Regulations

• Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) FAR Part 19—Small Business Programs | FAR Part 52.219—Small Business Programs Provisions and Clauses
• Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)
• DFARS Part 219—Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns
• DFARS Parts 207—Consolidation of Contract Requirements
• DFARS Part 226—Other Socioeconomic Programs
• SUBPART 226.1—Indian Incentive Program | SUBPART 226.71—Preference for Local and Small Businesses
• DFARS Part 252.219—Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts)
• DFARS Appendix I—DoD Pilot Mentor-Protégé Program
• DFARS Class Deviations | CD 2009-O0003—Suspension of the Price Evaluation Adjustment through March 12, 2010
• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) | 13CFR—Small Business Administration

Executive Orders

Orders issued by the President directly affecting the small business community as it relates to the federal government, including the Department of Defense. 

• Executive Order 13170 Increasing Opportunities and Access for Disadvantaged Businesses
• Executive Order 13360 Providing Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran Businesses to Increase Their Federal Contracting and Subcontracting
• Executive Memorandum on regulatory flexibility act Directs that Federal Agencies consider the effects of regulation on small business

Legislation

• United States Code (Codification of Public Law)

Major Public Laws

• Veterans Entrepreneurship & Small Business Development Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-50)
• Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-183)
• Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996 (Clinger-Cohen Act)
• SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011This is the law that authorizes the program to continue.
• Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994
• Small Business Research and Development Enhancement Act (P.L. 102-564)
• Defense Department Mentor-Protégé Program (P.L. 101-510)
• Women's Business Ownership Act (P.L. 100-533)
• Base Closure and Realignment Act (P.L. 100-526)
• Small Business Act (P.L. 85-536) 15 U.S.C. 631 et seq

Policy

Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP)

• June 14, 2012 Contracting Guidance to Support Modular Development
• January 24, 1980: OFPP Policy Letter 80-1 Public Law 95-507—Agency Coordination with the Small Business Administration Resident Procurement Center Representatives
• April 29, 1980: OFPP Policy Letter 80-2 Regulatory Guidance on Section 211 of Public Law 95-507—Utilization of Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns
• May 29, 1981: OFPP Policy Letter 80-2,Supplement 1: Regulatory Guidance on Section 211 of Public Law 95-507 —Utilization of Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns
• April 29, 1980: OFPP Policy Letter 80-4—Women's Business Enterprise Program
• October 8, 1999: OFPP Policy Letter 99-1—Small Business Procurement Goals
• March 7, 1979: OFPP Policy Letter 79-1 Implementation Guidance on Section 15(k) of the Small Business Act and Organization Placement and Functions of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business

Department of Defense (DoD)

• Maximizing Small Business Utilization onMultiple Awared Contracts
• Increasing Opportunities for Small Business through Small Business Set-asides under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold
• Class Deviation--Providing Accelerated Payment to Small Business Subcontractors
• Increasing Small Business Contracting Opportunities in FY 2011
• Advancing Small Business Contracting Goals in FY 2012
• DPAP Memorandum on Increasing Dynamic Small Business Role in the Defense Marketplace
• DPAP Small Business Subcontracting Plans
• DPAP SDB Price Evaluation Adjustment (PEA) Suspension
• DoD 4100.15 Commercial Activities Program
• DoD Directive 4205.01—DoD Small Business Programs
• DoD Instruction 5134.04—Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• DoD Benefit Analysis Guidebook to Assist Acquisition Planners Before Contract Bundling
• The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 repeals the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program, effective October 1,2010 DUSD(A&T) Memorandum on SBIR Phase III Guidance

Memorandums of Understanding and Partnership Agreements

• DoD—SBA Partnership Agreement—8(a) Program 
  The partnership agreement provides Department of Defense contract activities with a greater amount of involvement and responsibility in awarding 8(a) contracts. The agreement streamlines and adds flexibility to the 8(a) program creating greater opportunity for DoD activities to select and award 8(a) contracts.

 

The Department of Defense (DoD) Regional Councils for Small Business Education and Advocacy are a nationwide network of small business professionals organized to promote the Federal Small Business Programs.

• Northeast
• Mid-Atlantic
• Southeast
• North Central
• South Central
• Pacific Northwest
• WesternCharter