Each program office is to set one limit on proposals per fiscal year, equal for every firm
What the document says“the Director of the SBIR or STTR program office of each Federal agency shall, pursuant to authority that may not be delegated, set equally for all small business concerns a limit on the maximum number of proposals that a small business concern may submit in response to Phase I solicitations and Phase II solicitations under subsection (cc), published by that Federal agency, including all components of that Federal agency, in a single fiscal year.”
Paragraph (1) of the new subsection (aaa) requires a limit, beginning with fiscal year 2027 and each year after it. The Director of the agency's SBIR or STTR program office sets it under authority that may not be delegated. The limit is set equally for all small business concerns. It caps how many proposals a firm may submit in one fiscal year in response to the agency's Phase I solicitations and its Phase II solicitations under subsection (cc), counting all components of that agency.
What the document actually says“the Director of the SBIR or STTR program office of each Federal agency shall, pursuant to authority that may not be delegated, set equally for all small business concerns a limit on the maximum number of proposals that a small business concern may submit in response to Phase I solicitations and Phase II solicitations under subsection (cc), published by that Federal agency, including all components of that Federal agency, in a single fiscal year.”
The head of the program office must set a cap. The cap is on how many bids one firm can send in a year. It counts bids to every part of the agency. The cap must be the same for all firms.
This starts with the budget year 2027. Only the office head can set it. That job cannot be handed to anyone else.
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