Small Disadvantaged Business Self-Certification (DFARS Case 2009-019)

Summary:

FAC 2005-54 adopts as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to incorporate changes made by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to its small disadvantaged business (SDB) program.

Supplementary Information:

Background

DoD, GSA, and NASA published an interim rule in the Federal Register at 75 FR 77737 on December 13, 2010, to implement in the FAR revisions made by the SBA regarding certification of Federal subcontractors. The FAR revisions, as identified in the interim rule, allow for small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) to self-represent their SDB status to prime contractors in good faith when seeking Federal subcontracting opportunities.Previously under the FAR, Federal prime contractors were required to confirm that subcontractors representing themselves as small disadvantaged businesses were certified by the SBA as SDB firms.

DoD, GSA, and NASA received no comments in response to the interim rule.

Dates:

The Effective Date for this final rule is 2 November 2011.

Click here to read the entire Federal Register notice for this rule.