Small Business Size Standards; Reinstate a Class Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule

On July 27, 1994, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published a notice in the Federal Register (Vol. 59, No. 143, FR 38115) that terminated: the class waiver for bars and rods, nickel-copper, nickel-copper-aluminum, and high-nickel-alloy and copper, copper- nickel, aluminum-bronze, and naval brass [Federal Supply Code (FSC) 9530, Standard Industrial Classification Code (SIC) 3356] (hereafter referred to as bars and rods); and the class waiver for structural shapes, angles, channels, tees and zees, aluminum and high-nickel-alloy (hereafter referred to as structural shapes). It has been brought to SBA's attention by the Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Industrial Supply Center, that a misclassification occurred because SBA combined these two different groups of metal products into a single classification. This mistake inadvertently resulted in the termination of the class waiver for bars and rods. The SBA is therefore reinstating the class waiver under the Nonmanufacturer Rule for bars and rods. The termination of the waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for structural shapes remains in effect.