H.R. 4203 · 112th Congress
Women's Procurement Program Improvement Act of 2012
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Nydia Velázquez
- Introduced
- 2012-03-19
- Latest action
- 2012-12-27 · Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 112-732.
Summary
Women's Procurement Program Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program for women-owned small businesses (providing a federal procurement contracting preference to such businesses) to remove current contract award price limits.
Allows a contracting officer to award a sole source contract to any economically disadvantaged women-owned small business if: (1) the small business is determined to be responsible and the contracting officer does not expect two or more of such businesses to submit offers; (2) the anticipated contract price will not exceed $6.5 million in the case of a manufacturing contract, or $4 million in the case of all other contracts; and (3) the contract can be made at a fair and reasonable price. Provides identical contracting authority for women-owned small businesses in substantially underrepresented industries.