SDVOSB - Sell to the Federal GovernmentService Disabled Veteran Owned Small BusinessSGC Group is designated as a SDVOSB “Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business”. The Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 (PL 108-183) was enacted for companies such as SGC Group. Section 308 is of particular interest and a summary is provided below: (PL 108-183) Furnish federal agencies discretionary authority to create "sole-source" contracts for disabled veteran-owned small business – up to $5 million for manufacturing contract awards and up to $3 million for non-manufacturing contract awards. SEC. 308. PROCUREMENT PROGRAM FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS.The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended by re-designating section 36 as section 37 and by inserting after section 35 the following new section:
(a) SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS.—In accordance with this section, a contracting officer may award a sole source contract to any small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabledveterans if— (1) such concern is determined to be a responsible contractor with respect to performance of such contract opportunity and the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that 2 or more small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans will submit offers for the contracting opportunity; (2) the anticipated award price of the contract (including options) will not exceed—(A) $5,000,000, in the case of a contract opportunityassigned a standard industrial classification code for manufacturing; or(B) $3,000,000, in the case of any other contract opportunity;and (3) in the estimation of the contracting officer, the contract award can be made at a fair and reasonable price. (a) RESTRICTED COMPETITION.—In accordance with this section, a contracting officer may award contracts on the basis of competition restricted to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans if the contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that not less than 2 small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans will submit offers and that the award can be made at a fair market price. (b) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER CONTRACTING PREFERENCES.—A procurement may not be made from a source on the basis of a preference provided under subsection (a) or (b) if the procurement would otherwise be made from a different source under section 4124 or 4125 of title 18, United States Code, or the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46 et seq.). (c) ENFORCEMENT; PENALTIES.—Rules similar to the rules of paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 8(m) shall apply for purposes of this section. (d) CONTRACTING OFFICER.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘contracting officer’ has the meaning given such term in section 27(f)(5) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 423(f)(5)).’’. Doing Business With a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) In 1999, PL 106-50 set the goal of awarding 3% of all Federal contracts to SDVOSBs. Studies revealed only 0.13% of contracts went to SDVOSBs in FY 02 and 0.9% is FY 06. DoD is taking part in “Operation Fast Break” an initiative to achieve goals set forth in PLs 106-50 & 108-183 ahead of schedule! On October 21, 2004, The President signed an Executive Order directing heads of agencies to significantly increase the Federal contracting and subcontracting of SDVOSBs. What this means to you as a potential customer If you are ever in discussions with a Federal Agency regarding our services let them know that we are a “Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business” and they can sole source to us for non-manufacturing contracts (i.e. Training, Consulting etc.). The savings to the Government will be significant because there will be no pass through rates!! Keep SGC Group in mind as you look for the “best” company who can provide you government business and consulting requirements at the lowest possible price. Also, if you are interested in doing business with the federal government and would like to take advantage of how we do business, please let us know and we'll explore the opportunity. Some of our business partners include the following: Critical Incident Solutions, Washington, DC Guardian Health Care, Brentwood, TN Happy Tree, Franklin, TN
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