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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1812 

To direct the Administrator of General Services to establish a small business 

growth pilot program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2011 

Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To direct the Administrator of General Services to establish 

a small business growth pilot program, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Growth 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH PILOT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year after 

8 the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 

9 General Services shall establish a small business growth 


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1 pilot program (in this section referred to as the ‘‘pro2 gram’’). 

3 (b) RESTRICTED COMPETITION FOR CERTAIN CON4 TRACTS.—Under the program, a contracting officer for 

5 the General Services Administration may award a contract 

6 on the basis of competition restricted to program partici7 pants determined eligible under subsection (c) if— 

8 (1) the anticipated award price of the contract 

9 (including options) is reasonably expected to exceed 

10 the simplified acquisition threshold; 

11 (2) the Administrator determines that, if the 

12 contract were not awarded under the program, the 

13 contract would likely be awarded to an entity other 

14 than a small business concern; 

15 (3) there is a reasonable expectation that at 

16 least 2 program participants determined eligible 

17 under subsection (c) will submit offers with respect 

18 to the contract; and 

19 (4) the contract award can be made at a fair 

20 market price. 

21 (c) PROGRAM PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY.—The Ad22 ministrator shall determine an entity to be a participant 

23 in the program and eligible to be awarded a contract under 

24 subsection (b) if the entity— 


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1 (1) is enrolling as a mentor in or is partici2 pating as a mentor in the Mentor-Protege Program 

3 of the Administration related to contracting; 

4 (2) if participating as a mentor in the Mentor5 Protege Program, has at least one protege that is a 

6 small business concern under that program; 

7 (3) has fewer than 1,500 employees; and 

8 (4) is not a small business concern. 

9 (d) CONSIDERATION REQUIRED.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—A contracting officer for the 

11 Administration shall consider awarding a contract 

12 under subsection (b) before awarding that contract 

13 on the basis of full and open competition. 

14 (2) REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR.—At the re15 quest of the Administrator, a contracting officer 

16 shall submit to the Administrator a report on the 

17 reasons a contract was or was not awarded on the 

18 basis of competition restricted to program partici19 pants determined eligible under subsection (c). 

20 (e) NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.—With respect to a con21 tract opportunity determined to meet the criteria specified 

22 in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (b), a con23 tracting officer for the Administration may provide notice 

24 of the contract opportunity on the Web site of the Admin25 istration and on any other appropriate Federal Web site 


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1 relating to contracting. The contracting officer shall en2 sure that the notice includes the eligibility requirements 

3 specified in subsection (c). 

4 (f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year 

5 after the date on which the program is established, and 

6 annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to 

7 Congress a report on the program, which shall include the 

8 number of contracts awarded in the prior year on the basis 

9 of competition restricted to program participants deter10 mined eligible under subsection (c), the value of the con11 tracts, a description of the work carried out under the con12 tracts, and the number of program participants deter13 mined eligible under subsection (c). 

14 (g) TERMINATION.—The program shall terminate on 

15 the date that is 5 years after the date on which the pro16 gram is established. 

17 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi18 nitions apply: 

19 (1) CONTRACTING OFFICER.—The term ‘‘con20 tracting officer’’ has the meaning given that term in 

21 section 2101(1) of title 41, United States Code. 

22 (2) FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.—The term 

23 ‘‘full and open competition’’ has the meaning given 

24 that term in section 107 of title 41, United States 

25 Code. 


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1 (3) SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD.— 

2 The term ‘‘simplified acquisition threshold’’ has the 

3 meaning given that term in section 134 of title 41, 

4 United States Code. 

5 (4) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 

6 ‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 

7 that term in section 3(a) of the Small Business Act 

8 (15 U.S.C. 632(a)). 

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