The Department of Defense (DoD) has an outreach effort to identify small business concerns that are owned and controlled by veterans and service-disabled veterans. The purpose of the DoD outreach effort is to improve prime and subcontracting opportunities for veteran and service-disabled veteran owned small business concerns. The DoD understands that the sacrifices made by veterans in the service of our country need to be recognized at all levels of government. The Defense Department supports prime and subcontracting opportunities for veteran small businesses.

Interim Rules:

Procurement Program for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns; Small Entity Compliance Guide; Interim Rules

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Section 308 of the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003, Procurement Program for Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by Service-Disabled Veterans (Pub. L. 108-183).

48 CFR Parts 2, 5, 6, et al.

Additional Resources:

• Department of Veteran Affairs
• Center for Veterans Enterprise is a small business division of the VA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.
• SBA Veterans Business Development
• Contact The Veterans Corporation for training, lending, and other assistance.