I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Growth 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
General Services shall establish a small business growth 
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pilot program (in this section referred to as the ‘‘pro-
gram’’). 
(b) RESTRICTED COMPETITION FOR CERTAIN CON-
TRACTS.—Under the program, a contracting officer for 
the General Services Administration may award a contract 
on the basis of competition restricted to program partici-
pants determined eligible under subsection (c) if— 
(1) the anticipated award price of the contract 
(including options) is reasonably expected to exceed 
the simplified acquisition threshold; 
(2) the Administrator determines that, if the 
contract were not awarded under the program, the 
contract would likely be awarded to an entity other 
than a small business concern; 
(3) there is a reasonable expectation that at 
least 2 program participants determined eligible 
under subsection (c) will submit offers with respect 
to the contract; and 
(4) the contract award can be made at a fair 
market price. 
(c) PROGRAM PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY.—The Ad-
ministrator shall determine an entity to be a participant 
in the program and eligible to be awarded a contract under 
subsection (b) if the entity— 
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(1) is enrolling as a mentor in or is partici-
pating as a mentor in the Mentor-Protege Program 
of the Administration related to contracting; 
(2) if participating as a mentor in the Mentor- 
Protege Program, has at least one protege that is a 
small business concern under that program; 
(3) has fewer than 1,500 employees; and 
(4) is not a small business concern. 
(d) CONSIDERATION REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A contracting officer for the 
Administration shall consider awarding a contract 
under subsection (b) before awarding that contract 
on the basis of full and open competition. 
(2) REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR.—At the re-
quest of the Administrator, a contracting officer 
shall submit to the Administrator a report on the 
reasons a contract was or was not awarded on the 
basis of competition restricted to program partici-
pants determined eligible under subsection (c). 
(e) NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.—With respect to a con-
tract opportunity determined to meet the criteria specified 
in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (b), a con-
tracting officer for the Administration may provide notice 
of the contract opportunity on the Web site of the Admin-
istration and on any other appropriate Federal Web site 
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relating to contracting. The contracting officer shall en-
sure that the notice includes the eligibility requirements 
specified in subsection (c). 
(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year 
after the date on which the program is established, and 
annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to 
Congress a report on the program, which shall include the 
number of contracts awarded in the prior year on the basis 
of competition restricted to program participants deter-
mined eligible under subsection (c), the value of the con-
tracts, a description of the work carried out under the con-
tracts, and the number of program participants deter-
mined eligible under subsection (c). 
(g) TERMINATION.—The program shall terminate on 
the date that is 5 years after the date on which the pro-
gram is established. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) CONTRACTING OFFICER.—The term ‘‘con-
tracting officer’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 2101(1) of title 41, United States Code. 
(2) FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.—The term 
‘‘full and open competition’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 107 of title 41, United States 
Code. 
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(3) SIMPLIFIED
ACQUISITION
THRESHOLD.— 
The term ‘‘simplified acquisition threshold’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 134 of title 41, 
United States Code. 
(4) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 3(a) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632(a)). 
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