Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Select Committee on Small BusinessU.S. Government Printing Office, 1968 - Legislative hearings |
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Aeroflex Air Force aircraft ANDERSON Army ASPR awards to small ball bearings BANNERMAN bidder BURTON Buy American Act Chairman Committee on Small competition contracting officer CORMAN Corp cost Counsel Defense Supply Agency Department of Defense engineering equipment Federal fiscal year 1967 Government procurement industry large business MALLOY ment military million MULTER NASA Navy negotiated percent percentage performance prime contractor problem procedures Procurement Subcommittee production proposals purchase question RACUSIN reasons record representatives request requirements response ROBINSON Select Committee Small Business Administration small business concerns small business firms small business participation small business procurement small business program small business set-aside small business specialist small business subcontracting small businessman small firms sources specifications statement suppliers technical terminal market tion U.S. Army VECCHIETTI Washington weighted guidelines
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Page 64 - That notwithstanding the provisions of section 6 of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 555) as amended (5 USC 652), or the provisions of any other law, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, the...
Page 355 - ... where there is a reasonable expectation that bids or proposals will be obtained from a sufficient number of responsible small business concerns so that awards will be made at reasonable prices.
Page 99 - General. (a) It is the policy of the Government to enable small business concerns to be considered fairly as subcontractors to contractors performing work or rendering services as prime contractors or subcontractors under Government procurement contracts, and to assure that prime contractors and subcontractors having small business subcontracting programs will consult through the purchasing activity with the SBA at its request.
Page 392 - Section 2304 is amended by adding a new subsection as follows: "(g) In all negotiated procurements in excess of $2,500 in which rates or prices are not fixed by law or regulation and in which time of delivery will permit proposals shall be solicited from the maximum number of qualified sources consistent with the nature and requirements of the supplies or services to be procured, and written or oral discussions shall be conducted with all responsible offerers who submit proposals within a competitive...
Page 354 - MAY BE SUBMITTED FOR ANY QUANTITIES LESS THAN THOSE SPECIFIED; AND THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE AN AWARD ON ANY ITEM FOR A QUANTITY LESS THAN THE QUANTITY BID UPON AT THE UNIT PRICES OFFERED UNLESS THE BIDDER SPECIFIES OTHERWISE IN HIS BID.
Page 198 - ... (If an award for more than $100,000 would be made to a domestic concern if the 12 percent factor is applied, but would not be made if the 6 percent...
Page 831 - Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Housing Amendments of 1957".
Page 3 - 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 180 - Plans, drawings, specifications or purchase descriptions for procurements shall state only the actual minimum needs of the Government and describe the supplies and services in a manner which will encourage maximum competition and eliminate, insofar as is possible, any restrictive features which might limit acceptable offers to one supplier's product, or the products of a relatively few suppliers.
Page 470 - Offices shall require similar reports to be prepared by cost-type contractors to accompany the Field Office reports. Reports shall be prepared as follows : (a) Narrative statement regarding the operation of the program during the sixmonth period. (b) Tabulation of the following factual information: (1) Number of contracts awarded to small business concerns during the sixmonth period which have not previously received contracts. (2) Number of small business concerns added to bidders' mailing lists...