[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 6 (Thursday, January 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1335-1336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-526]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Office of Acquisition Policy; Change in Solicitation Procedures
Under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program
ACTION: Notice.
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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 architect-engineer 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 October 1, 1995 to September 30, 1996. Modifications to
solicitation practices are outlined in the Supplementary Information
section below and apply to solicitations issued on or after January 1,
1997.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 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 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 Procedure Policy (58 FR 13513, March 11, 1993).
Procurements of construction or trash/garbage collection with an
estimated value that exceeds $25,000 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, 7, and 8 in SIC
Group 15, the National Capital Region in individual SIC code 1794, and
Regions 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9 in individual SIC code 1796) shall be
conducted on an unrestricted basis.
Procurements for construction services in SIC Group 15 issued by
GSA contracting activities in Regions 2, 7, and 8, and individual SIC
code 1794 in the National Capital Region, and in individual SIC code
1796 in Regions 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9, shall be set aside for
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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
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 5 encompasses the states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Region 6 encompasses the states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and
Nebraska.
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.
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.
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 architect-engineer services (except
procurements issued by contracting activities in GSA Regions 4, 5, 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, 5, 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 bases.
Region 4 encompasses the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
Region 5 encompasses the states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
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: December 16, 1996.
Ida M. Ustad,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Acquisition Policy.
[FR Doc. 97-526 Filed 1-8-97; 8:45 am]
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