Federal Register: February 12, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 28)
DOCID: fr12fe09-79 FR Doc E9-2981
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Small Business Administration
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr12fe09-79
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of intent to terminate the Nonmanufacturer Rule Class Waiver for Product Service Code (PSC) 3930, Warehouse Trucks and Tractors, SelfPropelled.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Small Business Size Standards: Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule
DATES: Comments and source information must be submitted by February 27, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) intends to terminate a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for PSC 3930, Warehouse Trucks and Tractors, SelfPropelled based on SBA's recent discovery of small business manufacturers. Terminating this waiver will require recipients of contracts set aside for small businesses, service disabled veteranowned small businesses, or participants in SBA's 8(a) Business Development (BD) Program to provide the products of small business manufacturers or processors on such contracts.
SUMMARY:
Small Business Size Standards; Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Section 8(a)(17) of the Small Business Act (Act), 15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17), and SBA's
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implementing regulations require that recipients of Federal contracts
set aside for small businesses, servicedisabled veteranowned small
businesses, or participants in the SBA's 8(a) Business Development
Program, provide the product of a small business manufacturer or
processor, if the recipient is other than the actual manufacturer or
processor of the product. This requirement is commonly referred to as
the Nonmanufacturer Rule. 13 CFR 121.406(b), 125.15(c). Section
8(a)(17)(b)(iv) of the Act authorizes SBA to waive the Nonmanufacturer
Rule for any ``class of products'' for which there are no small
business manufacturers or processors available to participate in the Federal market.
In order to be considered available to participate in the Federal market for a class of products, a small business manufacturer must have submitted a proposal for a contract solicitation or received a contract from the Federal government within the last 24 months (13 CFR 121.1202(c)).
The SBA defines ``class of products'' based on a six digit coding system. The coding system is the Office of Management and Budget North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). In addition, SBA uses Product Service Codes (PSC) to identify particular products within the NAICS code to which a waiver would apply.
SBA announced its decision to grant the waiver for PSC 3930, in the Federal Register on September 13, 1990. Federal Register 38313 (1990). SBA recently became aware of the existence of small business manufacturers for items within this class of product.
For this reason, SBA intends to terminate the class waiver previously granted for Warehouse Trucks and Tractors, SelfPropelled, PSC 3930, under NAICS code 333319.
The public is invited to comment to SBA on the proposed termination of the waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for this class of product specified. All comments by the public will be duly considered by SBA in determining whether to finalize its intent to terminate this waiver.
Dated: February 6, 2009.
Karen C. Hontz,
Director for Government Contracting.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Ms. Edith G. Butler, by telephone at (202) 6190422; by FAX at (202) 4811788; or by email at
edith.butler@sba.gov.