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# Office of Policy, Planning and Liaison

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## About our office

The **Office of Policy, Planning and Liaison (OPPL)** is responsible for implementing small business government contracting legislation and policy through SBA regulations, and assisting in incorporating those changes in the Federal Acquisition Regulation and related acquisition databases. OPPL is also responsible for the Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) and the liaison with the Integrated Award Environment Configuration Control Board (IAE CCB).

The Office also establishes small business size standards for use in government contracting and throughout the federal government for other purposes, and establishing small business prime contracting goals for executive agencies, and reporting on their performance.

###         OPPL Office of Policy and Research      

                    -  Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
                    -  Public Laws (PL) 
                    -  Regulations (REG) 
                    -  Agency Small Business Scorecards 
                    -  Policy issues related to small business and recent rulemaking 

###         OPPL Office of Size Standards      

Read more about SBA's size standards

###         General topics      

                    -  FPDS-NG Small Business Goaling Report Exclusions List (March 2019) 
                    -  Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018 
                    -  SBA Report - The Utilization of Small Business Concerns on Multiple Award Contracts 
                    -  81 FR 94246 SA Credit for Lower Tier Subcontracting Final Rule  
                    -  81 FR 48557 SBA Small Business Mentor Protégé Programs Final Rule  
                    -  81 FR 71981 Correction  
                    -  81 FR 94941 Correction  
                    -  81 FR 34243 SBA Small Business Government Contracting and NDAA of 2013 Amendments Final Rule  
                    -  81 FR 45833 FAR Small Business Subcontracting Improvements Final Rule  
                    -  81 FR 93481 FAR Payment of Subcontractors Final Rule  
                    -  82 FR 4724 FAR Contracts under the Small Business Administration 8(a) Program Final Rule  

###         Recurring reports      

                    -  Bundled and Consolidated Contracts Report 
                    -  Mentor-Protégé Report to Congress 
                    -  Report on Goals for Procurement Contracts Awarded to Small Business Concerns 
                    -  Report to Congress on Agency Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization Training and Travel Costs 
                    -  Agency Small Business Scorecards 
                    -  Small Business Procurement Advisory Council (SBPAC) Report 
                    -  Report to Congress on Small Business Subcontracting Plan Goals Status 

###         Goaling methodology      

                    -  Small Business Goaling Guidelines 
                    -  Scorecard Calculation Methodology 

## Contact us

Office of Policy, Planning and Liaison409 3rd St. SWWashington, DC 20416