---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 226.7201"
title: "48"
number: "226.7201"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/226.7201"
---

# §226.7201. Definitions.


As used in this subpart—

Eligible contractor means a business entity operated on a for-profit or nonprofit basis that—

- (1) Employs severely disabled individuals at a rate that averages not less than 33 percent of its total workforce over the 12-month period prior to issuance of the solicitation;
- (2) Pays not less than the minimum wage prescribed pursuant to [29 U.S.C. 206](/usc/29/206.md) to the employees who are severely disabled individuals; and
- (3) Provides, for its employees, health insurance and a retirement plan comparable to those provided for employees by business entities of similar size in its industrial sector or geographic region.

  Severely disabled individual means an individual with a disability (as defined in [42 U.S.C. 12102](/usc/42/12102.md)) who has a severe physical or mental impairment that seriously limits one or more functional capacities.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 84 FR 72560, Dec. 31, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36388, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.