Section 1.572. Duties

The Department of General Services (Department) shall:

(1) Develop appropriate standards for qualification as a small business, including number of employees and dollar volume of business. The Department may develop tiers of participation for small businesses of varying size.

(2) Establish agency goals for contracting with small businesses.

(3) Develop specific guidelines for competition for Commonwealth procurement contracts identified for award to small businesses.

(4) Develop policy that will provide for alternative and reduced bonding requirements and make special provisions for progress payments.

(5) Develop and implement monitoring and reporting systems to measure the effectiveness of all small business procurement initiatives.

(6) Implement enforcement measures to verify the eligibility of competitors and to investigate allegations of noneligibility.

(7) Assist agencies in:

(i) Identifying procurement contracts suitable for competition by, and award to, small businesses.

(ii) Identifying qualified small businesses to solicit for procurement contracts.

(iii) Training agency personnel.