[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 65 (Thursday, April 4, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16063-16064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7958]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

13 CFR Part 121


Small Business Size Standards; Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer 
Rule; Rule for Bearings, Plain, Unmounted and Bearings, Mounted; Notice 
of Intent

AGENCY: Small Business Administration.

ACTION: Notice of intent to waive.

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SUMMARY: The Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering a 
waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for bearings, plain, unmounted and 
bearings, mounted. The basis for waivers is that no small business 
manufacturers are supplying these classes of products to the Federal 
Government. The effect of a waiver would be to allow otherwise 
qualified regular dealers to supply the products of any domestic 
manufacturer on a Federal contract set aside for small businesses or 
awarded through the SBA 8(a) Program. The purpose of this notice of 
intent is to solicit comments and source information from interested 
parties.

DATES: Comments and sources must be submitted on or before April 15, 
2002.

ADDRESSES: Edith Butler, Program Analyst, U.S. Small Business 
Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW., Washington DC, 20416, Tel: (202) 
619-0422.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edith Butler, Program Analyst, (202) 
619-0422 FAX (202) 205-7280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 100-656, enacted on November 15, 
1988, incorporated into the Small Business Act the previously existing 
regulation that recipients of Federal contracts set aside for small 
businesses or SBA 8(a) Program procurement must provide the product of 
a small business manufacturer or processor, if the recipient is other 
than the actual manufacturer or processor. This requirement is commonly 
referred to as the Nonmanufacturer Rule. The SBA regulations imposing 
this requirement are found at 13 CFR 121.906(b) and 121.1106(b). 
Section 303(h) of the law provides for waiver of this requirement by 
SBA for any ``class of products'' for which there are no small business 
manufacturers or processors in the Federal market.

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    To be considered available to participate in the Federal market on 
these classes of products, a small business manufacturer must have 
submitted a proposal for a contract solicitation or received a contract 
from the Federal government within the last 24 months. The SBA defines 
``class of products'' based on two coding systems. The first is the 
Office of Management and Budget North American Industry Classification 
System (NAICS). The second is the Product and Service Code established 
by the Federal Procurement Data System.
    This notice of intent proposes to waive the Nonmanufacturer Rule 
for bearings, plain, unmounted and bearings unmounted, North American 
Industry Classification System (NAICS)333613, public is invited to 
comment or provide source information to SBA on the proposed waiver of 
the nonmanufacturer rule for bearings, plain, unmounted and bearings, 
mounted, and invites the public to comment or provide information on 
potential small business manufacturers for these products.
    In an effort to identify potential small business manufacturers, 
the SBA has searched Procurement Marketing & Access Network (PRO-Net) 
and the SBA will publish a notice in the FedBizOpps. The public is 
invited to comment or provide source information to SBA on the proposed 
waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for these classes of products.

Luz A. Hopewell,
Associate Administrator for Government Contracting.
[FR Doc. 02-7958 Filed 4-3-02; 8:45 am]
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