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SDVOSB Sole Source Process Overview

SDVOSB Sole Source Process

The purpose of the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern Procurement Program is to provide procuring agencies with the authority to set acquisitions aside for exclusive competition among service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, as well as the authority to make sole source awards to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns if certain conditions are met. (See Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 13 C.F.R. § 125.8-125.10).

Sole Source Contracts

A CO may award a sole source contract if:

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  1. If the requirement is not exempted from SDVO contracting and cannot be set-aside.

  2. The CO does not have a reasonable expectation that at least two responsible SDVO SBCs will submit offers.

  3. The anticipated award price of the contract, including options, will not exceed:

    • $6.5M for manufacturing requirements

    • $4.0M for all other requirements

  4. Award can be made at a fair market price.

Simplified Acquisition Threshold

If the requirement is at or below the simplified acquisition threshold, the CO may set-aside the requirement for consideration among SDVOSBCs using simplified acquisition procedures or may award a sole source contract to a SDVOSBC. A sole source award is only permissible where there is only one SDVO SBC that performs the contract in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations § 19.406 (a)(3).

Set Aside Requirements and Exemptions

A Contracting Officer (CO) may set-aside requirements if:

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1. The requirement is not exempted from SDVO contracting, the CO considers setting aside the requirement for 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVO SBC participation before considering setting aside the requirement as a small business set-aside.

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2. There is a reasonable expectation that at least two responsible SDVO SBC will submit offers; and

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3. The award can be made at a fair market price.

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A contracting activity may not make a requirement available for a SDVO contract if and be exempted if:

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1. The requirement would be fulfilled through the award of Federal Prison Industries, Inc. or Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act participating non-profit agencies for the blind and severely disabled.

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The requirement is currently being performed by an 8(a) participant or SBA has accepted that requirement for performance under the authority of the Section 8(a) Program.

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