SDVOSB Contracting Goal

Public Law 106-50 established a contracting goal for Federal agencies to award 3% of prime contracts to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs). In addition, large Prime Contractors have SDVOSB subcontracting goals.
Set Asides and Sole Source Awards

SDVOSB Set Aside Solicitations
A solicitation can be set aside for SDVOSBs if the Contracting Officer has a reasonable expectation that at least two qualified SDVOSBs will submit offers, and that the contract will be awarded at a fair market price. There is no dollar limit on an SDVOSB set aside. If only one offer is received, the Contracting Officer may make an award, if the award can be made at a fair market price. If the Contracting Officer receives no acceptable offers from service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, the service-disabled veteran-owned set-aside shall be withdrawn and the requirement, if still valid, set aside for small business concerns.

SDVOSB Sole Source Awards
Sole-source SDVOSB contracts can be awarded if the Contracting Officer determines that only one qualified SDVOSB is available to perform the contract, and the anticipated award price of the proposed contract, including options, will not exceed:
--- $5,000,000 for a requirement within the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for manufacturing, or
--- $3,000,000 for a requirement within all other NAICS codes.

http://www.epa.gov/osdbu

Requirements

To qualify for the SDVOSB program, a business must meet the following criteria:
• It must be a small business
by SBA size standards, and
• It must be owned and
controlled by one or more
service-disabled veterans (0
– 100% disability rating).

Certification
There is no Federal SDVOSB certification program. The service-disabled veteran business owner self represents his service-disabled status and small business status in the contract representations and certifications.

Protests
• Size Protests are referred to SBA Office of Size Standards
• Protests of Veteran Status are referred to SBA Office of Government Contracting

Limitations on Subcontracting by prime SDVOSB “or other SDVOSB concern”
• 50% of direct labor for services
• 50% of cost of manufacturing
• 15% of labor costs for General Construction
• 25% of labor costs for Special Trade construction

Finding SDVOSB firms

To search for eligible SDVOSB businesses, Contracting Officers can use
• The Vendor Information Pages database at: http://vip.vetbiz.gov/search/default.asp
• The CCR Dynamic Small Business Search at:
• http://dsbs.sba.gov/dsbs/dsp_dsbs.cfm
• GSA E-Library at: http://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/ElibHome
• TVC Veterans Business Directory at http://www.veteranscorp.org
These databases are searchable online.

Top Ten NAICS Codes - Industries with Many SDVOSBs

• 233 Building, developing,
and general
contracting
• 234 Heavy construction
• 235 Special trade
contractors
• 333 Machinery
Manufacturing
• 334 Computer and
Electronic Product
Manufacturing
• 336 Transportation
Equipment
Manufacturing
• 422 Wholesale trade,
nondurable goods
• 514 Information services
and data processing
services
• 541 Professional,
Scientific, and
Technical Services
• 561 Administrative and
support services

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)
Office: (202) 564-4100
FAX: (202) 501-0756


This is what I am reading; They mention the NAICS codes up top to tell you to choose an industry with LESS SDVOSBs, so that you could be more competitive, starting out.