[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 35085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13746]
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Small Business Size Standards: Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Reopen the public comment period.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration is reopening the public
comment period for the notice to rescind a class waiver of the
Nonmanufacturer Rule for Aerospace Ball and Roller Bearings, North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 332991, Products
and Services Code (PSC) 3110, made available for public comment on
April 4, 2013 (78 FR 20371). The public comment period for the notice
to rescind the class waiver for Aerospace Ball and Roller Bearings
closed on June 3, 2013. The public comment period will reopen for 14
days from publication in response to a public request for additional
review time.
DATES: The public comment period for the notice published on April 4,
2013 (78 FR 20371) will reopen and close 14 days after the date of
publication in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may submit comments, identified by
docket number SBA-2013-0004, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Edward Halstead, Procurement
Analyst, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., 8th
floor, Washington, DC 20416.
All comments will be posted on www.Regulations.gov. If you wish to
include within your comment confidential business information (CBI) as
defined in the Privacy and Use Notice/User Notice at
www.Regulations.gov and you do not want that information disclosed, you
must submit the comment by either Mail or Hand Delivery. In the
submission, you must highlight the information that you consider is CBI
and explain why you believe this information should be withheld as
confidential. SBA will make a final determination, in its sole
discretion, as to whether the information is CBI and therefore will be
published or withheld.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Halstead, (202) 205-9885,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 8(a)(17) of the Small Business Act
(the Act), 15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17), and SBA's implementing regulations
generally require that recipients of Federal supply contracts that are
set aside for small businesses, Small Disabled Veteran Owned Small
Business Concerns, Women-Owned Small Businesses, or Participants in the
SBA's 8(a) Business Development Program provide the product of a
domestic small business manufacturer or processor if the recipient is
other than the actual manufacturer or processor of the product. This
requirement is commonly referred to as the Nonmanufacturer Rule. 13 CFR
121.406(b). The Act authorizes SBA to waive the Nonmanufacturer Rule
for any ``class of products'' for which there are no small business
manufacturers or processors available to participate in the Federal
market. In order to be considered available to participate in the
Federal market for a class of products, a small business manufacturer
must have submitted a proposal for a contract or received a contract
from the Federal government within the last 24 months. 13 CFR
121.1202(c). SBA defines ``class of products'' as an individual
subdivision within a North American Industry Classification System
(NAICS) Industry Number as established by the Office of Management and
Budget in the NAICS Manual. 13 CFR 121.1202(d). In addition, SBA uses
Product Service Codes (PSCs) to further identify particular products
within the NAICS code to which a waiver would apply. SBA may then
identify a specific item within a PSC and NAICS code to which a class
waiver would apply.
On April 4, 2013, SBA published a notice in the Federal Register
announcing that SBA was considering rescinding a class waiver of the
Nonmanufacturer Rule for Aerospace Ball and Roller Bearings, NAICS code
332991, PSC 3110, based on information submitted by several small
business manufacturers of aerospace ball and roller bearings that have
done business with the Federal government within the previous two
years. 78 FR 20371. The public comment period for the notice to rescind
the class waiver for Aerospace Ball and Roller Bearings closed on June
3, 2013. This notice announces a reopening of the public comment period
until 14 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register.
Kenneth W. Dodds,
Director, Office of Government Contracting.
[FR Doc. 2013-13746 Filed 6-10-13; 8:45 am]
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