10 U.S.C. § 4959: Advancing small business growth

The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall require the clause described in paragraph (2) to be included in each covered contract awarded by the Department of Defense. requires the contractor to acknowledge that acceptance of the contract may cause the business to exceed the applicable small business size standards (established pursuant to section 3(a) of the Small Business Act) for the industry concerned and that the contractor may no longer qualify as a small business concern for that industry; and encourages the contractor to develop capabilities and characteristics typically desired in contractors that are competitive as an other-than-small business in that industry. Covered small businesses may be provided assistance as part of any procurement technical assistance furnished pursuant to this chapter. awarded to a qualified small business concern as defined pursuant to section 3(a) of the Small Business Act; and that will exceed the applicable receipt-based small business size standard; or if the contract is in an industry with an employee-based size standard, that will exceed $70,000,000. The term “covered small business” means a qualified small business concern as defined pursuant to section 3(a) of the Small Business Act that has entered into a contract with the Department of Defense that includes a contract clause described in subsection (a)(2).