48 CFR 26.202-1
26.202-1 Local area set-aside.
United States · 48 CFR — Federal Acquisition Regulations System · Status: effective
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The contracting officer may set aside solicitations to allow only local firms within a specific geographic area to compete (see 6.208).
(a) The contracting officer, in consultation with the requirements office, shall define the specific geographic area for the local set-aside.
(b) A major disaster or emergency area may span counties in several contiguous States. The set-aside area need not include all the counties in the declared disaster/emergency area(s), but cannot go outside it.
(c) The contracting officer shall also determine whether a local area set-aside should be further restricted to small business concerns in the set-aside area (see Part 19).
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.