48 CFR § 26.202 - 26.202 Local area preference.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s26.202"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 26.202 - 26.202 Local area preference."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "26.202"
section_name: "26.202 Local area preference."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS"
part_number: "26"
part_name: "OTHER SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 41737, Aug. 22, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "26"
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# 26.202 26.202 Local area preference.
(a) When awarding emergency response contracts during the term of a major disaster or emergency declaration by the President of the United States under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.5121, *et seq.*), preference shall be given, to the extent feasible and practicable, to local firms. Preference may be given through a local area set-aside or an evaluation preference.
(b) When using the authority under the Stafford Act, see the definitions of “micro-purchase threshold” and “simplified acquisition threshold” in 2.101 for the authority to use an increased micro-purchase threshold and simplified acquisition threshold.
[72 FR 63087, Nov. 7, 2007, as amended at 84 FR 19837, May 6, 2019]