48 CFR § 819.502-2 - 819.502-2 Total small business set-asides.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s819.502-2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 819.502-2 - 819.502-2 Total small business set-asides."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "819.502-2"
section_name: "819.502-2 Total small business set-asides."
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS"
part_number: "819"
part_name: "SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS"
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. 631, 15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(E); 38 U.S.C. 8127-8128; 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 41 U.S.C. 1121(c)(3); 41 U.S.C. 1303; 41 U.S.C. 1702; and 48 CFR 1.301 through 1.304."
regulatory_source: "87 FR 63005, Oct. 18, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "819"
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# 819.502-2 819.502-2 Total small business set-asides.
(a) If the contracting officer receives no acceptable offers from responsible small business concerns, the set-aside shall be withdrawn and the requirement, if still valid, shall be resolicited on an unrestricted basis or, if permitted in the solicitation, the contracting officer will follow the tiered set-aside evaluation procedures in 819.7010, Tiered evaluation, and proceed to the next eligible tier in the evaluation process.