[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-6300]


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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'' (Pub. L. 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 (Pub. L. 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 January 1, 1993 to December 31, 1993. Modifications to 
solicitation practices are outlined in the Supplementary Information 
section below and apply to solicitations issued on or after April 1, 
1994.

effective date: April 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 or 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 2, 9, and 10 in Group 
15 and Regions 2, 3, and 5 in SIC 1794) will be conducted on an 
unrestricted basis.
    Procurements for construction services in Group 15 issued by GSA 
contracting activities in Regions 2, 9, and 10 and in SIC 1794 issued 
by GSA contracting activities in Regions 2, 3, and 5 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 2 encompasses the states of Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, New 
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 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 bases.

Architect-Engineer Services (all PSC Codes Under the Demonstration 
Program)

    Procurements for all architect-engineer services (except 
solicitations issued by contracting activities in GSA Regions 2, 3, 4, 
6, 9, and 10) shall be conducted on an unrestricted bases.
    Procurements for architect-engineer services issued by GSA 
contracting activities in GSA Regions 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, and 10 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 2 encompasses the states of Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, New 
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 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 6 encompasses the states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, 
and Nebraska. 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: March 9, 1993.
Arthur E. Ronkovich,
Acting Associate Administrator for Acquisition Policy.
[FR Doc. 94-6300 Filed 3-17-94; 8:45 am]
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