52.219-30 Notice of Set-Aside for, or SoleSource Award to, Women-Owned Small

Business Concerns Eligible Under the

Women-Owned Small Business Program.

As prescribed in 19.1508 (b), insert the following clause:

Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Eligible

Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program (Oct 2022)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

Women-owned small business (WOSB) concern eligible under the WOSB Program (in accordance

with 13 CFR part 127), as used in this clause, means a small business concern that is at least 51

percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations

of which are controlled by, one or more women who are citizens of the United States, and the

concern is certified by SBA or an approved third-party certifier in accordance with 13 CFR 127.300

as a WOSB. A certified EDWOSB is automatically eligible as a certified WOSB.

WOSB Program Repository means a secure, Web-based application that collects, stores, and

disseminates documents to the contracting community and SBA, which verify the eligibility of a

business concern for a contract to be awarded under the WOSB Program.

(b) Applicability. This clause applies only to-

(1) Contracts that have been set aside for, or awarded on a sole-source basis to, WOSB concerns

eligible under the WOSB Program;

(2) Part or parts of a multiple-award contract that have been set aside for WOSB concerns eligible

under the WOSB Program; 

(3) Orders set aside for WOSB concerns eligible under the WOSB Program, under multiple-award

contracts as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F); and

(4) Orders issued directly to WOSB concerns eligible under the WOSB Program under multipleaward contracts as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii).

(c) General.

(1) For WOSB set-aside procurements, offers are solicited only from certified WOSB concerns

eligible under the WOSB Program or WOSB concerns with a pending application for certification

status in the Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS).

(2) For WOSB sole-source awards, offers are solicited only from certified WOSB concerns.

(3) Offers received from other concerns shall not be considered.
(4) Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to a certified WOSB concern eligible

under the WOSB Program.

(d) Joint venture. A joint venture may be considered a WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB

Program if—

(1) At least one party to the joint venture complies with the criteria defined in paragraph (a) and

(c)(3) of this clause, and 13 CFR 127.506(c); and

(2) Each party to the joint venture qualifies as small under the size standard for the solicitation, or

the protégé is small under the size standard for the solicitation in a joint venture comprised of a

mentor and protégé with an approved mentor-protégé agreement under the SBA mentor-protégé

program.

(e) In a joint venture that complies with paragraph (d) of this clause, the WOSB party or parties to

the joint venture shall perform at least 40 percent of the work performed by the joint venture. Work

performed by the WOSB party or parties to the joint venture must be more than administrative

functions.

(End of clause)

Parent topic: 52.219 [Reserved]