[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 35085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13746]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Small Business Size Standards: Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.

ACTION: Reopen the public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration is reopening the public 
comment period for the notice to rescind a class waiver of the 
Nonmanufacturer Rule for Aerospace Ball and Roller Bearings, North 
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 332991, Products 
and Services Code (PSC) 3110, made available for public comment on 
April 4, 2013 (78 FR 20371). The public comment period for the notice 
to rescind the class waiver for Aerospace Ball and Roller Bearings 
closed on June 3, 2013. The public comment period will reopen for 14 
days from publication in response to a public request for additional 
review time.

DATES: The public comment period for the notice published on April 4, 
2013 (78 FR 20371) will reopen and close 14 days after the date of 
publication in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may submit comments, identified by 
docket number SBA-2013-0004, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Edward Halstead, Procurement 
Analyst, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., 8th 
floor, Washington, DC 20416.
    All comments will be posted on www.Regulations.gov. If you wish to 
include within your comment confidential business information (CBI) as 
defined in the Privacy and Use Notice/User Notice at 
www.Regulations.gov and you do not want that information disclosed, you 
must submit the comment by either Mail or Hand Delivery. In the 
submission, you must highlight the information that you consider is CBI 
and explain why you believe this information should be withheld as 
confidential. SBA will make a final determination, in its sole 
discretion, as to whether the information is CBI and therefore will be 
published or withheld.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Halstead, (202) 205-9885, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 8(a)(17) of the Small Business Act 
(the Act), 15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17), and SBA's implementing regulations 
generally require that recipients of Federal supply contracts that are 
set aside for small businesses, Small Disabled Veteran Owned Small 
Business Concerns, Women-Owned Small Businesses, or Participants in the 
SBA's 8(a) Business Development Program provide the product of a 
domestic small business manufacturer or processor if the recipient is 
other than the actual manufacturer or processor of the product. This 
requirement is commonly referred to as the Nonmanufacturer Rule. 13 CFR 
121.406(b). The Act authorizes SBA to waive the Nonmanufacturer Rule 
for any ``class of products'' for which there are no small business 
manufacturers or processors available to participate in the Federal 
market. In order to be considered available to participate in the 
Federal market for a class of products, a small business manufacturer 
must have submitted a proposal for a contract or received a contract 
from the Federal government within the last 24 months. 13 CFR 
121.1202(c). SBA defines ``class of products'' as an individual 
subdivision within a North American Industry Classification System 
(NAICS) Industry Number as established by the Office of Management and 
Budget in the NAICS Manual. 13 CFR 121.1202(d). In addition, SBA uses 
Product Service Codes (PSCs) to further identify particular products 
within the NAICS code to which a waiver would apply. SBA may then 
identify a specific item within a PSC and NAICS code to which a class 
waiver would apply.
    On April 4, 2013, SBA published a notice in the Federal Register 
announcing that SBA was considering rescinding a class waiver of the 
Nonmanufacturer Rule for Aerospace Ball and Roller Bearings, NAICS code 
332991, PSC 3110, based on information submitted by several small 
business manufacturers of aerospace ball and roller bearings that have 
done business with the Federal government within the previous two 
years. 78 FR 20371. The public comment period for the notice to rescind 
the class waiver for Aerospace Ball and Roller Bearings closed on June 
3, 2013. This notice announces a reopening of the public comment period 
until 14 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register.

Kenneth W. Dodds,
Director, Office of Government Contracting.
[FR Doc. 2013-13746 Filed 6-10-13; 8:45 am]
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