FAR 19.1500 General
Section Federal Acquisition Regulation
Facts
- Citation
- FAR 19.1500
- Type
- Section
- Last amended
- 87 FR 58237 Effective Oct 28, 2022
- Text as of
- FAC 2026-01
- Official text
- acquisition.gov
Text from acquisition.gov. Federal Register history from the Federal Register's records of the rules that amended this section.
Text
(a) Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)) created the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program.
(b) The purpose of the WOSB Program is to ensure women-owned small business concerns have an equal opportunity to participate in Federal contracting and to assist agencies in achieving their women-owned small business participation goals (see 13 part CFR 127).
(c) An economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern and a WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program are subcategories of “women-owned small business concern” as defined in section 2.101.
Federal Register history
Sections cited
- FAR 2.101 Definitions
Quick answers
What is FAR 19.1500?
FAR 19.1500 is a section of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "General".
When was FAR 19.1500 last changed?
The most recent final rule on record is "Federal Acquisition Regulation: Certification of Women-Owned Small Businesses" (87 FR 58237), published Sep 23, 2022 and effective Oct 28, 2022.
Are changes to FAR 19.1500 proposed?
No proposed rule from the last 3 years is waiting on a final rule.
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