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 PUBLIC LAW 100-656—NOV. 15, 1988

102 STAT. 3889

TITLE VII—SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PART A—SHORT TITLE AND FINDINGS

Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of 1988. 15 USC 644 note.

SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the "Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of 1988". SEC. 702. FINDINGS. The Congress finds that— (1) many small business concerns have repeatedly demonstrated their ability to fulfill a broad range of Government requirements for products, services (including research, development, technical, and professional services), and construction, through the Federal procurement process; (2) various Congressional mandated reforms to the Federal procurement process, including the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, the Defense Procurement Reform Act of 1984, and the Small Business and Federal Procurement Competition Enhancement Act of 1984, were designed to eliminate obstacles to competition and thereby to broaden small business participation; and (3) traditional agency efforts to implement the mandate for small business participation in a fair proportion of Federal procurements as required by section 15(a) of the Small Business Act have resulted in— (A) a concentration of procurement contract awards in a limited number of industry categories, often dominated by small business concerns, through the use of set-asides, for the purpose of assuring the attainment of the agency's overall smgQl business contracting goals; and (B) inadequate efforts to expand small business participation in agency procurements of products or services which have historically demonstrated low rates of small business participation despite substantial potential for expanded small business participation. PART B-—DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SEC. 711. SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program (hereafter referred to as "the Program") pursuant to section 15 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 413) to provide for the testing of innovative procurement methods and procedures. The Administrator of Federal Procurement Policy shall designate the Administrator of the Small Business Administration as the executive agent responsible for conducting the test. (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Program are to demonstrate whether— (1) the competitive capabilities of small business firms in certain industry categories will enable them to successfully compete on an unrestricted basis for Federal contracting opportunities,

15 USC 644 note.

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