FAR Part 19 Small Business Programs

Part Federal Acquisition Regulation

Part facts

Citation
FAR Part 19
Type
Part
Last amended
90 FR 41872 Effective Oct 1, 2025
Proposed changes
4
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 part.

Contents

  • 19.000 Scope of part
  • 19.001 Definitions
  • Subpart 19.1 Size Standards
    • 19.101 Reserved
    • 19.102 Small business size standards and North American Industry Classification System codes
    • 19.103 Appealing the contracting officer's North American Industry Classification System code and size standard determination
  • Subpart 19.2 Policies
    • 19.201 General policy
    • 19.202 Specific policies
    • 19.203 Relationship among small business programs
  • Subpart 19.3 Determination of Small Business Size and Status for Small Business Programs
    • 19.301 Representations and rerepresentations
    • 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation
    • 19.303 Reserved
    • 19.304 Small disadvantaged business status
    • 19.305 Reviews of SDB status
    • 19.306 Protesting a firm’s status as a HUBZone small business concern
    • 19.307 Protesting a firm’s status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern
    • 19.308 Protesting a firm’s status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concern or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program
    • 19.309 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
  • Subpart 19.4 Cooperation with the Small Business Administration
    • 19.401 General
    • 19.402 Small Business Administration procurement center representatives
    • 19.403 Reserved
  • Subpart 19.5 Small Business Total Set-Asides, Partial Set-Asides, and Reserves
    • 19.501 General
    • 19.502 Setting aside acquisitions
    • 19.503 Reserves
    • 19.504 Orders under multiple-award contracts
    • 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule
    • 19.506 Documentation requirements
    • 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
  • Subpart 19.6 Certificates of Competency and Determinations of Responsibility
  • Subpart 19.7 The Small Business Subcontracting Program
    • 19.701 Definitions
    • 19.702 Statutory requirements
    • 19.703 Eligibility requirements for participating in the program
    • 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements
    • 19.705 Responsibilities of the contracting officer under the subcontracting assistance program
    • 19.706 Responsibilities of the cognizant administrative contracting officer
    • 19.707 The Small Business Administration’s role in carrying out the program
    • 19.708 Contract clauses
  • Subpart 19.8 Contracting with the Small Business Administration (The 8(a) Program)
    • 19.800 General
    • 19.801 Reserved
    • 19.802 Determining eligibility for the 8(a) program
    • 19.803 Selecting acquisitions for the 8(a) Program
    • 19.804 Evaluation, offering, and acceptance
    • 19.805 Competitive 8(a)
    • 19.806 Pricing the 8(a) contract
    • 19.807 Estimating fair market price
    • 19.808 Contract negotiation
    • 19.809 Preaward considerations
    • 19.810 SBA appeals
    • 19.811 Preparing the contracts
    • 19.812 Contract administration
    • 19.813 Protesting an 8(a) participant's eligibility or size status
    • 19.814 Requesting a formal size determination (8(a) sole source requirements)
    • 19.815 Release and notification requirements for non-8(a) procurement
    • 19.816 Exiting the 8(a) program
  • Subpart 19.9 Reserved
  • Subpart 19.10 Reserved
  • Subpart 19.11 Reserved
  • Subpart 19.12 Reserved
  • Subpart 19.13 Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program
  • Subpart 19.14 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
  • Subpart 19.15 Women-Owned Small Business Program

Federal Register history

Final rule Published Effective
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds 90 FR 41872 · FAC 2025-06, FAR Case 2024-001
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Rerepresentation of Size and Socioeconomic Status 90 FR 517 · FAC 2025-03
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Subcontracting to Puerto Rican and Covered Territory Small Businesses 90 FR 523 · FAC 2025-03
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Certification of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses 89 FR 101828 · FAC 2025-02
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 89 FR 70297 · FAC 2024-07
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Protests of Orders Set Aside for Small Business 89 FR 61333 · FAC 2024-06
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 89 FR 61338 · FAC 2024-06
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 89 FR 30252 · FAC 2024-05
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Certification of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses 89 FR 13950 · FAC 2024-03, FAR Case 2022-009
Federal Acquisition Regulation: 8(a) Program 88 FR 69523 · FAC 2023-06, FAR Case 2021-012, Item III
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Disadvantaged Business Threshold 88 FR 53751 · FAC 2023-05, FAR Case 2023-004, Item II
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Program Amendments 88 FR 9734 · FAC 2023-02
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Update to Title 10 Citations 87 FR 73894 · FAC 2023-01
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Policy on Joint Ventures 87 FR 58219 · FAC 2022-08
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Construction Contract Administration 87 FR 58227 · FAC 2022-08
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Certification of Women-Owned Small Businesses 87 FR 58237 · FAC 2022-08
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Update of Historically Underutilized Business Zone Program 87 FR 58232 · FAC 2022-08
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 87 FR 58243 · FAC 2022-08
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Applicability of Small Business Regulations Outside the United States 87 FR 24836 · FAC 2022-06
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revision of Definition of “Commercial Item”; Correction 86 FR 64407 · FAC 2022-01
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Maximum Award Price for Certain Sole Source Manufacturing Contracts 86 FR 61040 · FAC 2022-01
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revision of Definition of “Commercial Item” 86 FR 61017 · FAC 2022-01
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revision of Limitations on Subcontracting 86 FR 44233 · FAC 2021-07
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Scope of Review by Procurement Center Representatives 86 FR 44247 · FAC 2021-07
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Good Faith in Small Business Subcontracting 86 FR 44249 · FAC 2021-07
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 86 FR 31074 · FAC 2021-06
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Individual Sureties 86 FR 3682 · FAC 2021-03
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Removal of Obsolete Definitions 85 FR 67615 · FAC 2021-02
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds 85 FR 62485 · FAC 2021-01, FAR Case 2019-013, Docket No. FAR-2019-0013
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Applicability of Inflation Adjustments of Acquisition-Related Thresholds 85 FR 27088 · FAC 2020-06 · Corrected May 18, 2020
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 85 FR 27101 · FAC 2020-06
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Set-Asides Under Multiple-Award Contracts 85 FR 11746 · FAC 2020-05
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Update of “Affiliates” and Section 8(a) Clauses 84 FR 47862 · FAC 2019-06
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 84 FR 19839 · FAC 2019-02
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Proposed changes

Proposed rule Published Comments
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Participation on Certain Multiple-Award Contracts 90 FR 24773 · FAR Case 2023-011, Docket No. FAR-2023-0011, Sequence No. 1 No final rule found
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Participation on Certain Multiple-Award Contracts 90 FR 3753 · FAR Case 2023-011, Docket No. FAR-2023-0011, Sequence No. 1 Closed Mar 17, 2025No final rule found
Federal Acquisition Regulation: HUBZone Program 89 FR 48544 · FAR Case 2023-013 Closed Aug 6, 2024No final rule found
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Limitations on Subcontracting Revisions 89 FR 2910 · FAR Case 2021-020 Closed Mar 18, 2024No final rule found

Quick answers

What is FAR Part 19?

FAR Part 19 is a part of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Small Business Programs".

When was FAR Part 19 last changed?

The most recent final rule on record is "Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds" (90 FR 41872), published Aug 27, 2025 and effective Oct 1, 2025.

Are changes to FAR Part 19 proposed?

4 proposed changes have no final rule yet.

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