required to indicate the amount of effort proposed to be done by a small business either at the prime level or at the first tier subcontract level. The instructions regarding SDB participation apply to all Offerors. SBU1. Small Business Subcontracting Small Business Subcontracting Plan – Required by the FAR: (a) This solicitation contains FAR Clause 52.219-9, Business “Small Subcontracting Plan and its The Plan described and required Alternate II”. by the Clause, including the associated subcontracting percentage goals and subcontracting dollars, shall be submitted with your proposal via the Small Business Subcontracting Plan, (DRD-TEST-BP-02). (b) The Contracting determination of the appropriate subcontracting Officer’s goals for this acquisition are as follows: Small Businesses (SB) 23.0% Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns (SDB) in represented and under- 8.0% (Includes SDB’s areas* Women Owned Small Business Concerns 4.0% (WOSB) Historically Black Colleges and Universities and 0.3% Other Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) HUBZone Small Business Concerns (HBZ) 0.1% Veteran Owned Small Business Concerns 4.5% (VOSB) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business 3.0% Concerns (SDVOSB) *Although 15 U.S.C. 637(d) requires subcontracting plans to contain information about SDB concerns, case law prevents the Government from giving evaluation credit to business types based on race or ethnicity unless those businesses are in represented industries. The Section M evaluation for SDB participation ensures that the Government only evaluates participation of SDBs in
required to indicate the amount of effort proposed to be done by a small business either at the prime level or at the first tier subcontract level. The instructions regarding SDB participation apply to all Offerors. SBU1. Small Business Subcontracting – Small Business Subcontracting Plan Required by the FAR: (a) This solicitation contains FAR Clause 52.219-9, “Small Business Subcontracting Plan and its Alternate II”. The Plan described and required by the Clause, including the associated subcontracting percentage goals and subcontracting dollars, shall be submitted with your proposal via the Small Business Subcontracting Plan, (DRD-TEST-BP-02). (b) The Contracting Officer’s determination of the appropriate subcontracting goals for this acquisition are as follows: Small Businesses (SB) 23.0% Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns (SDB) (Includes SDB’s in represented and areas* 8.0% Women Owned Small Business Concerns (WOSB) 4.0% Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) 0.3% HUBZone Small Business Concerns (HBZ) 0.1% Veteran Owned Small Business Concerns (VOSB) 4.5% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (SDVOSB) 3.0% *Although 15 U.S.C. 637(d) requires subcontracting plans to contain information about SDB concerns, case law prevents the Government from giving evaluation credit to business types based on race or ethnicity unless those businesses are in under- represented industries. The Section M evaluation for SDB participation ensures that the Government only evaluates participation of SDBs in
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