Subpart 1804.5--Electronic Commerce in
Contracting
1804.570 NASA Acquisition Internet Service
(NAIS).
1804.570-1 General.
The NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS)
provides an electronic means for posting procurement synopses, solicitations,
and associated information on the NAIS
Internet site which in turn, automatically posts relevant information onto the
Governmentwide point of entry (GPE).
1804.570-2 Electronic Posting System.
(a) The NAIS Electronic Posting System (EPS)
enables the NASA procurement staff to --
(1)
Electronically create and post synopses on the NAIS Internet site and
the GPE; and
(2) Post solicitation documents, including
solicitation amendments or cancellations, and other procurement information on
the NAIS Internet site with linked references on the GPE.
(b) The EPS maintains an on-line index
linking the posted synopses and solicitations for viewing and downloading.
(c) The EPS shall be used to --
(1)
Create and post all synopses in accordance with FAR
Part 5 and NFS 1805; and
(2)
Post all competitive solicitation files, excluding large construction
and other drawings, for acquisitions exceeding $25,000.
(d) The NAIS is the official site for
solicitation postings which in turn, automatically posts relevant information
onto the Government-wide point of entry (GPE).
In the event supporting materials, such as program libraries, cannot be
reasonably accommodated by the NAIS, Internet sites external to NAIS may be
established after coordination with the contracting officer. Such sites must be linked from the NAIS
business opportunities index where the solicitation resides. External sites should not duplicate any of
the files residing on the NAIS.
Subpart 1804.6--Contract Reporting
1804.601 Record requirements.
The Headquarters Office of Procurement,
Analysis Division, is responsible for meeting the requirements of FAR 4.601, based on installation validation and approval of
data entered into the Federal Procurement Data System.
(d)(1) Centers
shall ensure that only actions awarded to SBA certified HUBZone small
businesses are counted towards HUBZone goal achievement when reporting
information in the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). Such businesses must be determined by SBA as
eligible to receive HUBZone contracts prior to the time of proposal submission.
1804.604
Responsibilities.
(c) Centers must perform a
statistically-valid verification and validation of FPDS-NG data twice per year
on a minimum of 25 percent of center actions.
The procurement officer must certify data accuracy and
completeness. Specific process
requirements are as follows:
(i)
A cross-section of contract actions (delivery orders, purchase orders,
funding actions, new contract awards, grants, cooperative agreements, etc.)
shall be reviewed to provide visibility into the various types of actions that
the center executes. The Office of
Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) requires a statistically-valid data
verification and validation process, and each center is responsible for
developing a statistically-valid method of contract action selection. If the
center reviews greater than 25 percent of its actions per center guidance, the
reviews should continue at the level required by the center.
(ii) Validation and verification must be
conducted by an organization or person that did not award the contracts being
reviewed. The reviews may be performed
by contractor personnel as long as the individual was not involved in the award
of the contract action under review and the review function is within the scope
of the contract with NASA.
(iii)
The review shall include the following fields in FPDS-NG:
(A) Extent Competed – was competition recorded
correctly?
(B)
Type of Set-Aside – was the correct type of set-aside chosen?
(C)
Contracting Officer’s Business Size Selection – was the correct business
size selected?
(D)
Type of Small Business Award (SWOB, SVOB, HUBZONE, etc.).
(E)
Dollar Amount of the Action.
(F)
Place of Manufacture.
(G)
Advisory and Assistance Services – was the field checked if the contract
action was for advisory and assistance services?
(H)
Description of Requirement – is there a meaningful description
provided? A meaningful description is
one that includes something other than the effort title and/or the type of
effort (e.g., “Phase II SBIR” or “Space Shuttle Engine Modification”).
(I)
Performance-Based Acquisition – was the field checked if the contract
action was performance-based? (This
field must be checked in the basic and in each modification).
(J)
Procurement Placement Code (PPC) – was the correct PPC used?
(K)
Vendor Data in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) – does data
displayed in FPDS-NG match data in CCR?
(L)
Product/Service Code – when multiple codes apply, does the code selected
adequately describe the preponderance of work being performed under the
contract?
(iv)
Errors or discrepancies identified during the review must be documented
and corrected in FPDS-NG and PRISM/CMM.
Current year awards must be reviewed, but if an error is identified that
has been carried forward from the basic award, the basic award must be
corrected. (v)
Errors identified in CCR data and the basic contract award information
input by another agency (when placing orders) cannot be corrected by NASA, but
must still be reported.
(vi) The procurement officer shall submit the
review results and the certification to the Office of Procurement Analysis
Division on or before the 30th of May and November of each year. The May review covers the period from October
1 through March 31, and the November review covers the period from April 1
through September 30. The reviews may be
included as a part of center self-assessment activities or as stand alone
activities. Centers may elect to conduct
reviews on a more frequent basis (e.g., quarterly or monthly) and include this
data in the report accompanying the twice-yearly certifications.
(vii)
The procurement officer must sign the certification letter. The letter must state that the verification
and validation review has been accomplished and must certify data accuracy and
completeness. The certification letter
must be accompanied by an Excel spreadsheet which identifies the contract
actions reviewed, the findings for each field identified in 1804.604(c)(iii),
the changes (if any) required, and the date that the changes were accomplished
in FPDS-NG and/or CMM/PRISM.
(viii)
Each center must identify a primary focal point and one alternate for
FPDS-NG data verification and validation responsibility. The focal point is responsible for
establishing and coordinating the center’s review process and ensuring that
reviews comply with the requirements of this section and the OFPP mandate for
independent review of contract actions.
The focal point must also ensure that certifications (with required
Excel spreadsheet data) are provided to the Office of Procurement Analysis
Division by the established due dates.
Focal point and/or alternate changes must be promptly provided to the
Analysis Division.
(ix)
Each center shall develop and maintain an FPDS-NG Data Validation and
Verification Implementation Plan. The
implementation plan must describe the method to be used in arriving at a
statistically-valid sample representing a cross-section of center contract
actions, the percentage of actions to be reviewed by the center twice yearly,
the Excel spreadsheet template to be provided with the certification, the
frequency of planned reviews, and the center plan for ensuring that the reviews
are conducted by an organization or person that did not award the contracts
being reviewed. The procurement officer
must provide a copy the center’s implementation plan, and any changes or
updates, to the Office of Procurement Analysis Division.
Subpart 1804.8--Government Contract Files
1804.802-70 Handling of classified
material.
When a contract is unclassified, classified material
relating to that contract shall be maintained in a separate file folder and
container, and the unclassified folder shall be marked to indicate the location
of the classified material. The front
and back of each folder containing classified material shall be marked with the
highest classification assigned to any document in the folder.
1804.803 Contents of contract files.
1804.803-70 Checklist.
NASA Form 1098, Checklist for Contract Award
File Content, shall be used as the "top page" in contract files.
1804.804 Closeout of contract files.
1804.804-2 Closeout of the contracting
office files if another office administers the contract.
(b)
Upon receiving the NASA Form 1611
or DD Form 1594, Contract Completion Statement, from the contract
administration office and complying with FAR 4.804-2(b), the contracting officer shall complete the form.
1804.804-5 Procedures for closing out
contract files.
(a)
When the contracting office retains contract administration (excluding
acquisitions under the simplified acquisition threshold), the contracting
officer must comply with FAR 4.804-5(a) by completing NASA Form 1612, Contract Closeout Checklist, and DD
Form 1593, Contract Administration Completion Record.
(b) To
comply with FAR 4.804-5(b), the contracting officer must complete NASA Form
1611 or DD Form 1594, Contract Completion Statement, except for acquisitions
under the simplified acquisition threshold.
1804.805 Storage, handling, and
disposal of contract files.
(a)
See NPR 1441.1, NASA
Records Retention Schedules.
1804.805-70 Review, separation, and
retirement of contract files.
(a)
Upon determination of contract completion under the procedures outlined
in 1804.804, each office shall remove the official contract files from the active
file series, mark each file folder with "Completed (Date)", and place
the folder in a completed (inactive) contract file series. Separate series should be established for
contracts of $25,000 or less and for contracts of more than $25,000, to facilitate
later disposal. Any original or official
file copies of documents contained in duplicate or "working" contract
files shall be removed and placed in the appropriate official file; any
remaining material in the duplicate or "working" file shall be destroyed
immediately or segregated and marked for early disposal.
(b)
Each office shall review contractor "general" files (i.e., a
file containing documents relating generally to a contractor rather than a
specific contract) at least once annually and remove documents that --
(1)
Are obsolete or superseded documents relating generally to the
contractor (e.g., documents no longer pertinent to any aspect of a contractor's
current or future capability, performance, or programs, and documents relating
to a contractor that is no longer a possible source of supplies, services, or
technical assistance) and dispose of the
documents as authorized in 1804.805; or
(2)
Pertain only to completed contracts.
Place those files that are not routine in nature in inactive files for
later disposal, and immediately dispose of routine documents as authorized in
NPR 1441.1, NASA Records Retention Schedules.
Subpart 1804.9--Taxpayer
Identification Number Information
1804.904 Reporting payment information to
the IRS.
Each NASA installation, that has its own
employer identification number, may elect to report to the IRS payments under
purchase orders and contracts for merchandise and other exempt bills.
Subpart 1804.70--Transfer of Contracting
Office Responsibility
1804.7000 Scope of subpart.
This subpart contains policies and procedures
applicable to the transfer of contracts between NASA installations.
1804.7001 Definition.
1815.300-70 Applicability of subpart.
(a)(1) Except as indicated in paragraph (b)
of this section, NASA competitive negotiated acquisitions shall be conducted as
follows:
(i) Acquisitions of $50 million or
more -- in accordance with FAR 15.3 and this
subpart.
(ii) Other acquisitions -- in
accordance with FAR 15.3 and this subpart except section 1815.370 and use of a
mission suitability factor and numerical scoring is optional.
(2) Estimated dollar values of
acquisitions shall include the values of multiple awards, options, and later
phases of the same project.
(b) FAR 15. 3 and this subpart are not
applicable to acquisitions conducted under the following procedures:
(1) Announcements of Opportunity
(see Part 1872).
(2) NASA Research Announcements (see 1835.016-71).
(3) The Small Business Innovative
Research (SBIR) program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) pilot
program under the authority of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
(4) Architect and Engineering (A&E)
services (see FAR 36.6
and 1836.6).
1815.303 Responsibilities.
(a) The SSA shall be established at the
lowest reasonable level for each acquisition. Notwithstanding the FAR
designation of the contracting officer as SSA, the SSA for center acquisitions
shall be established in accordance with center procedures. For acquisitions designated
as
Headquarters selections, the SSA will be identified as part of the Master Buy
Plan process (see 1807.71).
(b)(i)
The source selection authority (SSA) is the Agency official responsible for
proper and efficient conduct of the source selection process and for making the
final source selection decision. The SSA has the following responsibilities in
addition to those listed in the FAR:
(A)
Approve the source selection approach, rating method, evaluation factors,
subfactors, the weight of the evaluation factors and subfactors when used, and
any special standards of responsibility (see FAR
9.104-2) before release of the RFP, or delegate this authority to appropriate
management personnel;
(B)
Appoint the source selection team.
However, when the Administrator will serve as the SSA, the
Official-in-Charge of the cognizant Headquarters Program Office will appoint
the team; and
(C)
Provide the source selection team with appropriate guidance and special
instructions to conduct the evaluation and selection procedures.
(b)(ii)
See 1803.104-70 for restrictions on participating in evaluation or
selection of proposals.
(b)(2) Approval authorities for Acquisition
Plans and Procurement Strategy Meetings are in accordance with 1807.103.
1815.304 Evaluation factors and significant
subfactors.
(c)(4)(A) Small Business Utilization shall be
evaluated as a subfactor under the Mission Suitability factor. The Small Business Utilization subfactor
shall provide for a separate and distinct evaluation of Small Business plans
and SDB participation. If a Mission Suitability factor is not used,
Small Business Utilization, including a separate and distinct evaluation of SDB
concerns, shall be evaluated as a separate factor or subfactor, as appropriate.
(B) NASA estimated goals should be specified for each small
business category in solicitations that require the submission of a
subcontracting plan under 52.219-9. When
estimated goals are evaluated in competitive negotiated acquisitions, the
suggested SDB subcontracting goal shall not be discretely evaluated, but should
be included in the evaluation of the cumulative goal for all the small business
categories identified in the plan.
(C) In solicitations that include the FAR
19.12 evaluation of participation of SDBs in the designated North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS)
codes, NASA estimated targets should not be specified for the expected
participation. Proposed SDB
participation levels shall be evaluated based on a standard of reasonableness
relative to the offeror’s proposed effort.
SDB concerns that choose the FAR 19.11 price evaluation adjustment shall receive the
lowest possible score/rating under the FAR 15.304(c)(4) evaluation.
1815.304-70 NASA evaluation factors.
(a) Typically, NASA establishes three
evaluation factors: Mission Suitability,
Cost/Price, and Past Performance.
Evaluation factors may be further defined by subfactors. Evaluation subfactors should be structured to
identify significant discriminators, or "key swingers" - the
essential information required to support a source selection decision. Too many subfactors undermine effective
proposal evaluation. All evaluation
subfactors should be clearly defined to avoid overlap and redundancy.
(b) Mission
Suitability factor.
(1) This factor indicates the merit or
excellence of the work to be performed or product to be delivered. It includes, as appropriate, both technical
and management subfactors. Mission
Suitability shall be numerically weighted and scored on a 1000-point scale.
(See 1815.300-70(a)(1)(ii).)
(2) The Mission Suitability factor may
identify evaluation subfactors to further define the content of the
factor. Each Mission Suitability
subfactor shall be weighted and scored.
The adjectival rating percentages in 1815.305(a)(3)(A) shall be applied
to the subfactor weight to determine the point score. The number of Mission Suitability subfactors
is limited to five. The Mission
Suitability evaluation subfactors and their weights shall be identified in the
RFP.
(3) For cost reimbursement acquisitions,
the Mission Suitability evaluation shall also include the results of any cost
realism analysis. The RFP shall notify
offerors that the realism of proposed costs may significantly affect their
Mission Suitability scores.
(4)
If the solicitation requires the submission of a Safety and Health Plan (see 1823.7001(c) and NPR 8715.3, NASA Safety Manual,
Appendix H), safety and health must be a consideration in the evaluation. The Mission Suitability factor, if used,
shall include a subfactor for safety and health.
(c) Cost/Price
factor. This factor evaluates the
reasonableness and, if necessary, the cost realism, of proposed
costs/prices. The Cost/Price factor is
not numerically weighted or scored.
(d) Past
Performance factor.
(1) This factor indicates the relevant
quantitative and qualitative aspects of each offeror's record of performing
services or delivering products similar in size, content, and complexity to the
requirements of the instant acquisition.
(2) The RFP shall instruct offerors to
submit data (including data from relevant Federal, State, and local governments
and private contracts) that can be used to evaluate their past
performance. Typically, the RFP will
require:
(i) A list of contracts similar in
size, content, and complexity to the instant acquisition, showing each contract
number, the type of contract, a brief description of the work, and a point of
contact from the organization placing the contract. Normally, the requested contracts are limited
to those received in the last three years.
However, in acquisitions that require longer periods to demonstrate
performance quality, such as hardware development, the time period should be
tailored accordingly.
(ii) The identification and
explanation of any cost overruns or underruns, completion delays, performance
problems, and terminations.
(3) The contracting officer may
start collecting past performance data before proposal receipt. One method for early evaluation of past
performance is to request offerors to submit their past performance information
in advance of the proposal due date. The
RFP could also include a past performance questionnaire for offerors to send
their previous customers with instructions to return the completed
questionnaire to the Government. Failure
of the offeror
PART 1819
SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1819.001 Definitions.
SUBPART 1819.2 POLICIES
1819.201 General policy.
SUBPART 1819.3
DETERMINATION OF SMALL BUSINESS STATUS
FOR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS
1819.302 Protesting a small business
representation.
SUBPART 1819.5
SET-ASIDES FOR SMALL BUSINESS
1819.502 Setting aside acquisitions.
1819.502-70 Non-initiation of set-asides.
1819.502-3 Partial set-asides.
1819.502-370 NASA
reporting requirements.
1819.505 Rejecting Small Business
Administration recommendations.
SUBPART 1819.6
CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY AND
DETERMINATIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
1819.602 Procedures.
1819.602-1 Referral.
1819.602-3 Resolving differences between the
agency and the Small Business
Administration.
1819.602-370 NASA
procedures.
SUBPART 1819.7 THE SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING
PROGRAM
1819.705-2 Determining
the need for a subcontracting plan.
1819.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting
plan.
1819.705-470 Acquisition-specific
subcontracting goals.
1819.708 Contract clauses.
1819.708-70 NASA solicitation provision and
contract clause.
SUBPART 1819.8
CONTRACTING WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
(THE 8(a) PROGRAM)
1819.800 General.
1819.804 Evaluation, offering, and
acceptance.
1819.804-1 Agency evaluation.
1819.812 Contract Administration.
SUBPART 1819.10
SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
1819.1005 Applicability.
SUBPART 1819.70
NASA 8 PERCENT GOAL
1819.7000 General.
1819.7002 Contracting officer
responsibility.
1819.7003 Contract clause.
SUBPART 1819.71
NASA RURAL AREA SMALL BUSINESS PLAN
1819.7101 Definition.
1819.7102 General.
1819.7103 Solicitation provision and
contract clause.
SUBPART 1819.72 NASA MENTOR-PROTÉGÉ
PROGRAM
1819.7201 Scope of subpart.
1819.7202 Definitions.
1819.7203 Non-affiliation.
1819.7204 Transportability of features
from the Department of Defense
(DOD) Mentor-Protégé program
to NASA contractors.
1819.7205 General policy.
1819.7206 Incentives for prime contractor
participation.
1819.7207 Measurement of Program success.
1819.7208 Mentor firms.
1819.7209 Protégé firms.
1819.7210 Selection of protégé firms.
1819.7211 Application process for mentor
firms to participate in the Program.
1819.7212 OSDBU review and approval
process of agreement.
1819.7213 Agreement contents.
1819.7214 Developmental assistance.
1819.7215 Obligation.
1819.7216 Internal controls.
1819.7217 Reports.
1819.7218 Program review.
1819.7219 Solicitation provision and contract
clauses.
SUBPART 1819.73 SMALL
BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) AND
SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (STTR)
PROGRAMS
1819.7301 Scope
of subpart.
1819.7302 NASA
contract clauses.
PART 1819
SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS
1819.001
Definitions.
“High-Tech” as used in this part means research and/or development efforts that are
within or advance the state-of-the-art in a technology discipline and are
performed primarily by professional engineers, scientists, and highly skilled
and trained technicians or specialists.
Subpart 1819.2--Policies
1819.201
General policy.
(a)(i) NASA is committed to providing to
small, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small
business, HUBZone, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small business
concerns, maximum practicable opportunities to participate in Agency
acquisitions at the prime contract level.
The participation of NASA prime contractors in providing subcontracting
opportunities to such entities is also an essential part of the Agency's
commitment. The participation of these
entities is particularly emphasized in high-technology areas where they have
not traditionally dominated.
(ii) NASA annually negotiates Agency
small, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone, small
disadvantaged, and women-owned small business prime and subcontracting goals
with the Small Business Administration pursuant to section 15(g) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644). In
addition, NASA has the following statutory goals based on the total value of
prime and subcontract awards:
(A) Under Public
Laws 101-144, 101-507, and 102-389, an annual goal of at least 8 percent for
prime and subcontract awards to small disadvantaged business (SDB) concerns,
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), minority institutions
(MIs), and women-owned small businesses (WOSBs) (see 1819.7000); and
(B) Under 10
U.S.C. 2323, an annual goal of 5 percent for prime and subcontract awards to
SDBs, HBCUs, and WOSBs.
(d) The Assistant Administrator for Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization is the Agency official responsible for
carrying out the duties in FAR 19.201(d).
(e)(i) The
center director shall designate a qualified individual in the contracting
office as a small business specialist to provide a central point of contact to
which small business concerns may direct inquiries concerning small business
matters and participation in NASA acquisitions.
The small business specialist shall also perform other functions
specifically set forth in this section 1819.201 or that the procurement officer
may prescribe, with the concurrence of the Assistant Administrator for Small
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, for implementing the Small Business
Program. When the center director
considers that the volume of acquisitions or the functions relating to
acquisitions at the center do not warrant a full-time small business
specialist, these duties may be assigned to procurement personnel on a
part-time basis. However, whether
full-time or part-time, that assigned individual, when performing the duties of
a small business specialist, shall report directly to the Procurement Officer.
(ii)
Small business specialists
appointed under paragraph (d)(i) of this section shall perform the following
duties, as the procurement officer determines appropriate to the installation:
(A) Maintain a
program designed to locate capable small business sources, including those
located in labor surplus areas, for current and future acquisitions.
(B) Coordinate inquiries and requests for advice
from small business concerns on acquisition matters.
(C) Before issuance of solicitations or contract
modifications for additional supplies or services, determine that small
business concerns will receive adequate consideration, including making
recommendations for initiation of set-asides (see FAR 19.5 and 19.8) and for taking action in accordance with FAR 19.506(b) and 1819.502-70. Participate and
provide input early in the acquisition planning phase of proposed acquisitions,
including procurement strategy meetings.
(D) If small
business concerns cannot be given an opportunity to compete because adequate
specifications or drawings are not available, work with appropriate technical
and contracting personnel to ensure that necessary specifications or drawings
for current or future acquisitions will be available.
(E) Review acquisitions for possible breakout
of items suitable for acquisition from small business concerns.
(F) Advise small business concerns regarding
financial assistance available under laws and regulations, assist such concerns
in applying for such assistance, and ensure that small business concerns'
requests for financial assistance are not treated as a handicap in securing the
award of contracts.
(G) Participate in responsibility determinations
(see FAR 9.103) when small business concerns are involved.
(H) Participate in the evaluation of prime
contractors' small business subcontracting programs (see FAR 19.705-4).
(I)
Review and make
appropriate recommendations to the contracting officer on any proposal to
furnish Government-owned facilities to a contractor if such action may hurt the
Small Business Program.
(J)
Ensure that
participation of small business concerns is accurately reported.
(K) Make
available to SBA copies of solicitations when requested.
(L) Act as
liaison between contracting officers and SBA area offices and representatives
in connection with set-asides, certificates of competency, and any other
matters in which the Small Business Program may be involved.
(M) In
cooperation with contracting officers and technical personnel, seek and develop
information on the technical competence of small business concerns for research
and development contracts. Regularly
bring to the attention of contracting officers and technical personnel
descriptive data, brochures, and other information regarding small business
concerns that are apparently competent to perform research and development work
in fields in which NASA is interested.
(N) When a small business concern's offer has
been rejected for nonresponsiveness or nonresponsibility, assist that concern,
upon its request, in understanding such requirements for future awards.
(O)
Advise center personnel,
as necessary, on new Governmentwide and Agency-approved small business programs
and initiatives.
(f)
(1) The NASA Ombudsman, the Director of the Contract Management Division, is the
designated official for determining whether the use of the SDB mechanism in FAR
Subpart 19.11 has resulted in an undue burden on non-SDB
firms in the Department of Commerce designated NAICS Major Groups, or is otherwise inappropriate.
Subpart 1819.3--Determination
of Small Business Status for Small Business Programs
1819.302 Protesting
a small business representation.
(d)
(1) The contracting officer shall not
make awards of small business set-aside acquisitions before the expiration of
the period for receipt of a size standard protest.
Subpart 1819.5--Set-Asides for Small
Business
1819.502 Setting aside acquisitions.
1819.502-70
Non-initiation of set-asides.
(a) All cases involving the non-initiation of a
set-aside, whether resulting from a joint decision of the small business specialist
and the contracting officer or a decision by the contracting officer alone,
require referral to the SBA representative (if one is assigned and available)
for review.
(b) If the small business specialist recommends
that an individual acquisition or a class of acquisitions, or a portion
thereof, be set aside, the contracting officer shall promptly either concur in
or disapprove the recommendation, stating in writing the reasons for
disapproval.
(c) When an SBA representative is assigned and
available and the contracting officer disapproves the small business
specialist's recommendation, the contracting officer shall promptly refer the
case to the SBA re
