SBA Proposes to Eliminate Some Nonmanufacturer Rule Class Waivers

Koprince McCall Pottroff – SBA is currently considering terminating some class waivers for its small business Nonmanufacturer Rule, as it has received information to establish the existence of small business manufacturers of the subject products. As SBA explains, the Nonmanufacturer Rule is the “requirement that recipients of Federal supply contracts issued as a small business” or other socioeconomic set-asides (8(a) Program, HUBZone, WOSB/EDWOSB, or VOSB/SDVOSB) “provide the product of a small business manufacturer or processor if the recipient is other than the actual manufacturer or processor of the product”.