **Directive** and Implementation Plan to allow
participating

agencies to apply the 40 percent **small** **business** goal separately
for

east coast non-nuclear ship repair and west coast non-nuclear ship

repair.

9\. Comment: The **policy** **directive** should allow organizational
units

within a participating agency to return to unrestricted competition

independent of the overall agency review to determine if the goal has

been met.

Response: Section 712(d) of Public Law 100-656 requires

participating agencies to monitor attainment of **small** **business**
goals.

Any modification to a participating agency\'s solicitation practices

(using restricted or unrestricted competitions) shall be made as soon

as possible after the agency\'s annual review. Allowing organizational

units within a participating agency to return to unrestricted or

restricted competition independent of the overall agency review would

be contrary to the statutory intent.

10\. Comment: It is not clear why the **policy** **directive** excludes

awards made under Federal supply schedules (FSS) contracts from being

covered by the Program. Given the increased emphasis on the use of FSS

contracts, exclusion of these awards could distort **small**
**business**

participation in the designated industry groups. Consideration should

be given to allowing participating agencies to count awards under FSS

contracts in the designated industry groups toward their **small**
**business**

goals under this program.

Response: We did not include FSS contracts when the Program began

because there were no FSS contracts for the services in the four

designated industries groups. In addition, SBA historically did not

count such awards toward attainment of the government-wide **small**

**business** goal. Although SBA now allows agencies to count awards
under

the FSS contracts toward the government-wide goal, there still are no

schedule contracts for the designated industry groups covered by the

Program. Therefore, the **Policy** **Directive** will continue to
exclude

awards under the FSS from coverage in the Program.

11\. Comment: The **policy** **directive** should include language that

gives SBA the authority to obtain regular quarterly reports from the

Federal Procurement Data System to monitor agencies\' progress in

meeting their goal attainment under the Program.

Response: SBA already has the authority to obtain quarterly

reports from the Federal Procurement Data System to monitor agencies\'

progress toward meeting their annual goals. For purposes of clarity,

however, we will revise section IV.A.5. of the implementation plan to

include SBA\'s authority.

12\. Comment: OFPP should establish a web site to maintain a current

statement of the emerging **small** **business** reserve amount and
include the

web site in the implementation plan.

Response: OFPP has made only one adjustment to the emerging **small**

**business** reserve amount (for architectural and engineering services)

since the beginning of the Program. Therefore, we believe a Federal

Register notice is the most appropriate way to provide notice of any

change in the reserve amount. We also will include the **final**
**policy**

**directive** and any subsequent changes to it on the Acquisition Reform

Network (ARNet).

13\. Comment: The **policy** **directive** should no longer require

participating agencies to track awards made outside the Program because

the requirement has outlived its usefulness.

Response: It is essential that participating agencies distinguish

awards made under the Program from other contract awards so that SBA

and other data users can easily retrieve information about the Program.

We do, however, believe that a reference to the solicitation date is no

longer necessary. Therefore, we will revise the language in section

V.A.1 accordingly.

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act Statement and Review Under E.O. 12866

OFPP and SBA certify that the changes made by this **final**
**directive**

will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of

**small** entities within the meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act,
5

U.S.C. 601, et seq. because this **final** **directive** makes
ministerial

changes to the Program required by the **Small** **Business**
Reauthorization

Act of 1997 (Sections 401-405 of Pub. L. 105-135). For this same

reason, the changes made by this **final** **directive** are not

\`\`significant\'\' under Executive Order 12866.

For those interested in the overall economic scope and effect of

this Program, we note that SBA forwards a report to Congress on an

annual basis describing the economic impact of the program, and that

copies of such report are available from SBA.

D. Paperwork Reduction Act

The information collection requirements related to this **policy**

**directive** and implementation plan were previously approved by OMB
and

assigned OMB control number 9000-0100. A revised information collection

request was submitted to OMB for approval under the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Public comments concerning this request

were invited through a Federal Register notice published on September

29, 1998. No comments were received.

Deidre A. Lee,

Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement **Policy**.

Richard L. Hayes,

Associate Deputy Administrator for Government Contracting and Minority

Enterprise Development, **Small** **Business** Administration.

MEMORANDUM FOR: THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE,

THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY, THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,

THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, THE

ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, THE ADMINISTRATOR

OF GENERAL SERVICES, THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION, THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

SUBJECT: The **Small** **Business** Competitiveness Demonstration
Program

Dated: May 25, 1999.

1\. Purpose. This memorandum provides **policy** direction to the

participating agencies for implementation of the **Small** **Business**

Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of 1988 (Title VII, Pub. L.

100-656), as amended by sections 23-27 of the **Business** Opportunity

Development Reform Act Technical Corrections Act (Pub. L. 101-37),

sections 201 and 202 of the **Small**

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**Business** Credit and **Business** Opportunity Enhancement Act of 1992
(Pub.

L. 102-366), section 108 of the Omnibus Consolidation Appropriation Act

of 1997 (Pub. L. 104-208), and sections 401-405 of the **Small**
**Business**

Reauthorization Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-135).

2\. Authority. This memorandum is issued pursuant to section 715 of

Public Law 100-656, which requires that the Office of Federal

Procurement **Policy** (OFPP) and the **Small** **Business**
Administration (SBA)

issue a **policy** **directive** to ensure consistent government-wide

implementation of Title VII in the Federal Acquisition Regulation

(FAR); section 202(i) of the **Small** **Business** Credit and
**Business**

Opportunity Enhancement Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-366), which

requires appropriate modifications to the **policy** **directive** to
conform

to amendments made by that Act; sections 401-405 of the **Small**
**Business**

Reauthorization Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-135), which further amends

Title VII; and section 15 of the Office of Federal Procurement
**Policy**

Act, 41 U.S.C. 413, which provides for the testing of innovative

procurement methods and procedures.

3\. Background. Section 15(a) of the **Small** **Business** Act mandates

that **small** businesses receive a fair proportion of Federal

procurements. To achieve this goal, subpart 19.5 of the FAR requires

that Federal agencies reserve, or set aside, procurements for exclusive

**small** **business** participation when a contracting officer
determines that

two or more **small** businesses are capable of providing the goods or

services at reasonable prices. While restricting procurements for

exclusive **small** **business** participation has been very effective
in

assuring a **small** **business** share of Federal contracts, one
unintended

result is a concentration of awards in certain industries often

dominated by **small** businesses. A further result is that agencies
expend

resources in those industries that are conducive to high levels of

**small** **business** participation rather than expand the base of
**small**

**business** contracting into areas where **small** businesses do not

traditionally obtain a significant share of procurement awards.

4\. **Policy**. The goals of the Program are to assess the ability of

**small** businesses in certain designated industry groups to retain a
fair

proportion of procurement awards in unrestricted competition in those

industry groups and to expand **small** **business** participation in a
broader

range of industry categories. The Act designates the **Small**
**Business**

Administration as OFPP\'s executive agent to monitor the Program. The

procedures for implementing the Program are set forth in the attached

implementation plan.

5\. Implementation. This **policy** **directive** shall be implemented
in

FAR Part 19. Pursuant to Section 715(a) of the **Small** **Business**

Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act, provisions of the FAR that

are inconsistent with this **policy** **directive** and the attached

implementation plan are hereby waived.

6\. Expiration Date. The **Small** **Business** Competitiveness

Demonstration Program has no expiration date.

Deidre A. Lee,

Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement **Policy**.

Richard L. Hayes,

Associate Deputy Administrator for Government Contracting and Minority

Enterprise Development, **Small** **Business** Administration.

**Small** **Business** Competitiveness Demonstration Program
Implementation

Plan

I. Purpose

This document implements the **Small** **Business** Competitiveness

Demonstration Program Act of 1988 (Title VII, Pub. L. 100-656), as

amended by sections 23-27 of the **Business** Opportunity Development

Reform Act Technical Corrections Act (Pub. L. 101-37), sections 201 and

202 of the **Small** **Business** Credit and **Business** Opportunity
Enhancement

Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-366), section 108 of the Omnibus Consolidation

Appropriations Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 104-208), and sections 401-405 of

the **Small** **Business** Reauthorization Act of 1997 (Public Law
105-135).

The Program seeks to assess whether or not the competitive capabilities

of **small** **business** firms in certain industry groups will enable
them to

successfully compete on an unrestricted basis for Federal contracts. In

addition, the Program attempts to assess whether or not the use of

targeted goaling and management techniques by procuring agencies, in

conjunction with the **Small** **Business** Administration (SBA), will
expand

**small** **business** participation in Federal contracting
opportunities that

have been historically low despite adequate numbers of qualified
**small**

**business** contractors in the economy. The Program further seeks to

assess whether or not expanded use of unrestricted competition

adversely affects **small** **business** participation in certain
industry

groups, taking into consideration the numerical dominance of **small**

firms, the size and scope of most contracting opportunities, and the

competitive capabilities of **small** firms.

II\. Authority

The Program is established pursuant to the **Small** **Business**

Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of 1988 (Title VII, Pub. L.

100-656), sections 201 and 202 of the **Small** **Business** Credit and

**Business** Opportunity Enhancement Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-366),

Sections 401-405 of the **Small** **Business** Reauthorization Act of
1997

(Public Law 105-135), and Section 15 of the Office of Federal

Procurement **Policy** Act, 41 U.S.C. 413.

III\. Program Requirements

A. Applicability

1\. The Program began on January 1, 1989 and consists of two major

components: (1) unrestricted competition in four Designated Industry

Groups, and (2) enhanced **small** **business** participation in
agencies\' ten

Targeted Industry Categories. Contracts resulting from solicitations

issued on or after January 1, 1989 and any subsequent modifications to

such contracts, are covered by this Program.

2\. Contract awards in the following designated industry groups are

covered by this Program:

a\. Construction under standard industrial classification (SIC)

codes that comprise major groups 15, 16, and 17 (excluding dredging\--

Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) service codes Y216 and Z216);

b\. Refuse systems and related services, including portable

sanitation services, under SIC code 4212 or 4953, limited to FPDS

service code S205;

c\. Architectural and engineering (A&E) services (including

surveying and mapping) under SIC codes 7389, 8711, 8712, or 8713

(limited to FPDS service codes C111 through C216, C219, T002, T004,

T008, T009, T014, and R404), awarded under the qualification-based

selection procedures required by 40 U.S.C. 541 et seq. (the \`\`Brooks
A-

E Act\'\'); and

d\. Non-nuclear ship repair\--ship repair (including overhauls and

conversions) performed on non-nuclear propelled and nonpropelled ships

under SIC code 3731, limited to FPDS service codes J998 (repair

performed east of the 108th meridian) and J999 (repair performed west

of the 108th meridian).

3\. Upon regulatory implementation by SBA and the FAR Council, the

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes will be

substituted for SIC codes.

4\. Targeted industry categories for enhanced participation are

determined

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by each participating agency, in conjunction with SBA.

5\. Contract awards under the Federal Schedule Program are not

covered by the Program.

6\. Contract awards to educational and non-profit institutions or

governmental entities are not covered by the Program.

7\. The Very **Small** **Business** Pilot Program does not apply to any

requirement that is covered by the Program.

B. Participating Agencies

The following agencies are participants in the Program:

1\. The Department of Agriculture,

2\. The Department of Defense, except the National Imagery and Mapping

Agency,

3\. The Department of Energy,

4\. The Department of Health and Human Services,

5\. The Department of Transportation,

6\. The Environmental Protection Agency,

7\. The General Services Administration,

8\. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration,

9\. The Department of Veterans Affairs, and

10\. The Department of the Interior.

C. Agency Goals for the Four Designated Industry Groups

1\. Each participating agency shall have a **small** **business**

participation goal that is 40 percent of the agency\'s total contract

dollars awarded for construction major group 15, major group 16, and

major group 17; A&E services; refuse systems and related services; east

coast non-nuclear ship repair; and west coast non-nuclear ship repair.

The 40 percent goal applies separately to each construction major group

and to east coast and west coast non-nuclear ship repair. In addition,

each participating agency must make a good faith effort to assure that

emerging **small** businesses receive not less than 15 percent of the

agency\'s total contract dollars awarded for each of the four designated

industry groups.

2\. The **Small** **Business** Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act
of

1988 defines an emerging **small** **business** as one whose size is no
greater

than 50 percent of the numerical size standard applicable to the SIC

Code assigned to the procurement. Subject to the requirements of

paragraph III.D.3 below, contract opportunities in the four designated

industry groups, which have an estimated award value equal to or less

than the reserve amount established for emerging **small** businesses,
are

reserved for such businesses.

3\. Contract awards made to fulfill the 15 percent goal for emerging

**small** businesses also count toward attainment of the 40 percent
goal.

All prime contract awards to **small** businesses, including awards
under

section 8(a) of the **Small** **Business** Act; 10 U.S.C. 2323; section
7102 of

the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994; the HUBZone Act of

1997 (Title VI of the **Small** **Business** Reauthorization Act, Public
Law

105-135); and sole source awards, count toward attainment of goals.

D. Procurement Procedures for the Four Designated Industry Groups

Participating agencies shall use the following procedures for

procurements in the four designated industry groups.

1\. Unrestricted Competition for Contracts in Excess of the Emerging

**Small** **Business** Reserve Amount

a\. Subject to the requirements of the Competition in Contracting

Act of 1984 and section 4201 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining

Act of 1994, participating agencies are required to use unrestricted

competition for all solicitations in the four designated industry

groups, if the anticipated award value exceeds the dollar amount

reserved for emerging **small** businesses (unless the procurement is

placed under section 8(a) of the **Small** **Business** Act; or is set
aside

under 10 U.S.C. 2323, section 7102 of the Federal Acquisition

Streamlining Act of 1994, or the HUBZone Act of 1997 (Title VI of the

**Small** **Business** Reauthorization Act, Public Law 105-135). Each

participating agency shall continue to use unrestricted competition as

long as annual reviews show that the agency\'s 40 percent goal is being

attained. The continued use of unrestricted competition is not affected

by an agency\'s failure to meet its 15 percent award goals for emerging

**small** businesses.

b\. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph III.D.1.a., above,

the Department of Defense shall solicit contracting opportunities for

A&E services (including surveying and mapping), in accordance with the

provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of section 2855 of title 10,

United States Code.

2\. Restricted Competition for Contracts in Excess of the Emerging
**Small**

**Business** Reserve Amount

a\. If any participating agency\'s annual review of its awards to

**small** businesses in the four designated industry groups shows that
the

agency has failed to attain its 40 percent goal for any of the groups,

subsequent contracting opportunities, in excess of the amount reserved

for emerging **small** businesses, shall be solicited through
competition

restricted to eligible **small** businesses only at the organizational

unit(s) within the agency that failed to attain the **small**
**business**

participation goals. (Organizational unit(s) shall be no larger than

the major agency components or services, e.g., Army, Air Force, Navy,

etc. for Department of Defense, regional offices for the General

Services Administration, or space flight and research centers for the

National Aeronautics and Space Administration.) Such solicitations

(unless placed under section 8(a) of the **Small** **Business** Act or
set

aside under 10 U.S.C. 2323, section 7102 of the Federal Acquisition

Streamlining Act of 1994, or the HUBZone Act of 1997 (Title VI of the

**Small** **Business** Reauthorization Act, Public Law 105-135) shall be

conducted in accordance with section 15(a) of the **Small** **Business**
Act

and Subpart 19.5 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).

b\. Agencies shall return to the use of unrestricted competition

upon determining, after their annual review, that their contract awards

to **small** **business** concerns again meet the required goals.

c\. Modifications to agency solicitation practices (instituting

restricted competition and reinstituting unrestricted competition)

shall be made as soon as practicable, but no later than 30 days

following completion of the review indicating the need for such change.

The reinstitution of restricted competition or unrestricted competition

shall be announced to the public through a notice published in the

Federal Register if restricted or unrestricted competition is to be

reimposed broadly by a participating agency. \`\`Special **notices**\'\'
in the

Commerce **Business** Daily shall be used periodically to supplement
such

Federal Register **notices**, and may be used as an alternative means of

providing such **notices**, if the reinstitution of restricted
competition

or unrestricted competition will affect only a limited number of buying

activities.

3\. Reserve Program for Emerging **Small** Businesses

a\. The emerging **small** **business** reserve amount is \$25,000, or
such

higher amount as OFPP sets in the event that emerging **small** concerns

are not receiving 15 percent of the total dollar value of contract

awards in one or more of the four designated industry groups. The

emerging **small** **business** reserve amount for architectural and

engineering services is \$50,000 (56 FR

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46656, September 13, 1991). Any required adjustments to the emerging

**small** **business** reserve amount will be made annually by industry
group.

b\. Competition for all contract opportunities in the four

designated industry groups with an estimated award value that is equal

to or less than the emerging **small** **business** reserve amount shall
be

restricted to emerging **small** businesses, provided that the
contracting

officer determines that there is a reasonable expectation of obtaining

offers from two or more responsible emerging **small** businesses that
will

be competitive in terms of market price, quality, and delivery. If no

such reasonable expectation exists, requirements will be processed in

accordance with FAR 19.5 or FAR 19.8. However, if no such reasonable

expectation exists where OFPP has raised the **small** **business**
reserve

amount to a level over \$25,000, requirements over \$25,000 will be

processed in accordance with paragraphs III.D.1 and III.D.2, above.

c\. The use of simplified acquisition procedures is not required

under the reserve program; any competitive source selection method may

be used. The reserve program applies only to new awards within the

emerging **small** **business** reserve threshold. Modifications within
the

scope of work of contracts having an initial award value in excess of

the emerging **small** **business** reserve amount are not subject to
the

reserve program.

d\. Each solicitation under the Program that utilizes simplified

acquisition procedures shall include the applicable SIC code and size

standard for the procurement.

4\. Solicitation Provisions for Procurements in the Four Designated

Industry Groups

a\. The provision set forth in FAR 52.219-19 entitled \`\`**Small**

**Business** Concern Representation for the **Small** **Business**
Competitiveness

Demonstration Program\'\' shall be inserted in full text in all

solicitations issued by the participating agencies under the **Small**

**Business** Competitiveness Demonstration Program for the four
designated

industry groups.

b\. The provision set forth in FAR 52.219-20 entitled \`\`Notice of

Emerging **Small** **Business** Set-Aside\'\' shall be inserted in full
text in

all solicitations and resulting contracts restricted to emerging
**small**

businesses pursuant to paragraph III.D.3.

c\. The face of each award issued by a participating agency under

the **Small** **Business** Competitiveness Demonstration Program for the
four

designated industry groups shall contain a statement that the award is

being issued pursuant to such Program.

E. Agency Programs for Targeted Industry Categories With Limited
**Small**

**Business** Participation

1\. Each participating agency is required to select ten industry

categories (four-digit SIC Code or some segmented portion(s) of such

code(s), as identified by FPDS product or service code) as targeted

categories for expansion of **small** **business** participation.

2\. In order to achieve such expanded participation, agencies shall

select categories that represent products and services purchased in

substantial quantities by the agency; that historically have had a

**small** **business** participation rate of less than 10 percent by
category,

and in which there is a significant amount of **small** **business**
productive

capacity that has not been utilized by the Government.

3\. Each participating agency shall consult with the Administrator

of SBA in selecting the ten targeted categories, developing the plan

for expanded **small** **business** participation, and establishing the
goals

for the Program. Upon completion of their consultation with SBA,

participating agencies shall publish in the Federal Register, an

announcement soliciting public comment on that agency\'s program for

expansion of **small** **business** participation in the targeted
categories.

Each participating agency shall notify SBA of any additions or

deletions to the ten targeted industry categories. Subsequent to the

SBA notification, the participating agency shall publish the changes in

the Federal Register.

4\. Each plan shall be submitted to the Administrator of SBA and

shall contain a detailed time-phased strategy with incremental goals,

including reporting on goal attainment. To the extent practicable,

provisions that encourage and promote teaming and joint ventures shall

be included. These provisions should permit **small** **business** firms
to

effectively compete for contracts that individual **small** businesses

would be ineligible to compete for because of lack of production

capacity or capability. Such joint ventures or teams shall comply with

the applicable **small** **business** guidelines. (See 13 CFR 121.103(f)
and

121.105(b)).

5\. Participating agencies shall report to SBA on the results of the

expansion program regarding the ten targeted categories on the same

annual schedule as required for the four designated industry groups.

6\. Goal attainment for the ten targeted industry categories shall

be determined on the basis of awards to U.S. **business** firms.

Participating agencies may use the format in Attachment A to report

accomplishments.

7\. The provision set forth in FAR 52.219-21 entitled \`\`**Small**

**Business** Size Representation For Targeted Industry Categories Under
the

**Small** **Business** Competitiveness Demonstration Program\'\' shall
be

inserted in full text in any solicitation issued in each of the ten

targeted industry categories under the **Small** **Business**
Competitiveness

Demonstration Program that is expected to result in a contract award in

excess of \$25,000.

8\. The face of each award issued in any of the ten targeted

industry categories under the **Small** **Business** Competitiveness

Demonstration Program shall contain a statement that the award is being

issued pursuant to such Program.

IV\. Monitoring and Reporting for Four Designated Industry Groups

A. Monitoring of Goals for the Four Designated Industry Groups

1\. Each participating agency shall monitor attainment of its **small**

**business** and emerging **small** **business** participation goals on
an annual

basis and provide the information in a written report to SBA. The

report shall specify the industry groups for which restricted or

unrestricted competition have been imposed. Agencies shall complete

their annual reviews and submit their reports not later than January 31

of each year, based on the data for the preceding fiscal year, from

October 1 through September 30. The Department of Defense shall submit

a report that separately identifies performance by the Army, Air Force,

Navy and the Defense Agencies. The report submitted by the General

Services Administration shall separately identify performance by the

Public Building Service.

2\. Monitoring and reporting of goal attainment will be based on

awards (and any subsequent modifications to those awards) in the

individual codes comprising the industry, as specified in paragraph

IV.B., below.

3\. Any necessary modifications to agency solicitation practices for

the purpose of achieving the agency\'s **small** **business**
participation

goals (instituting restricted competition or reinstituting unrestricted

competition) will be accomplished for each of the industry groups as

follows:

a\. Construction (excluding dredging)

i\. Major group 15

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ii\. Major group 16

iii\. Major group 17

b\. Refuse systems and related services.

c\. A&E services (including surveying and mapping), limited to

contracts awarded under the qualification-based selection procedures

required by 40 U.S.C. 541 et seq. (the \`\`Brooks A-E Act\'\').

d\. Non-nuclear ship repair.

i\. FPDS Code J998 (East Coast)

ii\. FPDS Code J999 (West Coast)

However, if goal attainment for any individual FPDS service code

within the A&E services industry group falls below 35 percent, the

agency shall reinstitute set-asides for that individual service code at

the organizational unit(s) within the agency that failed to achieve the

35 percent goal, even if overall goal attainment in the industry group

is 40 percent or more. In addition, if goal attainment for any

individual SIC code within one of the major groups comprising the

construction industry group falls below 35 percent, the agency shall

reinstitute set-asides for that individual SIC code at the

organizational unit(s) within the agency that failed to achieve the 35

percent goal, even if overall goal attainment in the major group is 40

percent or more. The 35 percent rule does not apply to refuse systems

and related services, east coast non-nuclear ship repair, and west

coast non-nuclear ship repair because there are no individual FPDS

service codes or SIC codes within the major group.

4\. Agencies shall monitor goal attainment in the four designated

industry groups by reviewing total prime contract award dollars to (a)

All U.S. **business** firms, (b) **small** U.S. **business** concerns
and (c)

emerging **small** U.S. **business** concerns. Awards to educational and
non-

profit institutions or governmental entities are not part of the

Program and do not count towards goal attainment.

5\. SBA will closely monitor the Program to ensure that each

participating agency makes a consistent effort to achieve goals evenly

across all individual codes that comprise a designated industry group.

SBA may obtain quarterly reports from the FPDS using the format set

forth at Attachment A to monitor agencies\' progress during the fiscal

year.

6\. All prime contract awards to **small** businesses, including awards

under section 8(a) of the **Small** **Business** Act; 10 U.S.C. 2323;
section

7102 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994; the HUBZone

Act of 1997 (Title VI of the **Small** **Business** Reauthorization Act,
Public

Law 105-135); and sole source awards, count toward attainment of goals.

B. Codes for Monitoring and Reporting Goal Attainment for the Four

Designated Industry Groups

1\. Refuse Systems and Related Services

The **Small** **Business** Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of

1988 outlines the SICs that are included in the designated industry

groups. However, in the area of refuse systems and related services,

SIC codes 4212 and 4953 include services that should not be included in

the Program. The Program is designed to assess **small** firms\'

competitiveness generally in procurements for the collection,

transportation, and disposal of residential and nonhazardous commercial

garbage, refuse, and waste materials. For example, contracts for the

regular collection and disposal at publicly or privately operated

landfills of residential and nonhazardous commercial solid waste,

garbage, debris, or other refuse from military installations, federal

office buildings, and other federal facilities, and garbage processing

and recycling activities, should be included. Contracts for the

operation of those facilities, collection and disposal of acid,

radioactive, or other hazardous waste should not be included.

Therefore, participating agencies shall use FPDS service code S205

(trash/garbage collection services\--including portable sanitation

services) to monitor goal attainment for refuse systems and related

services.

2\. Architectural and Engineering Services

a\. The **Small** **Business** Competitiveness Demonstration Act of 1988

provides that A&E services (including surveying and mapping) shall

include contracts assigned SIC codes 8711, 8712, 8713, and 7389 (if

identified as mapping), and awarded under the qualification-based

selection procedures required by 40 U.S.C. 541 et seq. (the \`\`Brooks
A-

E Act\'\'). Since SIC code 7389 includes many more services than
mapping,

participating agencies shall use the following FPDS service codes to

monitor goal attainment for mapping services:

T002 Cartography services

T004 Charting services

T008 Photogrammetry services

T009 Aerial photographic services

T014 Topography services

b\. Participating agencies shall use the following FPDS service

codes to monitor A&E services under SIC codes 8711, 8712, and 8713:

C111 Administrative and Service Buildings

C112 Airfield, Communication and Missile Facilities

C113 Educational Buildings

C114 Hospital Buildings

C115 Industrial Buildings

C116 Residential Buildings

C117 Warehouse Buildings

C118 Research and Development Facilities

C119 Other Buildings

C121 Conservation and Development

C122 Highways, Roads, Streets and Bridges

C123 Electric Power Generation (EPG)

C124 Utilities

C129 Other Non-Building Structures

C130 Restoration

C211 Architect\--Engineer Services (non-construction)

C212 Engineering Drafting Services

C213 A&E Inspection Services (non-construction)

C214 A&E Management Engineering Services

C215 A&E Production Engineering Services

C216 Marine A&E Services

C219 Other Architect and Engineering Services

R404 Land Surveys, Cadastral Services\--non construction

3\. Non-nuclear Ship Repair

Non-nuclear ship repair is included within SIC code 3731. Since

this SIC includes all ship repair as well as shipbuilding,

participating agencies shall use the following FPDS service codes to

monitor goal attainment for non-nuclear ship repair: J998 (Ship Repair,

Including Overhauls and Conversions, Performed on Non-nuclear Propelled

and Nonpropelled Ships East of the 108th Meridian) or J999 (Ship

Repair, Including Overhauls and Conversions, Performed on Non-nuclear

Propelled and Nonpropelled Ships West of the 108th Meridian).

4\. Construction

Goal attainment for construction shall be monitored through the use

of the SIC codes identified in Attachment A.

V. FPDS Data Collection Requirements

Participating agencies shall maintain and report procurement data

to the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) in order to determine the

level of **small** **business** participation in the four designated
industry

groups and the ten targeted industry categories for the **small**
**business**

expansion program.

A. Awards in Excess of \$25,000

For contract awards in excess of \$25,000, the FPDS (1) has

information on the SIC code of the procurement and (2) can distinguish

awards to **small** **business** concerns and **small**

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disadvantaged **business** concerns, as required by section 714(c) of
the

**Small** **Business** Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of
1988.

However, for purposes of the Program, the FPDS reporting requirements

have been revised to also:

1\. Distinguish awards made under the Program in the four designated

industry groups and the targeted industry categories.

2\. Distinguish emerging **small** **business** firms from other
**small**

businesses. Participating agencies must make a good faith effort to

award not less than 15 percent of the dollar value of awards in the

four designated industry groups to emerging **small** businesses.

3\. Distinguish awards to emerging **small** **business** firms in the
**small**

**business** reserve program. Participating agencies must reserve for

exclusive competition among emerging **small** **business** concerns all

contracts of \$25,000 or less in the four designated industry groups or

a greater amount set by OFPP if the 15 percent goal is not attained.

Emerging **small** businesses can also receive awards above the
**small**

**business** reserve threshold.

4\. Provide the size of the **small** **business** concern in terms of

number of employees or dollar volume of sales for awards in the four

designated industry categories and ten targeted industry categories.

Section 714(c) of the **Small** **Business** Competitiveness
Demonstration

Program Act requires each participating agency to collect data

pertaining to the size of the **small** **business** concern receiving
any

award for services in the four designated industry groups and products

or services in the ten targeted industry categories. The number of

employees shall be based on the average of the pay periods for the last

twelve months. The volume of sales shall be based on the average annual

gross revenue for the last three fiscal years (See FAR 19.101).

5\. Limit A&E services to contracts awarded under the qualification-

based selection procedures of 40 U.S.C. 541 et seq. (the \`\`Brooks A-E

Act\'\').

6\. Specific details outlining the FPDS changes have been included

in the FPDS Reporting Manual (September 1997).

B. Awards of \$25,000 or less

Each award of \$25,000 or less made by a participating agency for

the procurement of a service in the four designated industry groups

shall be reported to the Federal Procurement Data Center in the same

manner as if the award was in excess of \$25,000. This means that all

applicable data collected in the FPDS via the Individual Contract

Action Report (SF 279), or agencies\' equivalent computer-generated

format, shall be reported for these purchases. It should be noted that

awards of \$500 or less are not reportable to the FPDS.

Specific details outlining the FPDS changes have been included in

the FPDS Reporting Manual (September 1997).

Attachment A\--Report on **Small** **Business** Participation Under the
**Small**

**Business** Competitiveness Demonstration Program for Designated
Industry

Groups

Fiscal Year \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Quarter\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

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**Small**

Total US **Small** **business** disadvantaged Emerging **small**

Designated groups **business** actions/ Percentage of **business**
Percentage of **business** Percentage of

actions/ dollars\* dollars Actions/ dollars Actions/ dollars

dollars dollars dollars

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I. Construction, Excluding Dredging (Dollars in Thousands; Percentage in
Whole Numbers)

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SIC Group 15:

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SIC Group 16:

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SIC Group 17:

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II\. Refuse Systems and Related Services (Dollars in Thousands;
Percentages in Whole Numbers)

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PSC S205:

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III\. Architectural and Engineering Services, Including Mapping and
Surveying (Dollars in Thousands; Percentages in Whole Numbers)

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SIC 7389:

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SIC 8711 or SIC 8712 or 8713:

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IV\. Non-Nuclear Ship Repair (Dollars in Thousands; Percentages in Whole
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SIC 3731:

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\* **Small** **Business** Dollars include dollars to Emerging **Small**
Businesses.

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