100 STAT. 3341-147
PUBLIC LAW 99-591—OCT. 30, 1986
(2) The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. PART B—REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION PROCESS
SEC. 921. SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDES.
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(a) PROPORTION OF CONTRACTS SET ASIDE DETERMINED ON INDUSTRY CATEGORY BASIS.—Section 15(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
644(a)) is amended— (1) by inserting "in each industry category" in paragraph (3) after "Government", and (2) by adding at the end the following new sentences: "For purposes of clause (3) of the first sentence of this subsection, an industry category is a discrete group of similar goods and services. Such groups shall be determined by the Administration in accordance with the four-digit standard industrial classification codes contained in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual published by the Office of Management and Budget, except that the Administration shall limit such an industry category to a greater extent than provided under such classification codes if the Administration receives evidence indicating that further segmentation for purposes of this paragraph is warranted due to special capital equipment needs or special labor or geographic requirements or to recognize a new industry. A market for goods or services may not be segmented under the preceding sentence due to geographic requirements unless the Government t)^ically designates the area where work for contracts for such goods or services is to be performed and Government purchases comprise the major portion of the entire domestic market for such goods or services and, due to the fixed location of facilities, high mobilization costs, or similar economic factors, it is unreasonable to expect competition from business concerns located outside of the general areas where such concerns are located.". (b) AWARDING OF CONTRACTS AT FAIR MARKET PRICES.—(1) Section 15(a) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 644(a)) is further amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: "A contract may not be awarded under this subsection if the award of the contract would result in a cost to the awarding agency which exceeds a fair market price.". (2) Section 8(a)(l)(A) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(l)(A)) is amended by striking out the semicolon at the end and adding in lieu thereof the following: ". A contract may not be awarded under this subsection if the award of the contract would result in a cost to the awarding agency which exceeds a fair market price;". (c) ASSURANCE AS TO COMPOSITION OF LABOR FORCE.—(1) Section 8(a) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(14XA) A concern may not be awarded a contract under this subsection as a small business concern unless the concern agrees that— "(i) in the case of a contract for services (except construction), at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern; and ,
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