Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 13, 2026

Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System last revised: Jan 28, 2026
219.502 - 219.502 Setting aside acquisitions.
219.502-1 - 219.502-1 Requirements for setting aside acquisitions.

Do not set aside acquisitions—

(1) For supplies that were developed and financed, in whole or in part, by Canadian sources under the U.S.-Canadian Defense Development Sharing Program; or

(2) Excluded from procurement center representative review (see 219.402(c)(iii)).

[84 FR 72563, Dec. 31, 2019]
219.502-2 - 219.502-2 Total small business set-asides.

Unless the contracting officer determines that the criteria for set-aside cannot be met, set aside for small business concerns acquisitions for—

(1) Construction, including maintenance and repairs, under $3.5 million;

(2) Dredging under $2 million; and

(3) Architect-engineer services for military construction or family housing projects under $1 million (10 U.S.C. 2855).

[85 FR 53683, Aug. 31, 2020, as amended at 85 FR 61504, Sept. 29, 2020; 90 FR 41486, Aug. 25, 2025]
219.502-8 - 219.502-8 Rejecting Small Business Administration recommendations.

(b) The designee shall be at a level no lower than chief of the contracting office.

[56 FR 36353, July 31, 1991. Redesignated at 85 FR 53683, Aug. 31, 2020]
authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1
source: 56 FR 36353, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 48 CFR 219.502-1