Small Business Size Standards: Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule

Zusammenfassung

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering terminating a class waiver to the Nonmanufacturer Rule (NMR) for "Gloves, rubber (e.g., electrician's, examination, household-type, surgeon's), manufacturing". On October 27, 2016, SBA received a request to terminate the current class waiver to the NMR for "Gloves, rubber (e.g., electrician's, examination, household-type, surgeon's), manufacturing" under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 339113 (Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing), Product Service Code (PSC) 9320 (Rubber Fabricated Materials). According to the request, there is a small business manufacturer available to participate in the Federal market for this class of product. The requester provided evidence that this small business manufacturer has submitted offers on solicitations for government contracts within the last 24 months. Thus, SBA is seeking comment on the termination of the class waiver for "Gloves, rubber (e.g., electrician's, examination, household-type, surgeon's), manufacturing." An awardee of a Federal small business set-aside contract valued over $150,000, service-disabled veteran-owned small business contract, HUB