[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 14, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 14865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6306]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

13 CFR Part 121


Small Business Size Standards; Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule

AGENCY: Small Business Administration.

ACTION: Proposed waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule.

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SUMMARY: The Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering a 
waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for aerospace ball and roller 
bearings, consists of, but not limited to, annular ball bearings, 
cylindrical ball bearings, linear ball bearings, linear roller 
bearings, needle roller bearings, ball or roller bearing races, roller 
bearings, tapered roller bearings and thrust roller bearings. The basis 
for waivers is that no small business manufacturers are supplying these 
classes of products to the Federal government. The effect of a waiver 
would be to allow otherwise qualified regular dealers to supply the 
products of any domestic manufacturer on a Federal contract set aside 
for small businesses or awarded through the SBA 8(a) Program. The 
purpose of this notice is to solicit comments and source information 
from interested parties.

DATES: Comments and sources must be submitted on or before March 29, 
2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments to: Edith Butler, Program Analyst, U.S. Small 
Business Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20416, 
Tel: (202) 619-0422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 100-656, enacted on November 15, 
1988, incorporated into the Small Business Act the previously existing 
regulation that recipients of Federal contracts set aside for small 
businesses or SBA 8(a) Program procurement must provide the product of 
a small business manufacturer or processor, if the recipient is other 
than the actual manufacturer or processor. This requirement is commonly 
referred to as the Nonmanufacturer Rule. The SBA regulations imposing 
this requirement are found at 13 CFR 121.906(b) and 121.1106(b). 
Section 303(h) of the law provides for waiver of this requirement by 
SBA for any ``class of products'' for which there are no small business 
manufacturers or processors in the Federal market. To be considered 
available to participate in the Federal market on these classes of 
products, a small business manufacturer must have submitted a proposal 
for a contract solicitation or received a contract from the Federal 
government within the last 24 months. The SBA defines ``class of 
products'' based on two coding systems. The first is the Office of 
Management and Budget Standard Industrial Classification Manual. The 
second is the Product and Service Code established by the Federal 
Procurement Data System.
    This notice proposes to waive the Nonmanufacturer Rule for 
aerospace ball and roller bearings, consist of, but not limited to, 
annular ball bearings, cylindrical ball bearings, linear ball bearings, 
linear roller bearings, needle roller bearings, ball or roller bearing 
races, roller bearings, tapered roller bearings and thrust roller 
bearings, SIC code 3562 and North American Industry Classification 
System (NAICS) 332991, public is invited to comment or provide source 
information to SBA on the proposed waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule 
for the aerospace ball and roller bearings, consist of, but not limited 
to, annular ball bearings, cylindrical ball bearings, linear ball 
bearings, linear roller bearings, needle roller bearings, ball or 
roller bearing races, roller bearings, tapered roller bearings and 
thrust roller bearings specified.

Luz A. Hopewell,
Associate Administrator for Government Contracting.
[FR Doc. 01-6306 Filed 3-13-01; 8:45 am]
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