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Invitation DACW45-83-B-0056 . READ THE FOLLOWING IN CONJUNCTION WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS, U. S. STANDARD FORM 22: (1) The date of mailing of a late bid, modification or withdrawal sent either by registered or certified mail is the U. S. Postal Service postmark on the wrapper or on the original receipt from the U.S. Postal Service. If neither postmark shows a legible date, the bid, modification or withdrawal shall be deemed to have been mailed late. (The term 'postmark' means a printed, stamped, or otherwise placed impression (exclusive of a postage' meter machine impression) that is readily identifiable without further action as having been supplied and affixed on the date of mailing by employees of the U.S. or Canadian Postal Service. Therefore, offerors should request the postal clerk to place a hand cancellation bull's-eye . postmark' on both the receipt and the envelope or wrapper). . v (2) The time of receipt at the Government installation is the time/date stamp of such installation on the bid wrapper or other documentary evidence of receipt maintained by the installation. (d) Notwithstanding the above, a late modification of an otherwise successful bid which makes its terms more favorable to the Government will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted. NOTE: The term' telegram' includes mailgrams." 15. NOTICE OF TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE: a. Restriction: Offers under this procurement are solicited from small business concerns only and this procurement is to be awarded only to one or more small business concerns. This action is based on a determination by the Contracting Officer, alone or in conjunction with a representative of the Small Business Administration, that it is in the interest of maintaining or mobilizing the Nation's full productive capacity, in the interest of war or national defense programs, or in the interest of assuring that a fair proportion of Government procurement is placed with small business concerns. Of fers received from firms which are not small business concerns shall be considered nonresponsive and shall be rejected. b. Definitions: . (1) A "small business concern" is a concern, including its affiliates, which: . (a) Is independently owned and operated; (b) Is not dominant in the field of operation in which it is offering on Government contracts; and IB-6 .