48 CFR § 26.202-1 - 26.202-1 Local area set-aside.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s26.202-1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 26.202-1 - 26.202-1 Local area set-aside."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "26.202-1"
section_name: "26.202-1 Local area set-aside."
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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# 26.202-1 26.202-1 Local area set-aside.
The contracting officer may set aside solicitations to allow only local firms within a specific geographic area to compete (*see* 6.208).
(a) The contracting officer, in consultation with the requirements office, shall define the specific geographic area for the local set-aside.
(b) A major disaster or emergency area may span counties in several contiguous States. The set-aside area need not include all the counties in the declared disaster/emergency area(s), but cannot go outside it.
(c) The contracting officer shall also determine whether a local area set-aside should be further restricted to small business concerns in the set-aside area (see Part 19).
[72 FR 63087, Nov. 7, 2007, as amended at 76 FR 18312, Apr. 1, 2011]