---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 19.202-2"
title: "48"
number: "19.202-2"
heading: "Locating small business sources."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/19.202-2"
---

# §19.202-2. Locating small business sources.


The contracting officer shall, to the extent practicable, encourage maximum participation by small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns in acquisitions by taking the following actions:

- (a) Before issuing solicitations, make every reasonable effort to find additional small business concerns (see 10.002(b)(2)). This effort should include contacting the agency small business specialist and SBA PCR (or, if a PCR is not assigned, see 19.402(a)).
- (b) Publicize solicitations and contract awards through the Governmentwide point of entry (see subparts [5.2](/cfr/48/subpart5.2.md) and [5.3](/cfr/48/subpart5.3.md)).

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42240, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 63 FR 70268, Dec. 18, 1998; 65 FR 60544, Oct. 11, 2000; 66 FR 27413, May 16, 2001; 68 FR 43856, July 24, 2003; 71 FR 36925, June 28, 2006; 85 FR 11759, Feb. 27, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42240, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 42240, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 63 FR 70268, Dec. 18, 1998; 65 FR 60544, Oct. 11, 2000; 66 FR 27413, May 16, 2001; 68 FR 43856, July 24, 2003; 71 FR 36925, June 28, 2006; 85 FR 11759, Feb. 27, 2020]