[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 73 (Monday, April 16, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 19381]
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[FR Doc No: 01-9068]



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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: Final decision to waive the nonmanufacturer rule.

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SUMMARY: This document advises the public that the Small Business 
Administration (SBA) is establishing a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer 
Rule for aerospace ball and roller bearings, consisting 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 available to participate in the Federal market for 
these products. The effect of a waiver will allow otherwise qualified 
nonmanufacturers 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.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 13, 2001

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 document waives the Nonmanufacturer Rule for aerospace ball 
and roller bearings, consisting 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.
    Documents proposing to waive the nonmanufacturer rule for the 
aerospace ball and roller bearings, consisting 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 were published on February 20, 2001 (66 FR 10842), 
and on March 14, 2001 (66 FR 14865). No comments were received.

Luz A. Hopewell,
Associate Administrator for Government Contracting.
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