FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 30, 2020
Contact:
Charlie Merritt
407-406-1402
Charlie.Merritt@stalwartCOMLLC.com
Stalwart Com LLC Earns Department of Veteran Affairs Certification As Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Center for Verification
and Evaluation (CVE), on June 30, 2020 certified that Stalwart Com LLC has been verified as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and added to the Vendor Information Pages (VIP) at https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/. Stalwart Com LLC is currently eligible to participate in Veterans First Contracting Program opportunities with VA.
"The SDVOSB designation is critical to our organization and allows us to gain priority with a variety of government contracts," says Charlie Merritt VP of Business Development, Stalwart COM LLC. "We are excited to move forward working with the Department of Veteran Affairs and supporting our nation's veterans and active duty service members."
About the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Program
The federal government's goal is to award at least three percent of all federal contracting dollars to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses each year.
Source: sba.gov
Program benefits
The government limits competition for certain contracts to businesses that participate in the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business program.
Joining the disabled veterans’ business program makes your business eligible to compete for the program’s set-aside contracts. You can still compete for contract awards under other socio-economic programs you qualify for.
Disabled veterans’ business program qualifications
To qualify for the disabled veterans’ business program, your business must:
- Be a small business
- Be at least 51% owned and controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans
- Have one or more service-disabled veterans manage day-to-day operations and also make long-term decisions
- Eligible veterans must have a service-connected disability
You can view the full eligibility requirements in Title 13 Part 125 Subpart B of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
Represent yourself as a disabled veteran-owned business
You can self-represent your business to the federal government as being owned by a service-disabled veteran. Simply update the socio-economic status section of your business profile at SAM.gov.
The Department of Veterans Affairs, which awards a large number of contracts to veterans, sets aside contracts for veterans through their Veterans First Contracting Program. Their program is not the same as the SBA’s program. To get access to set-aside Veterans Affairs contracts, your business must be verified through the Vets First Verification Program.
