Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Program

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Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Program

Annually, the State of California contracts billions of dollars for goods and services to ensure California's economy stays healthy, strong, and prosperous and promotes business opportunities and participation for all of its citizenry. Small businesses, including veterans, disabled veterans, and disabled veteran business enterprises are instrumental to the good health of the State's economy and a principal source of new jobs in California.

Accordingly, the State of California established the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Program in 1989 under Public Contract Code 10115 to primarily help DVBEs compete more effectively for a portion of those dollars, and to promote self-reliance for California's disabled veterans by offering veterans the opportunity to gain experience in business, while sharing their expertise with the citizens of California and provide a goal of awarding 3% of all state contracts to certified DVBEs.

Benefits of California DVBE Certification

• Your business is added to the state’s Department of General Services’ database used by state and local agencies to find DVBEs.

• DVBE subcontractors can find contracting opportunities and place ads seeking work with potential prime contractors at no cost.

• The SB/DVBE Option allows state agencies to contract directly with a California-certified Small Business (SB) or DVBE for goods, services, and information technology goods and services valued from $5,000.01 to $249,999.99 (up to $281,000 for public works contracts) after obtaining price quotes from at least two SBs or two DVBEs.

• The state may offer up to a 5 per cent incentive to bidders that promise to use DVBEs.

• Additional contracting opportunities with reciprocity partners (certain local government entities and public

utilities) who accept the state’s DVBE certification.

For more information please see the DGS informational brochure (http://www.documents.dgs.ca.gov/pd/even ... ochure.pdf) or our website (http://www.calvet.ca.gov/VetServices/Pa ... ogram.aspx).