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self-certify at certify.sba.gov.
ONE-CONTRACTING PORTAL
The SBA One-Contracting Portal is making it easier for firms
to process their eligibility and for contracting officers to verify
eligibility to make awards. In 2016, WOSB and 8(a) Business
Development certifications can be processed at certify.sba.
gov. HUBZone certifications and Dynamic Small Business
Search will be available on the site in 2017.
SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL
BUSINESSES (SDVOSB)
If your company is a Service-Disabled Veteran-owned
Small Business (SDVOSB), it may be eligible for federal
contracting set-asides. Businesses are eligible if they meet
the following conditions:
• The service-disabled veteran (SDV) must have a serviceconnected
disability that has been determined by the
Department of Veteran Affairs or Department of Defense.
• The SDVOSB must be small, as described by the North
American Industry Classification System.
• The SDV must have at least 51% ownership of the
company, and the day-to-day management and operations
of the business must be controlled by a service-disabled
veteran or his/her caregiver.
HUBZONE (HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED
BUSINESS ZONE)
The HUBZone program helps small businesses located
in distressed urban and rural communities, known as
Historically Underutilized Business Zones, gain access
to federal contracts HUBZone-certified businesses also
get a 10 percent price evaluation preference in full and
open contract competitions. To qualify for the program, a
business (except tribally owned businesses) must meet all of
the following criteria:
• It must be a small business by SBA size standards.
• It must be owned and controlled (at least 51%) by U.S.
citizens, a community development corporation, an
agricultural cooperative, a Native Hawaiian organization,
or an Indian tribe
• Its principal office must be located within a HUBZone.
• At least 35% of its employees must reside in a HUBZone.
The HUBZone program is charged with providing
contracting assistance to qualifying small businesses in order
to promote job growth, capital investment, and economic
development in HUBZone areas. Federal procurement
officials have a goal of contracting at least 3% of their
contracting dollars to HUBZone-certified small businesses.
Qualifying businesses have an opportunity to participate and
to potentially receive contract awards stemming from this
overall goal.
Specific procurement preferences include:
• Set-aside (competitive) HUBZone contracts reduce
the pool of competing proposals if at least two
qualified HUBZone businesses are expected to submit
offers and the contract is expected to be at a fair
market price.
• Sole source HUBZone contracts allow sole-sourcing
on projects up to $5 million for manufacturing and
$3 million for other industry types if it is expected
that two or more HUBZone businesses will not
submit offers.
• Full and open competitive HUBZone contracts give
price preference to bids from HUBZone businesses if
their offer is not 10 percent higher in cost than those
of the non-HUBZone bids.
• Subcontracting HUBZone contracts mandate that
all subcontracting plans for large federal contractors
include a HUBZone subcontracting goal.
Visit sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistanceprograms/
hubzone-program for details.
8(A) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
The 8(a) Business Development Program is designed to help
socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs gain
access to federal and non-federal procurement markets,
thus encouraging a leveling of the playing field for these
small business entities. Eligible businesses must be at least
51 percent owned or controlled by U.S. citizens of good
character, who are socially and economically disadvantaged.
The nine-year program includes two phases: a four-year
developmental stage and a five-year transition stage
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