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RIN: 3245-AF79

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: ●Small Disadvantaged Business Program
Abstract: Under this Interim Final Rule, SBA ceases performing small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) certifications for other agencies. Currently, only those firms that have applied to and been certified as SDBs by SBA may certify themselves to be SDBs for Federal prime and subcontracts. This rule allows firms to self-represent their status for subcontracting purposes without first receiving any SDB certification. It also recognizes that the benefits of being an SDB for Federal prime contracts has been greatly diminished over the past years and shifts the burden of certifying firms as SDBs for Federal prime contracts to those limited agencies that have authority to give price evaluation adjustments to SDBs. There are currently only two agencies (NASA and Coast Guard) that are eligible to use the SDB price evaluation preference and they rarely use the program.
Agency: Small Business Administration(SBA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 13 CFR 124
Legal Authority: 15 USC 634(b)(6) 15 USC 636(j) 15 USC 637(a) 15 USC 637(d)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final Rule	10/03/2008	73 FR 57490
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End	11/03/2008

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Joe Loddo Associate Administrator, Office of Business Development Small Business Administration 409 Third Street SW, Washington, DC 20416 Phone:202 205-7550 Email: joe.loddo@sba.gov