---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 819.000"
title: "48"
number: "819.000"
heading: "Scope of part."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/819.000"
---

# §819.000. Scope of part.

- (a) This part supplements FAR [part 19](/cfr/48/part19.md) and implements the service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), veteran-owned small business (VOSB), and small business provisions of 38 U.S.C. [8127](/usc/38/8127.md) and [8128](/usc/38/8128.md), Executive Order 13360, and the Small Business Act ([15 U.S.C. 631](/usc/15/631.md) et. seq.) as applied to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This part also covers—
  - (1) Goals for using SDVOSBs and VOSBs;
  - (2) Priorities and preferences for using SDVOSBs/VOSBs;
  - (3) SDVOSB/VOSB eligibility and contract compliance;
  - (4) Setting aside acquisitions for SDVOSBs/VOSBs;
  - (5) Sole-source awards to SDVOSBs and VOSBs; and
  - (6) **Evaluation preferences and contract clauses.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(E); 38 U.S.C. 8127-8128; 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 41 U.S.C. 1121(c)(3); 41 U.S.C. 1303; 41 U.S.C. 1702; and 48 CFR 1.301 through 1.304.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 63005, Oct. 18, 2022, unless otherwise noted.