Federal Acquisition Regulation
General
FAR 5.201
(a) As required by the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(e) ) and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 1708 ), agencies must make notices of proposed contract actions available as specified in paragraph (b) of this section. (b) (1) For acquisitions of supplies and services, other than those covered by the exceptions in Exceptions (FAR 5.202) and the special situations in Special situations (FAR 5.205) , the contracting officer must transmit a notice to the GPE, for each proposed- (i) Contract action meeting the threshold in Methods of disseminating information (FAR 5.101) (a)(1); (ii) Modification to an existing contract for additional supplies or services that meets the threshold in Methods of disseminating information (FAR 5.101) (a)(1); or (iii) Contract action in any amount when advantageous to the Government. (2) When transmitting notices using electronic commerce, contracting officers must ensure the notice is forwarded to the GPE. (c) The primary purposes of the notice are to improve small business access to acquisition information and enhance competition by identifying contracting and subcontracting opportunities. (d) The GPE may be accessed via the Internet at https://www.sam.gov .
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