[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 166 (Monday, August 29, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-21272]
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[Federal Register: August 29, 1994]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Change in Solicitation Procedures Under the Small Business
Competitiveness Demonstration Program
agency: Office of Acquisition Policy, GSA.
action: Notice.
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summary: Title VII of the ``Business Opportunity Development 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 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 July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994. Modifications to solicitation
practices are outlined in the Supplementary Information section below
and apply to solicitations issued on or after October 1, 1994.
effective date: October 1, 1994.
for further information contact: Ida Ustad, 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 Procurement Policy (58 FR 13513, March 11, 1993).
Procurements of construction of 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 1, 5, and 9 in Group 15
and Regions 2, 3, 5, and 9 for individual SIC code 1794) will be
conducted on an unrestricted basis.
Procurements for construction services in Group 15 issued by GSA
contracting activities in Regions 1, 5, and 9, and in individual SIC
Code 1794 in Regions 2, 3, 5, and 9 will be set aside for small
business when there is a reasonable expectation of obtaining
competition for two or more small businesses. If no expectation exists,
the procurements will be conducted on an unrestricted basis.
Region 1 encompasses the states of Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Region 2 encompasses the states of New Jersey, New York, and the
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 9 encompasses the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, and
Nevada.
Region 10 encompasses the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and
Washington.
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 1, 2, 3,
9, and 10 for service code C111; procurements issued by Region 9 for
service code C219; and procurements issued by Region 4 for service code
R404) shall be conducted on an unrestricted basis.
Procurements for architect-engineer services issued by GSA
contracting activities in GSA Regions 1, 2, 3, 9, and 10 for service
code C111; procurements issued by Region 9 for service code C219;
procurements issued by Region 4 for service code R404 will 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 procurement will be conducted on an unrestricted basis.
Region 1, encompasses the states of Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Region 2 encompasses the states of New Jersey, New York, and the
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 4 encompasses the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
Region 9 encompasses the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, and
Nevada.
Region 10 encompasses the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and
Washington.
Non-Nuclear Ship Repair
GSA does not procure non-nuclear ship repairs.
Dated: August 17, 1994.
Arthur E. Ronkovich,
Acting Associate Administrator for Acquisition Policy.
[FR Doc. 94-21272 Filed 8-26-94; 8:45 am]
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