Federal Acquisition Regulation
Local area set-aside
FAR 26.202-1
The contracting officer may set aside solicitations to allow only local firms within a specific geographic area to compete (see Set-asides for local firms during a major disaster or emergency (FAR 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 ).
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