19.1405  Service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside procedures.

7.  Amend section 19.1405 by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:

19.1405  Service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside procedures.

(a)  The contracting officer--

(1)  Shall comply with 19.203 before deciding to set aside an acquisition under the SDVOSB Program;

(2)  May set-aside acquisitions exceeding the micro-purchase threshold for competition restricted to SDVOSB concerns when the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section can be satisfied; and

(3)  Shall consider SDVOSB set-asides before considering SDVOSB sole source awards (see 19.1406) or small business set-asides (see subpart 19.5).

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