19.707 The Small Business Administration’s role in carrying out the program.
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(a) Under the program, the SBA may-
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(1) Assist both Government agencies and contractors in carrying out their responsibilities with regard to subcontracting plans;
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(2) Review (within 5 working days) any solicitation that meets the dollar threshold in 19.702(a)(1) or (2) before the solicitation is issued;
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(3) Review (within 5 working days) before execution any negotiated contractual document requiring a subcontracting plan, including the plan itself, and submit recommendations to the contracting officer, which shall be advisory in nature; and
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(4) Evaluate compliance with subcontracting plans, either on a contract-by-contract basis, or, in the case of contractors having multiple contracts, on an aggregate basis.
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(b) The SBA is not authorized to-
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(1) Prescribe the extent to which any contractor or subcontractor shall subcontract,
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(2) Specify concerns to which subcontracts will be awarded, or
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(3) Exercise any authority regarding the administration of individual prime contracts or subcontracts.
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