...did not make reference to "construction," and, as a consequence, it was considered that the set-aside authority did not extend to Government construction...of construction jobs. After passage of the act, the Department of Defense and the Small Business Administration agreed that small construction firms were...

...631, was accordingly amended to provide that small business concerns shall obtain a fair proportion of contracts for "property and services for the Government...contracts for maintenance, repair, and construction)." In addition, section 214 of the 1953 act, as amended, 15 USC 644, the forerunner of the present section...

...Assistance Procurement Assistance In the Small Business Act, as amended, Congress stated its intention that "a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for property and services for the Government be placed with small-business enterprises," and that "a fair proportion of the total sales of Government...

...be in the interest of war or national defense programs, (3) to be in the interest of assuring that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for property and services for the Government are placed with small-business concerns, or (4) to be in the interest of assuring that a fair proportion...

...be in the interest of war or national defense programs, (3) to be in the interest of assuring that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for property and services for the Government are placed with small-business concerns, or (4) to be in the interest of assuring that a fair proportion...

...shall be furnished to the General Accounting Office. (b) It is the declared policy of the Congress that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for property and services for the Government shall be placed with small-business concerns. Whenever it is proposed to make a contract or purchase...

...procurements for competition among small business concerns. This action is in the interest of assuring that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for property and services for the Government are placed with small business concerns. Developing subcontracting opportunities 'for small business...

...construction contracts, section 2 of the Small Business Act was amended in 1958 to specifically provide that small business should receive a "fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for purchases and services for the Government (including but not limited to contracts for maintenance,...

...term "fair share," it is noted that the Congress in sections 2 and 15 of the Small Business Act stated that small business should receive a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts made by the Government. Obviously the term "fair proportion" does not refer to a single procurement...

...Fundamental among the operating policies of the General Services Administration is the assurance that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for property and services made by GSA shall be placed with small business concerns. This policy was enunciated by the Congress...