SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 711. SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. (a) Establishment.— There is established a Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program (hereafter referred to as “the Program”) pursuant to section 15 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 413) to provide for the testing of innovative procurement methods and procedures. The Administrator of Federal Procurement Policy shall designate the Administrator of the Small Business Administration as the executive agent responsible for conducting the test. (b) Purposes.— The purposes of the Program are to demonstrate whether— (1) the competitive capabilities of small business firms in certain industry categories will enable them to successfully compete on an unrestricted basis for Federal contracting opportunities, 102 STAT. 3890 (2) the use of targeted goaling and management techniques by procuring agencies, in conjunction with the Small Business Administration, can expand small business participation in Federal contracting opportunities which have been historically low, despite adequate numbers of qualified small business contractors in the economy, and (3) expanded use of full and open competition, as specified by the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (10 U.S.C. 2302(3) and 41 U.S.C. 403(7)), adversely affects small business participation in certain industry categories, taking into consideration the numerical dominance of small firms, the size and scope of most contracting opportunities, and the competitive capabilities of small firms. (c) Program Term.— The Program shall be conducted over a period of 4 years, beginning on January 1, 1989, and ending on December 31, 1992. (d) Application.— The Program shall apply to contract solicitations for the procurement of services in industry groups designated in section 717.