Federal Acquisition Regulation: Protests of Orders Set Aside for Small Business

Document 2024-16282 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Defense in the Federal Register on July 30, 2024, with an effective date of August 29, 2024. DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration to update and clarify requirements associated with size and socioeconomic status protests in connection with multiple-award contract set-asides and reserves, and orders placed under multiple-award contracts. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/30/2024-16282/federal-acquisition-regulation-protests-of-orders-set-aside-for-small-business.

No. Document 2024-16282 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.