[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1204.401]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1204_ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY AND POLICY--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart 4_Small Business Policy
 
Sec. 1204.401  Policy.

    (a) It is the policy of NASA to enable small business concerns 
(including small women-owned businesses), Historically Black Colleges 
and Universities, and other minority educational institutions the 
opportunity to participate equitably and proportionately in its total 
purchases and contracts consistent with NASA's needs to execute its 
missions.
    (b) In carrying out the NASA procurement program, the primary 
consideration shall be that of securing contract performance, including 
obtaining deliveries of required items or services at the time, in the 
quantity and of the quality prescribed. In the area of research and 
development contracts, the general policy of NASA is to award such 
contracts to those organizations determined by responsible personnel to 
have a high degree of competence in the specific branch of science or 
technology required for the successful conduct of the work. It is in the 
interest of the civilian space program that the number of firms engaged 
in research and development work for NASA be expanded and that there be 
an increase in the extent of participation in such work by competent 
small and small disadvantaged business firms.