[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 96 (Thursday, May 19, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-12229]


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[Federal Register: May 19, 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 (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 April 1, 1993 to March 31, 1994. Modifications to solicitation 
practices are outlined in the Supplementary Information section below 
and apply to solicitations issued on or after July 1, 1994.

effective date: July 1, 1994.

for further information contact: Ida Ustad, Office of GSA Acquisition 
Policy, (202) 501-1224.

supplementary information: Procedures 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 contacting 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, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 10 
in Group 15) will be conducted on an unrestricted basis.
    Procurements for construction services in Group 15 issued by GSA 
contracting activities in Regions 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 10 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 procedures 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 7 encompasses the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, 
Oklahoma, and Texas.
    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 
solicitations issued by contracting activities in GSA Regions 2, 3 and 
10 for service code C111; solicitations issued by Region 4 for service 
code C119; solicitations issued by Region 9 for service code C219; and 
solicitations issued by Region 4 for service code R404) shall be 
conducted on an unrestricted basis.
    Procurements for all architect-engineer services issued by GSA 
contracting activities in GSA Regions 2, 3 and 10 for service code 
C111; solicitations issued by Region 4 for service code C119; 
solicitations issued by Region 9 for service code C219; and 
solicitations 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 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 9 encompasses the states of Arizona, California, 
Hawaii, and Nevada.

Non-Nuclear Ship Repair

    GSA does not procure non-nuclear ship repairs.

    Dated: May 11, 1994.
Arthur E. Ronkovich,
Acting Associate Administrator for Acquisition Policy.
[FR Doc. 94-12229 Filed 5-18-94; 8:45 am]
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