[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 194 (Monday, October 7, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 62334-62335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25263]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

13 CFR Part 121


Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule

AGENCY: Small Business Administration (SBA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The SBA has been made aware of the existence of small business 
manufacturers for Hand and Edge Tool Manufacturing, North American 
Industry Classification System (NAICS) 332212. Notices to waive the 
Nonmanufacturer Rule appeared in the Federal Register on August 28, 
2002 (67 FR 55179) and July 27, 2002 (67 FR 47755). Comments from these 
notices were received from large and small business manufacturers. Our 
knowledge of the existence of small business manufacturers requires us 
to deny the waiver of the Nonmanufacturer for Hand and Edge Tool 
Manufacturing, NAICS 332212.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 30, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edith G. 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

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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 North 
American Industry Classification System. The second is the Product and 
Service Code established by the Federal Procurement Data System.

Linda G. Williams,
Associate Administrator for Government Contracting.
[FR Doc. 02-25263 Filed 10-4-02; 8:45 am]
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