Small and Disadvantaged
Business Set-Aside Program
The Federal
Acquisition Streamlining Act of
1994, Public Law 103-355,
created a new small disadvantaged
business set-aside program that
supplements but does not replace
the 8(a) Program. Specifically,
sections 7101-7108 of that Act
authorize agencies to set aside
competitions solely for small
and disadvantaged business concerns
with awards made by the agency
rather than through the SBA. Competitions
under this authority will be announced
in FedBizOpps as set-asides for
small and disadvantaged businesses.
In addition, the Act provides
that an agency may issue
unrestricted solicitations that
give up to a 10 percent price
evaluation preference to small
and disadvantaged Business concerns.
More information on the SDB Program
can be found on the SBA
website