Set-Aside Programs
- Small Disadvantaged Business Concern: Is a business which is at least 51% owned by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individual(s). A certification is required from the SBA.
- HUBZone Concern: is a concern who is a small business, is owned and controlled by one or more U.S. citizen or by a Community Development Corporation or Indian tribe, who has its principal office located within a HUBZone (which includes lands on federally recognized Indian reservations) and who has at least 35% of its employees residing in a HUBZone. A certification is required from the SBA. For more information on this program, visit SBA certifications.
- Small Business Concern: I s a domestic firm which is independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field of operation, and can qualify under the size standards of the North American Industry Classification System Codes. A certification is not required from the SBA.
- Women-Owned Small Business Concern: Is a small business concern that is at least 51% owned, controlled, and operated by one or more women and whose management and daily operations are controlled by one or more women. A certification is not required from the SBA.
SBA's Online Women's Business Center is a free, interactive training site on the World Wide Web. It offers beginning and advanced business principles and practices, management techniques, networking, industry news, information about SBA services, market research and technology training.
- Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern: Is a small business concern that is at least 51% owned and operated by one or more veterans and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by veterans. A Veteran is aperson who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. A certification is not required from the SBA.
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern: Is a small business concern that is at least 51% owned and operated by one or more service-disabled veterans whose management and daily business operations are controlled by service-disabled veterans. SDV are veterans with a disability that is service connected. A certification is not required from the SBA.
- Subcontracting Programs: On prime contracts expected to exceed $500,000 ($1,000,000 for construction), large businesses must submit and comply with subcontracting plans. These plans contain the prime contractor's goals for subcontracting with small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small businesses.
- Mandatory Source Program: If competitively priced, Federal agencies must purchase goods and services from the following sources before considering open market sources: The National Industries for the Blind and Severely Handicapped, the Federal Prison Industries, and certain items under schedules issued by the U.S. General Services Administration Federal Supply Service, and the Defense Logistics Agency Supply System.
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For additional business information please contact: Dion Steele (916) 978-5142
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Lynnette Wirth at 916-978-5102, lwirth@mp.usbr.gov .
February 17, 2005