# Federal Acquisition Regulation; Sole Source Contracts for Women-Owned Small Businesses
> **US Department of Defense** · Final rule. · Published 2016-09-30 · Effective 2016-09-30 · 81 FR 67735
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-23197
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Defense
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 67735
- **CFR reference:** 48 CFR 2
- **Publication date:** 2016-09-30
- **Effective date:** 2016-09-30
- **DOD docket:** FAC 2005-91
## Abstract

DoD, GSA, and NASA have adopted as final, with a minor edit, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration (SBA) that provide for authority to award sole source contracts to economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concerns and to women-owned small business concerns eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/09/30/2016-23197/federal-acquisition-regulation-sole-source-contracts-for-women-owned-small-businesses)
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