The change comes after the federal government missed its stated small business contracting goal (23 percent of total procurement across all agencies) for the eleventh straight year in 2012.
NCBA’s Veteran’s Initiative will focus on introducing veterans to two types of cooperatives: worker-owned and purchasing/shared services co-ops.
On November 27th, U.S. Federal Claims Judge Nancy Firestone ruled against a bid protest filed by a Maryland veteran owned business. Firestone said the VA didn’t violate a 2006 law by awarding an emergency notification service contract without first considering bids from veterans. The award was one of at least 18 that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said were unlawful.
Veterans own 2.45 million businesses nationally of which about 6 million workers are employed. This accounts for about 9 percent of America’s total businesses. California and Texas surpassed Florida as the states with the most veteran-owned businesses.
Veteran Business Owners‘ Event PSA 3rd Annual Veteran’s Procurement Conference August 29th, 2012 UNF University Center in Jacksonville, FL When: August 29th, 2012 from 8:30am-3pm Where: UNF University Center – Jacksonville, FL Registration: SBDC...
Attention Veteran Owned Business Members: CT Scanning System Solicitation Number: NHLBI-CSB-DE-2012-184-JML Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Office: National Institutes of Health Location: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD...
For Immediate Attention: Veteran Owned Businesses (VOBs) and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses (SDVOSBs). Today VeteranOwnedBusiness.com received a call from a Military Times writer looking for a business started by a recent veteran (where...
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