Small Business Size Standards: Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule

Résumé

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering granting a class waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing. On August 13, 2010, SBA received a request that a class waiver be granted for GEN II and GEN III Image Intensifier Tubes, Product Service Code (PSC) 5855, Night Vision Equipment, Emitted and Reflected Radiation, under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 333314 (Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing). According to the request, no small business manufacturers supply these classes of products to the Federal government. Thus, SBA is seeking information on whether there are small business GEN II and GEN III image intensifier tube manufacturers. If granted, the waiver would allow otherwise qualified small businesses to supply the products of any manufacturer on a Federal contract set aside for small businesses, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVO) small businesses or Participants in the SBA's 8(a) Business Development (BD) program.