Small Business Size Standards: Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule

Résumé

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering granting a request for a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Furniture (except drafting tables, hospital beds, medical furniture) Merchant Wholesalers; Office Furniture Merchant Wholesalers; Furniture (except wood), Office-Type, Padded, Upholstered, or Plain, Manufacturing; Furniture Design Services; Furniture Frames and Parts, Metal, Manufacturing; Furniture Frames, Wood, Manufacturing; Furniture Parts, Finished Metal, Manufacturing; Furniture Parts, Finished Plastics, Manufacturing; Furniture Parts, Finished Wood, Manufacturing; Furniture, Factory-type (e.g., cabinets, stools, tool stands, work benches), Manufacturing; Furniture, Hospital (e.g., hospital beds, operating room furniture), Manufacturing; and Furniture, Laboratory- type (e.g., benches, cabinets, stools, tables), Manufacturing. According to the request, no small business manufacturers are supplying this class of product to the Federal government. If granted, the waiver would allow otherwise qualified regular dealers to supply the products of any domestic manufacturer on a Federal contract set aside for small businesses; service-disabled veteran-owned small