The Department of Agriculture
(USDA) is aggressively working
to increase its use of Service
Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses
(SDVOSB) in fulfilling our contract
needs and to support those men
and women to whom we owe so much.
The Assistant Secretary for Administration,
the Director of the Office of
Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization (OSDBU), and the Chief
Information Officer are actively
working together to achieve USDA's
SDVOSB goal. In order to increase
the Department's ability to attain
or exceed the mandated 3 percent
goal, OSDBU continuously works
with USDA agencies to locate contracting
and subcontracting opportunities
that can be performed by SDVOSBs.
The USDA SDVOSB Program enables
USDA to fulfill all implementation
strategies contained in Executive
Order 13360, signed by President
Bush on October 20, 2004, that
directed all federal agencies
to more effectively implement
section 15(g) of the Small business
Act (P.L. 108-183). The Secretary
strongly expressed his commitment
to this initiative in Secretary's
Memorandum 5090-001, dated July
12, 2005. The Secretary's Memorandum
was codified as permanent departmental
policy in
Departmental Regulation (DR) 5090-005,
dated September 26, 2006.
USDA is placing special emphasis
on two goals:
(1)Attain or exceed the mandated 3 percent goal for
contracts awarded to SDVOSBs for
the total value of all USDA contracts,
and (2)Award 5 percent of the total value of all applicable
information technology contracts
to SDVOSBs as prescribed in the
Secretary's Memorandum and permanent
Departmental Regulation.
Are you a small business owner
who is looking to team with
a small veteran-owned or service
disabled veteran- owned smallbusinesses?
You can now post your information
at The Center for Veteran
Enterprise (CVE) Teaming
Registration.
The Veteran's Administration's,
Center for Veterans Enterprise
is a Veteran Resource Information
web site containing the Vendor Information
Pages (VIP Database)that lists businesses
that are 51% or more owned by veterans
or service-connected disabled veterans.
Please register your firm at
http://www.vetbiz.gov/
CVE may be contacted by:
Phone:
Washington DC Metropolitan Area:
(202) 303-3260
Toll Free: (866) 584-2344
FAX (202) 254-0238
E-Mail: VACVE@va.gov
Mailing Address:
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Center for Veterans Enterprise
(00VE)
810 Vermont Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D.C. 20420
A new marketing tool has been
added to the VetBiz Vendor Information
Page. "VIP
Video" (PDF;28kb ). This
feature enables buyers to view
a a visual display of a company's
capibilities.
VETS GWAC Teaming Opportunities
- Those interested in teaming
opportunities are invited to complete
an online
form to add contact information
to the Small Business GWAC Center's
teaming opportunities list.The
shortcut to this page is www.gsa.gov/vetsgwac.
All Prime Contractors interested
in teaming should register at
SBA-Subnet.
Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQs)(PDF:
707Kb) - prepared by the Small
Business Administration's (SBA's)
Office of Veterans Affairs about
Federal Acquisition Regulation
Subpart 19.14- Procurement Program
for Small Business Concerns
Owned and Controlled by Service-Disabled
Veterans
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
Small Business Program Fact
Sheet (PDF;43kb )