5319.201 General Policy

(a)  Refer to AFI 64-201, Small Business Programs for Air Force Small Business Program requirements.

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(B)  Small business specialists are required to review all acquisitions expected to exceed $10,000 (to include awards against GSA instruments but excluding awards under the Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Programs) prior to accomplishing or advertising the acquisition. Document review on the DD Form 2579, Small Business Coordination Record. Except for AFMC and AFSPC, forward a copy of all completed DD Forms 2579 in excess of $1,000,000 to the MAJCOM/DRU and AFISRA Director of Small Business prior to convening an Acquisition Strategy Panel or prior to finalizing the Acquisition Strategy if an ASP is not convened.

(10)  DD Form 2579. Contracting officers shall not make a public release (such as a Federal Biz Opps announcement) indicating the government's decision on method of acquisition (full and open, small business set-aside, 8(a) program or HUBZone set-aside) until after obtaining small business specialist signature on the DD Form 2579. This does not preclude publishing synopses to facilitate market research such as a sources sought synopsis, prior to DD Form 2579 signature, provided the synopsis does not indicate the government's decision on method of acquisition.

(11)  SB specialists/PCRs should be read into programs early in the acquisition planning process whenever possible. In those instances where the Small Business Specialist and the SBA/Procurement Center Representative are precluded from the review process due to security classification, the Contracting Officer shall complete DD Form 2579, Small Business Coordination Record, and the Chief of the Contracting Office shall review and coordinate on the DD Form 2579.