FAR 26.202-1 — Local area set-aside
Regulatory text. Not legal advice.
The contracting officer may set aside solicitations to allow only local firms within a specific geographic area to compete (see FAR 6.208).
(a)
(a) The contracting officer, in consultation with the requirements office, shall define the specific geographic area for the local set-aside.
(b)
(b) A major disaster or emergency area may span counties in several contiguous States. The set-aside area need not include all the counties in the declared disaster/emergency area(s), but cannot go outside it.
(c)
(c) The contracting officer shall also determine whether a local area set-aside should be further restricted to small business concerns in the set-aside area (see FAR Part 19).
Citation history: [72 FR 63087, Nov. 7, 2007, as amended at 76 FR 18312, Apr. 1, 2011]
Source: eCFR • Pulled 2026-04-16