[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 241 (Friday, December 13, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 65492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31703]
[[Page 65492]]
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
13 CFR Part 121
Proposed Rule; Small Business Size Standards; Waiver of the
Nonmanufacturer Rule
AGENCY: Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Notice of intent to waive the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Airborne
Integrated Data Components (master units, remote units, bus monitors,
analog multiplexers, convolutional encoders, digital multiplexers,
signal conditioners, and time code readers).
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SUMMARY: The Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering
granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Airborne Integrated
Data Components. The basis for a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for
this product is that there are no small business manufacturers or
processors available to supply these products to the Federal
Government. The effect of a waiver would be to allow an otherwise
qualified Nonmanufacturer to supply other than the product of a
domestic small business manufacturer or processor on a Federal contract
set aside for small businesses or awarded through the SBA 8(a) Program.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments and potential source
information from interested parties.
DATES: Comments and sources must be submitted on or before January 6,
1997.
ADDRESSES: David Wm. Loines, Procurement Analyst, U.S. Small Business
Administration, 409 3rd Street S.W., Washington, DC 20416, Tel:(202)
205-6475.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Wm. Loines, Procurement Analyst,
U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street S.W., Washington, DC
20416, Tel:(202) 205-6475, Fax:(202)205-7324.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public law 100-656, enacted on November 15,
1988, incorporated into the Small Business Act the previously existing
regulation that recipients of Federal contracts set-aside for small
businesses or the SBA 8(a) Program, must provide the product of a small
business manufacturer or processor, if the recipient is other than the
actual manufacturer or processor. This requirement is commonly referred
to as the Nonmanufacturer Rule. The SBA regulations imposing this
requirement are found at 13 CFR 121.406(b). Section 303(h) of the law
provides for waiver of this requirement by SBA for any ``class of
products'' for which there are no small business manufacturers or
processors in the Federal market. To be considered available to
participate in the Federal market on these classes of products, a small
business manufacturer must have submitted a proposal for a contract
solicitation or received a contract from the Federal Government within
the last 24 months. The SBA defines ``class of products'' based on two
coding systems. The first is the Office of Management and Budget
Standard Industrial Classification Manual. The second is the Product
and Service Code established by the Federal Procurement Data System.
The Small Business Administration is currently processing a request
for a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Airborne Integrated Data
Components (SIC 3812, PSC 5821) and invites the public to comment or
provide information on potential small business manufacturers for this
product.
In an effort to identify potential small business manufacturers,
the SBA has searched the Procurement Automated Source System (PASS) and
Thomas Register, and the SBA will publish a notice in the Commerce
Business Daily. The public is invited to comment or provide source
information to SBA on the proposed waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule
for this class of products.
Dated: December 9, 1996.
Judith A. Roussel,
Associate Administrator for Government Contracting.
[FR Doc. 96-31703 Filed 12-12-96; 8:45 am]
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