11456 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 48 / Wednesday, March 12, 1997 / Notices

Dated: March 10, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–6329 Filed 3–10–97; 10:44 am]

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GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

Change in Solicitation Procedures

Under the Small Business

Competitiveness Demonstration

Program

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy,

GSA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Title VII of the Business

Opportunity Development Reform Act

of 1988 (Public Law 100–656)

established the Small Business

Competitiveness Demonstration

Program and designated nine (9)

agencies, including GSA, to conduct the

program over a four (4) year period from

January 1, 1989 to December 31, 1992.

The Small Business Opportunity

Enhancement Act of 1992 (Public Law

102–366) extended the demonstration

program until September 1996 and

made certain changes in the procedures

for operation of the demonstration

program. The program has been

extended for an additional one-year

period by the Omnibus Consolidated

Appropriations Act (Public Law 104–

208). The law designated four (4)

industry groups for testing whether the

competitive capabilities of the specified

industry groups will enable them to

successfully compete on an unrestricted

basis. The four (4) industry groups are:

construction (except dredging);

architectural and engineering (A&E)

services (including surveying and

mapping); refuse systems and related

services (limited to trash/garbage

collection); and non-nuclear ship repair.

Under the program, when a

participating agency misses its small

business participation goal, restricted

competition is reinstituted only for

those contracting activities that failed to

attain the goal. The small business goal

is 40 percent of the total contract dollars

awarded for construction, trash/garbage

collection services, and non-nuclear

ship repair and 35 percent of the total

contract dollars awarded for architectengineer services. This notice

announces modifications to GSA’s

solicitation practices under the

demonstration program based on a

review of the agency’s performance

during the period from January 1, 1996

to December 31, 1996. Modifications to

solicitation practices are outlined in the

Supplementary Information section

below and apply to solicitations issued

on or after April 1, 1997.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

Wisnowski, Office of GSA Acquisition

Policy, (202) 501–1224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Procurements of construction or trash/

garbage collection with an estimated

value of $25,000 or less and

procurement of A-E services with an

estimated value of $50,000 or less will

be reserved for emerging small business

concerns in accordance with the

procedures outlined in the interim

policy directive issued by the Office of

Federal Procurement Policy (58 FR

13513, March 11, 1993).

Procurements of construction or

trash/garbage collection with an

estimated value that exceeds $25,000

and procurement of A-E serivces with

an estimated value exceeding $50,000

by GSA contracting activities will be

made in accordance with the following

procedures:

Construction Services in Groups 15, 16,

and 17

Procurements for all construction

services (except solicitations issued by

GSA contracting activities in Regions 2,

3, 7, 8, and the National Capital Region

in SIC Group 15, and the National

Capital Region in individual SIC code

1794) shall be conducted on an

unrestricted basis.

Procurements for construction

services in SIC Group 15 issued by GSA

contracting activities in Regions 2, 3, 7,

and 8, and the National Capital Region,

and in individual SIC code 1794 in the

National Capital Region, shall be set

aside for small business when there is

a reasonable expectation of obtaining

competition from two or more small

businesses. If no expectation exists, the

procurements will be conducted on an

unrestricted basis.

Region 2 encompasses the states of

New Jersey, New York, and the

territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin

Islands.

Region 3 encompasses the states of

Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia,

Maryland (except Montgomery and

Prince Georges counties), and Virginia

(except the city of Alexandria and the

counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun,

and Prince William).

Region 7 encompasses the states of

Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New

Mexico, and Texas.

Region 8 encompasses the states of

Colorado, Montana, North Dakota,

South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

The National Capital Region

encompasses the District of Columbia,

Montgomery and Prince Georges

counties in Maryland, and the city of

Alexandria and the counties of

Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince

William in Virginia.

Trash/Garbage Collection Services in

PSC S205

Procurements for trash/garbage

collection services in PSC S205 will be

conducted on an unrestricted basis.

Architect-Engineer Services (All PSC

Codes Under the Demonstration

Program)

Procurements for all architectengineer services (except procurements

issued by contracting activities in GSA

Regions 4, 9, and the National Capital

Region) shall be conducted on an

unrestricted basis.

Procurements for architect-engineer

services issued by contracting activities

in Regions 4, 9, and the National Capital

Region shall be set aside for small

business when there is a reasonable

expectation of obtaining competition

from two or more small businesses. If no

expectation exists, the procurements

may be conducted on an unrestricted

basis.

Region 4 encompasses the states of

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,

North Carolina, South Carolina,

Mississippi, and Tennessee.

Region 9 encompasses the states of

Arizona, California, Hawaii, and

Nevada.

The National Capital Region

encompasses the District of Columbia,

Montgomery and Prince Georges

counties in Maryland, and the city of

Alexandria and the counties of

Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince

William in Virginia.

Non-Nuclear Ship Repair

GSA does not procure non-nuclear

ship repairs.

Dated: March 6, 1997.

Ida M. Ustad,

Deputy Associate Administrator for

Acquisition Policy.

[FR Doc. 97–6163 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

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