Helping Federal Agencies Meet Socioeconomic Goals
Service-disabled veteran-owned small business owners have earned the right to receive privileged contracting opportunities with the federal government. GSA offers the following solutions for federal agencies to identify and utilize service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.
Multiple Award Schedules
Area Customer Service Directors are available to assist you in finding service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses on GSA's Multiple Award Schedule.
Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts offer a medium that all federal agencies can use to acquire products, services and/or solutions to fulfill their needs.
GSA Advantage!®
GSA Advantage!® lists service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses with a "dv" business indicator code. Selecting a "dv" vendor when purchasing a product means you are buying from a service-disabled veteran-owned small business.
GSA Advantage!® allows agencies to restrict their search to only "dv" vendors. By selecting the "service-disabled veteran-owned small business" option in the far left column of the GSA Advantage!® advanced search page, your search request will only show products offered by service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.
The Central Contractor Registration (CCR)
The Central Contractor Registration (CCR) allows agencies to search by locality for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses by selecting the "service-disabled veteran-owned" socioeconomic category on the search feature.
"VETS" Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC)
The VETS GWAC solicitation notice closed on July 15, 2005, 3:00 p.m. local time. Questions on the VETS GWAC may be submitted to vetsgwac@gsa.gov or by calling the Small Business GWAC Center toll free at (877) 327-8732. For further information on the VETS GWAC visit the VETS GWAC website.
VetBiz Vendor Information Pages
The Department of Veterans Affairs' Vendor Information Pages allow agencies to search for VA registered service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.
GSA’s Initiative Partners
GSA has partnered with the following federal agencies and services to insure service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses are included in contracting opportunities.
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Last Reviewed 1/29/2009