15 U.S.C. § 657f : US Code - Section 657F: Procurement program for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans

Search 15 U.S.C. § 657f : US Code - Section 657F: Procurement program for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans

(a) Sole source contracts
In accordance with this section, a contracting officer may award
a sole source contract to any small business concern owned and
controlled by service-disabled veterans if -
(1) such concern is determined to be a responsible contractor
with respect to performance of such contract opportunity and the
contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that 2
or more small business concerns owned and controlled by service-
disabled veterans will submit offers for the contracting
opportunity;
(2) the anticipated award price of the contract (including
options) will not exceed -
(A) $5,000,000, in the case of a contract opportunity
assigned a standard industrial classification code for
manufacturing; or
(B) $3,000,000, in the case of any other contract
opportunity; and
(3) in the estimation of the contracting officer, the contract
award can be made at a fair and reasonable price.
(b) Restricted competition
In accordance with this section, a contracting officer may award
contracts on the basis of competition restricted to small business
concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans if the
contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that not less than
2 small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled
veterans will submit offers and that the award can be made at a
fair market price.
(c) Relationship to other contracting preferences
A procurement may not be made from a source on the basis of a
preference provided under subsection (a) or (b) of this section if
the procurement would otherwise be made from a different source
under section 4124 or 4125 of title 18 or the Javits-Wagner-O'Day
Act (41 U.S.C. 46 et seq.).
(d) Enforcement; penalties
Rules similar to the rules of paragraphs (5) and (6) of section
637(m) of this title shall apply for purposes of this section.
(e) Contracting officer
For purposes of this section, the term "contracting officer" has
the meaning given such term in section 423(f)(5) of title 41.