U.S. Postal Service Procurement Practices: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Minority Enterprise and General Oversight of the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, Washington, D.C., July 13, 1977 |
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Page 28 - Submit periodic reports of subcontracting to known minority business enterprises with respect to the records referred to in subparagraph (4), above, in such form and manner and at such time (not more often than quarterly) as the Contracting Officer may prescribe. (b) The Contractor further agrees to insert, in any subcontract hereunder which may exceed $500,000, provisions which shall conform substantially to the language of this clause, including this paragraph (b), and to notify the Contracting...
Page 12 - Affiliates. Business concerns are affiliates of each other when either directly or indirectly (1) one concern controls or has the power to control the other or (2) a third party controls or has the power to control both. In determining whether concerns are independently owned and operated and whether or not affiliation...
Page 27 - ENTERPRISES (a) It is the policy of the Government that minority business enterprises shall have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in the performance of Government contracts.
Page 12 - If a concern has not been in existence for four full calendar quarters, "number of employees" means the average employment of such concern and its affiliates during the period such concern has been in existence based on the number of persons employed during the pay period ending nearest the 15th day of each month.
Page 12 - In connection with the determination of small business status, "number of employees" means the average employment of any concern, including the employees of its domestic and foreign affiliates, based on the number of persons employed on a full-time, part-time, temporary, or...
Page 27 - As used in this contract, the term "minority business enterprise" means a business, at least 50 percent of which Is owned by minority group members or. In case of publicly owned businesses, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by minority group members. For the purposes of this definition, minority group members are Negroes, Spanish-speaking American persons, American-Orientals, American-Indians, American-Eskimos, and American Aleuts. Contractors may rely on written representations...
Page 27 - Utilization of Small Business Concerns clause, set forth in this 1 1-1.710-3, shall be included in all contracts in amounts which may exceed $5,000 except (1) contracts which, including all subcontracts thereunder, are to be performed entirely outside the United States, its possessions, and Puerto Rico, and (2) contracts for services which are personal in nature : UTILIZATION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS...
Page 12 - ... restraints imposed on a franchisee by its franchise agreement shall not be considered provided that the franchisee has the right to profit from its effort and the risk of loss or failure, commensurate with ownership.
Page 12 - is not dominant in its field of operations" when it does not exercise a controlling or major influence in a kind of business activity in which a number of business concerns are primarily engaged. In determining whether dominance exists, consideration...
Page 12 - number of employees' ' means the average employment of any concern and its affiliates based on the number of persons employed during the pay period ending nearest the last day of the third month in each calendar quarter for the preceding four quarters.