[Federal Register: June 2, 1999 (volume 64, Number 105)]
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Office of Federal Procurement Policy; Small Business Administration


Final Policy Directive, Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program

AGENCIES: Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), and Small Business Administration (SBA), OMB.

ACTION: Notice of finaly policy directive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The OFPP and SBA are issuing a final policy directive and implementation plan to implement the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program established by the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-656), as amended, 15 U.S.C. 644 note. As a result of comments received following publication of an interim policy directive and implementation plan in the Federal Register on September 19, 1998 (63 FR 51981), we are revising the interim policy directive and implementation plan as indicated below. The changes to the implementation plan include:

1. We added a new subparagraph 7. in section III.A. to make clear that the very small business pilot program does not apply to any requirement that is subject to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program.

2.We revised section IIIC.1. to allow participating agencies to apply the 40 percent small business goal separately for east coast non-nucleas ship repair and west coast non-nuclear ship repair.

3. We revised section IVA.5. to clarify that SBA has the authority to request quarterly reports from the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) to monitor agencies' progress towards meeting their annual goals.

4. We revised section V.A.1 to delete reference to the solicitation date, but retained the requirement for agencies to distinguish awards made under the Program from other contract awards.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda G. Williams, Deputy Associate Administrator, (202) 395-3302.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

congress established the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program in 1988 to test the effectiveness of eliminating small business set-asides in certain industries. (See Pub. L. 100-656, the Small Business competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of 1988("Act"), as amended, at 15 U.S.C. 644 note.) The Program has two primary objectives: (1) to demonstrate whether or not small businesses in certain industry groups can compete successfully on an unrestricted bases for Federal contracts, and (2) to demonstrate whether or not targeted goaling and management techniques can expand Federal contract