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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">252.270-7001</ph>  Pilot Program to Incentivize Contracting with Employee-Owned Businesses—Subcontracting Certification.</title>
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         <p class="- topic/p ">As prescribed in 270.105(b), use the following provision:</p>
         <p outputclass="Ctr_SmCaps" class="- topic/p ">Pilot Program To Incentivize Contracting With Employee-Owned Businesses—Subcontracting Certification (Nov 2024)</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a) <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Definition.</i> As used in this provision, <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">qualified business</i> has the meaning given in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement <xref href="252.270-7002.dita#DFARS_252.270-7002"
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                  class="- topic/xref ">252.270-7002</xref>, Pilot Program to Incentivize Contracting with Employee-Owned Businesses, clause of this solicitation.</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(b) Limitations on subcontracting. The Offeror certifies that in performance of the contract it will not expend more than 50 percent of the amount paid under the contract on subcontracts unless—</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(1) The subcontract is awarded to a qualified business;</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(2) The contract is for products and the subcontract is for materials not available from another qualified business; or</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(3) A waiver is granted.</p>
         <p outputclass="Endofclause" class="- topic/p ">(End of provision)</p>
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