Contracting officers are to reference the prior SBIR or STTR contract number
To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes, section 8, Sec. 8.
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Contracting officers are to reference the prior SBIR or STTR contract number
The document says “shall”Who acts: government contracting officersHow: statuteSec. 8 in the PDF
What the document says
“require a government contracting officer, when recording a Phase II or Phase III contract following on from work done by a small business concern during a Phase I or Phase II award, to reference an SBIR or STTR contract identification number for relevant prior SBIR or STTR work done.”
Subparagraph (D) of subsection (b)(2) reaches the person entering the record. When a contracting officer records a Phase II or Phase III contract that follows on from work a firm did under a Phase I or Phase II award, the officer references the SBIR or STTR contract identification number for the relevant earlier work.
What the document actually says
“require a government contracting officer, when recording a Phase II or Phase III contract following on from work done by a small business concern during a Phase I or Phase II award, to reference an SBIR or STTR contract identification number for relevant prior SBIR or STTR work done.”
That sentence, in plain words
When a buyer logs a later deal, they must point back. They give the number of the earlier award the work came from.
What this is about
This ties a later deal to the first one. Without it nobody can follow a project from stage to stage.
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Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act, Public Law 119-83, sec. 8, 140 Stat. 767 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ83/html/PLAW-119publ83.htm
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“Contracting officers are to reference the prior SBIR or STTR contract number,” Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act, section 8, Sec. 8. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/small-business-innovation-economic-security-act/proposal/sec08-contract-identification-number/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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