VeteranOwnedBusiness.com is proud to announce the addition of several new sub-categories added to our Free Veteran Owned Business Directory of over 8,000 members.
The following approved sub-categories have been suggested by one or more of our Veteran Owned Business Directory members.
A special “Thank You” to our members and visitors who suggested one or more of the aforementioned new sub-categories!
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If your business is (or you know of another business) owned by a veteran (VOB), active duty military, reservist or service disabled veteran (SDVOSB) of the United States, Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard or National Guard, please be sure to visit the VeteranOwnedBusiness.com sign up page to get your free listing.
The objective of our FREE Veteran Owned Business Directory is to continue to offer a growing list of products and services that are unique in the fact that they are all owned by, sold by and/or serviced by past and present military members.
VA Strengthens Veteran-Owned Small Business Eligibility Process
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs today reaffirmed its ongoing commitment to support legitimate veteran-owned small businesses seeking contracts with the Department of Veterans Affairs after the VA Inspector General (VAIG) released an audit report critical of its small business verification and contract oversight program.
“VA takes the recommendations in this report very seriously. Since October 2010, VA has taken decisive action to strengthen our verification process to ensure that only legitimate Veteran-owned small businesses become eligible to contract with the federal government,” said Tom Leney Executive Director of the VA Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization.
The VAIG report released today audited the VA’s Veteran-Owned and Small and Disadvantaged Business eligibility verification and contract award process from May 2009 to May 2010. The findings pre-date the implementation of strong reforms VA put in place in December 2010 to strengthen the veteran-owned small business verification process. On December 10, 2010, VA sent a letter to over 13,000 firms in its database informing them of new standards for verification of veteran-owned small business status. In the December 10, 2010 letter, VA identified an expanded and extensive set of business-related documents required to be submitted for review as part of the verification process and greatly expanded the number of applications that received the additional scrutiny of an on-site examination.
Since January 1, 2011 VA has processed over 7,500 applications. Nearly 1,500 companies were verified as Veteran-owned small businesses while 1,135 companies were denied verification as a result of the more rigorous review process. An additional 5,000 firms withdrew their applications or were denied for incomplete documentation. Some of the reasons for rejection include the inability to verify that the owner is a Veteran or disabled Veteran, failure to prove a Veteran is the majority owner, and lack of day-to-day operational management of the company by a Veteran.
The Center for Veteran Enterprise (CVE) has also implemented extensive quality controls to ensure those firms verified are in fact eligible to compete as veteran owned firms.
For more information contact: Josh Taylor at 202-461-7216
Media, Public Relations, Video Production and Website Management Services
for the University of California-San Diego and San Diego Beacon
Attn Veteran Owned Businesses and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses: (VOB/VOSB & SDVOSB/DVBE):
Project: The University of California at San Diego intends  hire, to retain and work jointly with 1-3 Agency (ies) (Businesses/Firms) for public relations services, website management services and video production services to effectively communicate the San Diego Beacon Community’s vision and activities to the San Diego health provider community and general public. San Diego is one of 17 communities nationwide selected by the Federal Government to lead the nation in improving health care through innovations in health information technology (health IT). The San Diego Beacon Community (SDBC), a collaborative organization whose federal funds are currently managed through the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), is a cooperative agreement to improve patient care, safety and efficiency through health IT in San Diego. One of the health IT components is a health information exchange (HIE). SDBC’s partners include, but not limited to: Council of Community Clinics, Hospital Association of San Diego & Imperial Counties, Kaiser Permanente, Naval Medical Center San Diego, Palomar Pomerado Health, Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, San Diego County Medical Society, San Diego County Public Health Services, San Diego Medical Services, Scripps Health, Sharp HealthCare, UC San Diego Health System and Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES: The University of California at San Diego is soliciting statements of interest and qualifications from interested firms to provide Video Production services, Media and Public Relations, and Website Management. UCSD, on behalf of the San Diego Beacon Community (SDBC), desires to hire, retain and work jointly with one (1) to three (3) agencies on the three (3) separate engagements, outlined in the Scope of Work, for the period of one year. Under the direction of the SDBC Project Team, the agency (ies) will communicate SDBC’s vision and activities beginning with the introductory phase and the establishment of the SDBC’s identity. The SDBC’s mission and message will be consistently conveyed in all marketing and outreach efforts by the agency (ies) in order to provide continued visibility of the SDBC to the targeted consumers (such as health care professionals, service providers and the public at large) in a clear and concise manner.”
9500 Gilman Drive-Mail Code 0914
La Jolla, CA. 92093-0914
Point of Contact:
Lori J. Brierre
UCSD Business Contracts Purchasing
(858) 534-5210
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If your business is (or you know of another business) owned by a veteran (VOB), active duty military, reservist or service disabled veteran (SDVOSB) of the United States, Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard or National Guard, please be sure to visit the VeteranOwnedBusiness.com sign up page to get your free listing.
The objective of our FREE Veteran Owned Business Directory is to continue to offer a growing list of products and services that are unique in the fact that they are all owned by, sold by and/or serviced by past and present military members.
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 the start up cost was under $100K).
This may sound a bit strange but if you are:
a recent veteran
started a business in the past year (or so)
and did so with less than $100K
please contact us ASAP and we will get you in contact with the aforementioned Military Times writer. It sounds like this may lead to national exposure if your business is selected.
The following is important information for Veteran Owned Businesses and relates to the upcomming 2009 Energy Summit and Expo at Michigan’s Cleary University in October:
Jeffrey W. Lakatos owner of Hartland Electric LLC member of the Connect Tech and Automation Alley program of Livingston County Mi is planning a large Energy Summit and Expo at the Cleary University campus in Howell Mi in October 09. There are going to be 8 speakers on the newest technologies and newest developments and information for the times. The range of interest that is being discussed will be in the manufacturing, environment, education, energy savings, and product. There will be exhibitors and vendors that pertain to all aspects of going green. We know that going green means something different to everyone. There will be food and drinks at this all day Event and at the end of the day there will be a $1000.00 Green Energy MBA Grant give away.  There will be an after glow networking event with light food and Drinks to follow the days Event. So come on out or sign up and reserve your spot, but you won’t want to miss this Event. For more information email Jeff at: jeff@hartlandelectric.com.
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The information provided above is for purely for informational purposes and is relevant to Veteran Owned, Active Duty Owned, Reservists Owned and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses throughout the United States. VeteranOwnedBusiness.com, its staff, its partners and its publishers are in no way associated with or benefiting from providing such information. Please contact the VeteranOwnedBusiness.com support department if you feel the information provided above is in any way inaccurate: support@VeteranOwnedBusiness.com.
The following is important information for Veteran Owned Businesses:
The Delaware River Port Authority’s Office of Business Development and Equal Opportunity will hold its Vendor Expo at the Philadelphia Cruise Terminal on Thursday, August 13 from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. In addition to Minority and Women Business Enterprises, DRPA is encouraging Veteran-owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-owned business who accept Mastercard to attend. The expo provides an opportunity for businesses to showcase their commodities, and/or services to DRPA staff. To date, 55 vendors have registered to attend.Â
“Last year’s vendor expo was such a great success, we decided to make this an annual event,” said DRPA Chief Executive Officer John J. Matheussen. “The expo gives our staff an opportunity to meet face to face with a large selection of vendors and inquire about their products or services.”Â
DRPA has made great strides in increasing the number of contracts awarded to minority, women and disadvantaged businesses. From 1989 to 1993, before outreach efforts began, minority, women and disadvantaged businesses’ share of DRPA spending totaled just $2 million. Since 1994, DRPA and PATCO have paid more than $195 million to minority, women and disadvantaged businesses.Â
“DRPA’s Office of Business Development and Equal Opportunity has worked diligently to develop a vendor program that includes a vast and diverse group of businesses,” said DRPA’s Chief Administrative Officer Toni P. Brown. “This year we are working to expand our outreach efforts to include Veteran-owned and Service Disabled Veteran-owned businesses.”Â
DRPA’s Office of Business Development and Equal Opportunity offers a number of support services to businesses looking to work with DRPA such as a quarterly newsletter, MBE/WBE directory, in-kind training sessions and instant notification of projects, bids and meetings.Â
For more information about the Vendor Expo or to register, please call 856-365-2707. To register to do business with DRPA, visit www.drpa.org/obdeo.Â
The Delaware River Port Authority is a regional transportation agency. DRPA owns and operates the Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry and Betsy Ross bridges, PATCO, the Philadelphia Cruise Terminal and RiverLink Ferry System.
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The information provided above is for purely for informational purposes and is relevant to Veteran Owned, Active Duty Owned, Reservists Owned and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses throughout the United States. VeteranOwnedBusiness.com, its staff, its partners and its publishers are in no way associated with or benefiting from providing such information. Please contact the VeteranOwnedBusiness.com support department if you feel the information provided above is in any way inaccurate: support@VeteranOwnedBusiness.com.
Event news announcement for Tennessee Veteran-Owned Businesses (VOBs) and Tennessee Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (SDVOSBs / DVBEs):
“The Y-12 National Security Complex and The University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services Procurement Technical Assistance Center join with a host of East Tennessee agencies including the City of Knoxville’s Purchasing Department to sponsor the third annual East Tennessee Veterans’ Business Conference. Theme of this conference is “Increasing Opportunities for Veteran-Owned Businesses,” and will be held at the New Hope Center, 602 Scarboro Road in Oak Ridge, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 4. Purpose of the Veterans’ Business Conference is to increase business opportunities for service-disabled veterans and veteran-owned small businesses. All small business owners are welcome to attend. U.S. Congressman Zach Wamp and the State of Tennessee Commissioner John Keys have agreed to serve as honorary co-chairs of the Conference. Deadline for registration is July 28; call 1-888-763-7439.”
The information provided above is for purely for informational purposes and is relevant to Veteran Owned, Active Duty Owned, Reservists Owned and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses throughout the United States. VeteranOwnedBusiness.com, its staff, its partners and its publishers are in no way associated with or benefiting from providing such information. Please contact the VeteranOwnedBusiness.com support department if you feel the information provided above is in any way inaccurate: support@VeteranOwnedBusiness.com.
If your business is (or you know of another business) owned by a veteran (VOB), active duty military, reservist or service disabled veteran (SDVOSB) of the United States, Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard or National Guard, please be sure to visit the VeteranOwnedBusiness.com sign up page to get your free listing.
Project: The University of California at San Diego intends  hire, to retain and work jointly with 1-3 Agency (ies) (Businesses/Firms) for public relations services, website management services and video production services to effectively communicate the San Diego Beacon Community’s vision and activities to the San Diego health provider community and general public. San Diego is one of 17 communities nationwide selected by the Federal Government to lead the nation in improving health care through innovations in health information technology (health IT). The San Diego Beacon Community (SDBC), a collaborative organization whose federal funds are currently managed through the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), is a cooperative agreement to improve patient care, safety and efficiency through health IT in San Diego. One of the health IT components is a health information exchange (HIE). SDBC’s partners include, but not limited to: Council of Community Clinics, Hospital Association of San Diego & Imperial Counties, Kaiser Permanente, Naval Medical Center San Diego, Palomar Pomerado Health, Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, San Diego County Medical Society, San Diego County Public Health Services, San Diego Medical Services, Scripps Health, Sharp HealthCare, UC San Diego Health System and Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System.
