VA TO REQUIRE ALL SMALL AND VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESSES TO PROVE STATUS
On January 3, 2011, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that any company identifying itself as small or veteran-owned and desiring to do business with the VA must provide documentation to prove its status. For companies that are currently listed on the VA’s Vendor Information Pages but have not previous been verified as small or veteran-owned, the documentation must be provided within 90 days of receiving a request for it from the VA. Companies that desire to be listed on the VA’s Vendor Information Pages must substantiate their status as small or veteran-owned prior to being listed. These expanded verification requirements are part of the Veterans Benefits Act of 2010, which was signed President Obama on October 13, 2010. Click here for a copy of the announcement.