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Can a Federal agency making a small business set-aside procurement use, at its discretion, a size standard other than what SBA has designated?

April 26, 2017agency discretion Federal procurement set-aside size small business standard

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Can a Federal agency making a small business set-aside procurement use, at its discretion, a size standard other than what SBA has designated?

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A. No. Under law, an agency must use the SBA’s size standards on small business set-aside procurements. An agency has no authority to establish size standards different from the SBA’s size standards on set-aside procurements.

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No. Under law, an agency must use the SBA’s size standards on small business set-aside procurements. An agency has no authority to establish size standards different from the SBA’s size standards on set-aside procurements.