Policy and Legislation

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

• FAR Part 19 - Small Business Programs
• FAR Part 52 - Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)

• DFARS Part 219 - Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns 
• DFARS Parts 207 - Consolidation of Contract Requirements 
• Other Socioeconomic Programs
  • SUBPART 226.1 - Indian Incentive Program 
  • SUBPART 226.71 - Preference for Local and Small Businesses 
• DFARS Part 252.219 - Clauses
• DFARS Appendix I - DoD Pilot Mentor-Protégé Program 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

• 13 CFR - Small Business Administration
• 48 CFR Subpart 19 - Small Business Programs

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 [PDF] - Increasing Opportunities and Access for Disadvantaged Businesses 
• Executive Order 13360 [PDF] - Providing Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran Businesses to Increase Their Federal Contracting and Subcontracting 
• Executive Order 12138 - Creating a National Women's Business Enterprise Policy and prescribing arrangements for developing, coordinating, and implementing a national program for women's business enterprise

Search the U.S. Code (public law)

Statutory Authority: Public law 95-507 221.(k) October 4, 1978 Amending the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.

Public Law specific to Small Businesses

• Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (Jobs Act) [PDF]
• Veterans Entrepreneurship & Small Business Development Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-50) [PDF]
• Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-183) [PDF]
• Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996 (Clinger-Cohen Act) [PDF]
• Small Business Innovation Research Program (P.L. 106-554) [PDF] - This 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) [PDF]
• Small Business Act 95-507 [PDF]

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 [PDF]
• 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

The 8(a) Business Development Program is a business assistance program for small disadvantaged businesses. The 8(a) Program offers a broad scope of assistance to firms that are owned and controlled at least 51% by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. The program is an essential instrument for helping socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs to gain a foothold in government contracting. Participation in the program is divided into two phases over nine years: a four-year developmental stage and a five-year transition stage.

For more information: 8(a) Business Development Program

The Department of Defense (DoD) and Small Business Administration (SBA) Partnership Agreement provides DoD 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. 

DoD - SBA Partnership Agreement - 8(a) Program [PDF]

• DPAP Small Business Subcontracting Plans [PDF]
• DPAP SDB Price Evaluation Adjustment (PEA) Suspension [PDF]
• DoD 4100.15 Commercial Activities Program [PDF]
• DoD Directive 4205.01 - DoD Small Business Programs [PDF]
• DoD Instruction 5134.04 - Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization [PDF]
• DoD Benefit Analysis Guidebook to Assist Acquisition Planners Before Contract Bundling [PDF]
• 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 [PDF]
• DPAP Memo: Increasing Opportunities for Small Businesses through Small Business Set-asides under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold, July 11, 2012 [PDF]