HUBZone certified companies deliver all types of capabilities. Becoming a HUBZone certified company takes deliberate effort to achieve certification and ongoing compliance. HUBZone certified companies must be a small business according to SBA standards; 51% owned by US citizens, a Community Development Corporation, an agricultural cooperative, or an Indian tribe; have its principal office located in a HUBZone area; and at least 35% of its employees reside in a HUBZone.
YES! Federal agencies may sol-source any requirements if less than $4.5 million per contracting action. Talk with your contracting officer about leveraging FAR 19.1306. Your contracting officer may want to post a pre-solicitation request for information using a HUBZone set-aside to confirm that there is only one responsive HUBZone company.
HUBZone is the only socio-economic program category that has not met the 3% prime goal since 2010 achieving an average only 2.06% of 69% of the goal.
When you set-aside a solicitation for HUBZone companies, there is no limit on the dollar amount of the contracting action, and the 10% price evaluation is not used.
Qualified, capable, responsible offerors at a reasonable price
Sole-source if less than $4.5 million or set-aside with no limit
OMB M-22-03 Advancing Equity in Federal Procurement and Executive Order 13985 Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
Credit for both Small Business and HUBZone Prime
35% or more of Aspis Consulting’s employees live in economically distressed neighborhoods
1. Talk to your contracting officer, and let them know that you’re interested in using FAR 19.1306
2. You don’t need a Justification and Approval (J&A), but GS-15s and above have the authority up to $75M (civilian agencies)
3. Perform market research by informally sharing your requirements, deliverables, schedule, and other project objectives with HUBZone certified companies
4. Ask your contracting officer to post a pre-solicitation notice (FAR 36.213-2) on the System for Award Management (SAM) specifying HUBZone certified companies with your requirements
5. If only one HUBZone company responds, you may sole-source!
For more information, contact Jeff Wagner at HUBZone@aspis.us