13 CFR § 127.500 - In what industries is a contracting officer authorized to restrict competition or make a sole source award under this part?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s127.500"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "13 CFR § 127.500 - In what industries is a contracting officer authorized to restrict competition or make a sole source award under this part?"
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "127.500"
section_name: "In what industries is a contracting officer authorized to restrict competition or make a sole source award under this part?"
chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "127"
part_name: "WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS FEDERAL CONTRACT PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 632, 634(b)(6), 637(m), 644 and 657r."
regulatory_source: "75 FR 62282, Oct. 7, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "127"
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# 127.500 In what industries is a contracting officer authorized to restrict competition or make a sole source award under this part?
A contracting officer may restrict competition or make a sole source award under this part only in those industries in which SBA has determined that WOSBs are underrepresented or substantially underrepresented in Federal procurement, as specified in § 127.501, regardless of the place of performance.
[80 FR 55022, Sept. 14, 2015, as amended at 81 FR 48593, July 25, 2016]