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Small Business Administration |
The current SBA, provides loans, technical support, and assistance with
government contracts. It does this with a number of offices and
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Regulations |
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SBA issues its own regulations covering its various
programs at
Title 13
— Business Credit and Assistance.
Chapter I — Small Business
Administration.1
In addition to its headquarters in Washington, D. C., SBA provides its assistance with a variety of offices.
The functions of the SBA offices are explained at 13 CFR 101.104. |
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Contacts |
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Three important SBA
officials in government contracting are the SBA Procurement Center
Representative (PCR), the SBA Breakout Procurement Center Representative (BPCR),
and the Commercial Marketing Representative.
The responsibilities of
the PCR are explained at are explained at 13 CFR 125.2(b). The
responsibilities of (BPCR) is at the 13 CFR 125.2(c). The responsibilities
of the CMR are explained at 13 CFR 125.3(e).
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Programs |
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SBA operates a series of contracting programs centering
around small businesses. Its not easy to follow how SBA sorts things
out in its regulations. However, we will start with
13 CFR 125 which is called "Government Contracting Programs."
The Regulation states: "The regulations in
this part relate to the Government contracting assistance programs of SBA.
There are five main programs: Prime contracting assistance; Subcontracting
assistance; Government property sales assistance; the Certificate of
Competency program; and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
Concern contracting assistance. The objective of the programs is to assist
small businesses in obtaining a fair share of Federal Government contracts,
subcontracts, and property sales."
SBA also manages the 8(a) and Small Disadvantaged
Business Development. The regulations are at 13 CFR 124. SBA also
manages the HUBZone program with regulations at 13 CFR 126. Another
program that touches on contracting is Surety Bond Guarantees. The
regulations are at 13 CFR 115.
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The CFR citations used here are from the
Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR). To see how to
use the e-CFR, read information on its
legal status here. To use the CFR,
visit this page. It also provides CFR Titles years into the past
for research. |
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Federal Agencies |
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Office of
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization |
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Most federal agencies are
authorized to have an Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization (OSDBU). This is an office created by law at
Title 15 U.S.C.
§ 644 (k). When you contact a small business office, check
with them to determine if it is an official OSDBU.
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Non-Government Organizations |
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Procurement
Technical Assistant Centers (PTAC), Small Business Development Centers, and
Women Business Centers, SCORE® |
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The law providing for:
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Small Business Innovation Research and Technology
Transfer Programs (SBIR & STTR) |
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The law providing for SBIR and STTR is at
15 U.S.C. § 638. |
