§ 657f. Procurement program for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans

• (a) In accordance with this section, a contracting officer may award a sole source contract to any small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans if—
  • (1) such concern is determined to be a responsible contractor with respect to performance of such contract opportunity and the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that 2 or more small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans will submit offers for the contracting opportunity;
  • (2) the anticipated award price of the contract (including options) will not exceed—
    • (A) $5,000,000, in the case of a contract opportunity assigned a standard industrial classification code for manufacturing; or
    • (B) $3,000,000, in the case of any other contract opportunity; and
  • (3) in the estimation of the contracting officer, the contract award can be made at a fair and reasonable price.
• (b) In accordance with this section, a contracting officer may award contracts on the basis of competition restricted to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans if the contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that not less than 2 small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans will submit offers and that the award can be made at a fair market price.
• (c) A procurement may not be made from a source on the basis of a preference provided under subsection (a) or (b) if the procurement would otherwise be made from a different source under section 4124 or 4125 of title 18 or chapter 85 of title 41.
• (d) Rules similar to the rules of paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 637(m) of this title shall apply for purposes of this section.
• (e) For purposes of this section, the term “contracting officer” has the meaning given such term in section 2101(1) of title 41 .