H.R. 5146 · 116th Congress
Unlocking Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Jim Hagedorn
- Introduced
- 2019-11-18
- Latest action
- 2020-01-09 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Summary
Unlocking Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019
This bill requires the past performance of a small business concern to be taken into account in certain situations.
Specifically, when a small business previously participated in a joint venture, an agency's contracting officer must consider the past performance of the joint venture when evaluating the small business's offer for a prime contract. In addition, a small business that performed as a first-tier subcontractor for an agency contract may request that the prime contractor submit to a contracting agency a record of past performance, and the agency's contracting officer must consider such record when evaluating an offer by the small business for a prime contract.