Set-Aside Notice JPL Duplicating Services

Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside
(RFP/ITB/RFQ Attachment A-6)

1.Definition. “Small business concern” means a concern, including its affiliates, which is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and meets the size standards set forth in the Small Business Administration Rules and Regulations, 13 CFR Part 121 - Small Business Size Standards, and identified by the NAICS Code in Paragraph 2. below.

2.Size Standard(s) for the Solicited Work. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this Subcontract is: 323120 - Support Activities for Printing. The size standard for this NAICS code is 550 Employees.

3.General.

3.1Offers are solicited only from small business concerns; offers received from others shall be considered non-responsible and will be rejected.

3.2Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to a small business concern.

4.Small Business Status Certification. The offeror must indicate in the Certification of this form, its small business status determined by the above definitions. The Certification must then be signed by the offeror or duly authorized representative. Failure to complete and return this form with the offer may render the offer nonresponsive.

5.Notice pursuant to FAR 52.219-9(e)(5): Consequences of Misrepresenting Small Business Status. Any subcontract to be awarded pursuant to this solicitation will be a subcontract under the Prime Contract between the California Institute of Technology/JPL and NASA. Awards to small businesses are counted for small business goal purposes pursuant to the JPL’s Small Business Plan incorporated into the Prime Contract. Consequently, any person who misrepresents a firm's small business status to obtain a subcontract from JPL under a set-aside procurement would be subject to sanctions under 15 U.S.C. 645(d), which provides that any person making such a misrepresentation shall:

5.1Be punished by imposition of fine, imprisonment, or both;

5.2Be subject to administrative remedies, including suspension and debarment; and

5.3Be ineligible for participation in programs conducted under the authority of the Small Business Act.

CERTIFICATION

The offeror represents and certifies as part of its offer that it \* mergeformat is \* mergeformat is not a small business concern as described in Paragraph 1. above. By indicating that it is a small business concern, the offeror certifies that it meets the size standards for the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code number identified in Paragraph 2. above for the product/work involved. If the offeror is a small business, please identify additional socio-economic category(ies) which apply: