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H.R. 3558 111th Congress House

Small Business Fair Competition Act

Official title: To allow incumbent contractors to be eligible to re-compete for Government contracts as small businesses, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 14, 2009 See on congress.gov
Commerce Public contracts and procurementSmall business
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 23, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
Sep 14, 2009
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Sep 14, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 14, 2009
Referred to House Small Business
Sep 14, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology .
Sep 14, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 23, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Small Business Fair Competition Act - Allows an incumbent contractor to recompete for a proposed contract in the case of a government solicitation for bids or proposals for goods or services that are substantially the same as under a current contract, provided the contractor currently performing the contract represents in good faith that it is a small business.

Permits such representation to be made if the incumbent contractor: (1) meets the definition of a small business concern applicable to the solicitation and has not been determined by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to be other than a small business; or (2) was a small business when the current contract was awarded, is no longer a small business at the time of the solicitation, and will revert to being a small business if not awarded the proposed contract.

Allows the government to qualify a contract being awarded to the incumbent contractor as a small business set-aside for the duration of the contract.

Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation to be revised to implement this Act.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3558: Small Business Fair Competition Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3558/
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"H.R. 3558: Small Business Fair Competition Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3558/.
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H.R. 3558, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3558/.
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