19.708 Contract clauses.

(a) Insert the clause at 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns, in solicitations and

contracts when the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold

unless-

(1) A personal services contract is contemplated (see 37.104); or

(2) The contract, together with all of its subcontracts, will be performed entirely outside of the

United States and its outlying areas.

(b)

(1) Insert the clause at 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan, in solicitations and contracts

that offer subcontracting possibilities, are expected to exceed $750,000 ($1.5 million for

construction of any public facility), and are required to include the clause at 52.219-8, Utilization of

Small Business Concerns, unless the acquisition is set aside or is to be accomplished under the 8(a)

program. When-

(i) Contracting by sealed bidding rather than by negotiation, the contracting officer shall use the

clause with its Alternate I;

(ii) Contracting by negotiation, and subcontracting plans are required with initial proposals as

provided for in 19.705-2(d), the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate II;

(iii) The contract action will not be reported in the Federal Procurement Data System pursuant to

4.606(c)(5), or (c)(6), the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate III; or

(iv) Incorporating a subcontracting plan due to a modification as provided for in 19.702(a)(1)(iii), the

contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate IV.

(2) Insert the clause at 52.219-16, Liquidated Damages-Subcontracting Plan, in all solicitations and

contracts containing the clause at 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan, or the clause with

its Alternate I, II, III, or IV.

(c)

(1) The contracting officer may, when contracting by negotiation, insert in solicitations and contracts

a clause substantially the same as the clause at 52.219-10, Incentive Subcontracting Program, when

a subcontracting plan is required (see 19.702), and inclusion of a monetary incentive is, in the

judgment of the contracting officer, necessary to increase subcontracting opportunities for small

business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone

small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns, and is

commensurate with the efficient and economical performance of the contract; unless the conditions

in paragraph (c)(3) of this section are applicable. The contracting officer may vary the terms of the

clause as specified in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.

(2) Various approaches may be used in the development of small business, veteran-owned small

business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small
disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns’ subcontracting incentives.

They can take many forms, from a fully quantified schedule of payments based on actual subcontract

achievement to an award-fee approach employing subjective evaluation criteria (see paragraph

(c)(3) of this section). The incentive should not reward the contractor for results other than those

that are attributable to the contractor’s efforts under the incentive subcontracting program.

(3) As specified in paragraph (c)(2) of this section, the contracting officer may include small

business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone

small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business subcontracting as

one of the factors to be considered in determining the award fee in a cost-plus-award-fee contract; in

such cases, however, the contracting officer shall not use the clause at 52.219-10, Incentive

Subcontracting Program.

Parent topic: Subpart 19.7 - The Small Business Subcontracting Program