TRICARE Management Activity

Policy and Legislation

• Regulations
• Executive Orders
• Legislation
• Major Public Laws
• Policy Directives
• Department of Defense (DoD)
• Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) and Partnership Agreements
• Statutory Authority

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—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

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 [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

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Legislation

United States Code (Codification of Public Law)

Major Public Laws

• 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]

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Policy Directives

Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP)

• 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
• 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)

• DPAP Small Business Subcontracting Plans
• DPAP SDB Price Evaluation Adjustment (PEA) Suspension
• 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]

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Memorandums of Understanding and Partnership Agreements

• DoD—SBA Partnership Agreement Extended thru September 30, 2009
• DoD—SBA Partnership Agreement—8(a) Program [PDF]
  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.

Statutory Authority

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

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