Small Business Participation in Defense Subcontracting

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Page 19 - SEC. 3. For the purpose of this Act, a small business concern shall be deemed to be one which is independently owned and operated and which is not dominant in its field of operation. In addition to the foregoing criteria the Administrator, in making a detailed definition, may use these criteria, among others : Number of employees and dollar volume of business.
Page 17 - It Is the policy of the Government as declared by the Congress that a fair proportion of the purchases and contracts for supplies and services for the Government be placed with small business concerns.
Page 2 - A small business concern for the purpose of Government procurement is a concern, including its affiliates, which is independently owned and operated, is not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts and can further qualify under the criteria set forth in this section.
Page 3 - A contracting officer may, any time prior to award, question the small business status of the apparently successful bidder or offerer by sending a. written notice to the SBA regional office of the region in which the bidder or offerer has his principal place of business.
Page 18 - For the purposes of this section, a small-business concern shall be deemed to be one which is independently owned and operated and which is not dominant in its field of operation.
Page 17 - It is the declared policy of the Congress that the Government should aid, counsel, assist, and protect insofar as is possible the interests of small business concerns in order to preserve free competitive enterprise...
Page 18 - Government should aid, counsel, assist, and protect insofar as is possible, the interests of small-business concerns in order to preserve free competitive enterprise, to insure that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for supplies and services for the Government be placed with small-business enterprises, and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of the Nation.
Page 2 - ... controls or has the power to control both. In determining whether concerns are independently owned and operated and whether or not affiliation exists, consideration shall be given to all appropriate factors, including common ownership, common management, and contractual relationships...
Page 13 - For the purposes of this section, a business enterprise shall be determined to be "small business"' if (1) its position in the trade or industry of which it is a part is not dominant, (2) the number of its employees does not exceed 500, and (3) it is independently owned and operated.
Page 18 - To carry out this purpose the Administrator, when requested to do so, shall issue in response to each such request an appropriate certificate certifying an individual concern as a "smallbusiness concern...

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