Good News:
Dogwood Partners is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB).
Congress has enacted two laws to assist service-disabled veteran owned
businesses: The Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-183), signed by
president Bush on December 16, 2003 and the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small
Business Development Act of 1999 (PL 106-50), signed by President Clinton August
17, 1999. PL 108-183 enables SDV-Owned firms to receive sole source and
restricted competition contracts for goods and services used by the U.S.
government. Congress enacted this statute after data collected from more that 60
federal departments and agencies over a period of the three years showed that
more than half of them reported no procurement dollars expended with SDV-owned
companies.
PL 106-50 establishes a 3 percent federal-wide procurement goal for SDVOB
contract & subcontract participation.
Question: "Can I sole source images &
posters from Dogwood?"
Answer: The Veterans Benefit Act of
2003 allows you to sole source up to $3 million from SDVOBs, if you believe they
are "a responsible contractor", that you do not believe that other SDVOBs
"will submit offers for the contracting opportunity" and that you believe "the
contract award can be made at a fair and reasonable price." Dogwood is the
only company that provides full color, high resolution security, privacy &
safety posters & images, plus we include your logo. Our products are
priced competitively, we have been in business since 2001, and our clients
include government agencies in the US and around the globe.
Ross Statham, President & CEO
Section 36 of The Veterans Benefit Act of 2003 states, in full:
A- SOLE SOURCE
CONTRACTS- In accordance with this section, a contraction officer may award a
sole source contract to any small business service-disabled veterans 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 opportunity assigned a standard
industrial classification code for manufacturing; or
B- $3,000,000, in the case of any other contract opportunity; an
3. in the estimation of the contracting officer, the contract award can be made
at a fair and reasonable price.
B- 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.
C- RELATIONSHIP TO
OTHER CONTRACTING PREFERENCES
Procurement may not be made from a source on the basis of a preference provided
under a subsection (a) or (b) if the procurement would otherwise be made from a
different source under section 4124 or 4125 of title 18, United State code, or
the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 USC 46 et seq.).
D- ENFORCEMENT;
PENALTIES- Rules similar to the rules of paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 9(m)
shall apply for purposes of this section.
E- 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 the Federal
Procurement Policy Act (41 USC 423(f)(5)).
Is
Dogwood an eligible SDVOB?
Yes. While no burden of
proof is mandated, nor are contracting officers required to seek such proof,
Dogwood has been certified by the Association for Service Disabled Veterans (ADSV),
certificate number 0081606001, dated August 16, 2006.
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