Appendix to the Small Business Administration and Related Activities, Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 2 of ... 84-1 Pursuant to H. Res. 114

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Page 576 - 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 575 - Government property, as to which It Is determined by the Administration and the contracting procurement or disposal agency (1) to be In the Interest of maintaining or mobilizing the Nation's full productive capacity...
Page 588 - To effectuate such policy, small-business concerns within the meaning of this section shall receive any award or contract or any part thereof as to which it is determined by the Administration and the contracting procurement agencies (A) to be in the interest of mobilizing the Nation's full productive capacity...
Page 575 - Administration's determination as to which enterprises are to be designated "small-business concerns", as authorized and directed under this paragraph; (7) To certify to Government procurement officers, and officers engaged in the sale and disposal of Federal property, with respect to the competency, as to capacity and credit, of any small-business concern or group of such concerns to perform a specific Government contract.
Page 590 - Except as provided in this section, a pool shall be treated for purposes of Government procurement on exactly the same basis as any other prospective or actual contractor. (c) Ascertainment of status. The contracting officer is responsible for ascertaining whether a group of firms seeking to do business with the Government is a pool. In ascertaining the status of a group representing...
Page 556 - The Secretary of Defense shall assure that there is made available to suppliers in the United States, and particularly to small independent enterprises, information with respect to purchases made by the Department of Defense pursuant to part II, such information to be furnished as far in advance as possible.
Page 604 - UTILIZATION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS (a) 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. (b) The Contractor agrees to accomplish the maximum amount of subcontracting to small business concerns that the Contractor finds to be consistent with the efficient...
Page 575 - Government having procurement or property disposal powers are directed to accept such certification as conclusive, and are authorized to let such Government contract to such concern or group of concerns without requiring it to meet any other requirement with respect to capacity and credit...
Page 591 - Except as to contracts to be awarded to incorporated pools, the contracting officer shall prior to award to a pool require to be deposited with him a certified copy of a power of attorney from each member of the pool who is to participate in the performance of the contract authorizing an agent to execute the bid, proposal, or contract on behalf of such member. A copy of each such power of attorney shall be appended to each executed copy of the contract retained by the Government. (2) Membership in...
Page 562 - General policies. (a) It is the policy of NASA to place a fair proportion of its total purchases and contracts for supplies and services with small business concerns, and to afford small business concerns an equitable opportunity to compete for contract awards.

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