Małe firmy · 13.05.2004

HUBZone Program

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is seeking comments on an issue involving the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program and agricultural commodities purchased by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). According to the Small Business Act, in the case of a contract for the procurement by the USDA of agricultural commodities, a qualified HUBZone Small Business Concern (SBC) may not purchase the commodity from a subcontractor if the subcontractor will supply the commodity in substantially the final form in which it is to be supplied to the Government. The SBA is seeking comments on how to define "substantially the final form" with respect to this statutory requirement. In addition, on January 28, 2002, the SBA proposed amendments to its regulations that implement the HUBZone Program. SBA believes that one issue in the proposed rule merits further public comment. This issue, which is addressed in this Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making (ANPRM), relates to a provision in the proposed regulation that defined the term "employee." This ANPRM and request for comments are intended to stimulate dialogue on these two issues.