48 CFR § 852.215-71 - 852.215-71 Evaluation Factor Commitments.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s852.215-71"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 852.215-71 - 852.215-71 Evaluation Factor Commitments."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "852.215-71"
section_name: "852.215-71 Evaluation Factor Commitments."
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "CLAUSES AND FORMS"
part_number: "852"
part_name: "SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "38 U.S.C. 8127-8128 and 8151-8153; 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: "73 FR 2717, Jan. 15, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "852"
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# 852.215-71 852.215-71 Evaluation Factor Commitments.
As prescribed in 815.304-71(b), insert the following clause:
****Evaluation Factor Commitments (OCT 2019)
(a) The offeror agrees, if awarded a contract, to use the service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) or veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs) proposed as subcontractors in accordance with 852.215-70, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and Veteran-Owned Small Business Evaluation Factors, or to substitute one or more SDVOSBs or VOSBs for subcontract work of the same or similar value.
(b) Pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 8127(g), any business concern that is determined by VA to have willfully and intentionally misrepresented a company's SDVOSB/VOSB status is subject to debarment for a period of not less than five years. This includes the debarment of all principals in the business.
****(End of clause)
[84 FR 46454, Sept. 4, 2019]