FAR 26.202-1 Local area set-aside
Subsection Federal Acquisition Regulation
Facts
- Citation
- FAR 26.202-1
- Type
- Subsection
- Last amended
- 76 FR 18304 Effective Apr 1, 2011
- 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 subsection.
Text
The contracting officer may set aside solicitations to allow only local firms within a specific geographic area to compete (see 6.208).
(a) The contracting officer, in consultation with the requirements office, shall define the specific geographic area for the local set-aside.
(b) A major disaster or emergency area may span counties in several contiguous States. The set-aside area need not include all the counties in the declared disaster/emergency area(s), but cannot go outside it.
(c) The contracting officer shall also determine whether a local area set-aside should be further restricted to small business concerns in the set-aside area (see part 19).
Federal Register history
Sections cited
- FAR 6.208 Set-asides for local firms during a major disaster or emergency
- FAR Part 19 Small Business Programs
Quick answers
What is FAR 26.202-1?
FAR 26.202-1 is a subsection of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Local area set-aside".
When was FAR 26.202-1 last changed?
The most recent final rule on record is "Federal Acquisition Regulation; Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program" (76 FR 18304), published Apr 1, 2011 and effective Apr 1, 2011.
Are changes to FAR 26.202-1 proposed?
No proposed rule from the last 3 years is waiting on a final rule.
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