Federal Acquisition Regulation
General
FAR 19.1500
(a) Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m) ) created the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program. (b) The purpose of the WOSB Program is to ensure women-owned small business concerns have an equal opportunity to participate in Federal contracting and to assist agencies in achieving their women-owned small business participation goals (see 13 part CFR 127). (c) An economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern and a WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program are subcategories of “women-owned small business concern” as defined in section Definitions (FAR 2.101) .
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