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The
Association for Service Disabled Veterans (ASDV) is the
non profit organization that pioneered the concept of establishing "ENTREPRENEURSHIP" as
a valid goal in the rehabilitation of disabled in service
and prisoner of war military veterans (SDV). In 1982, ASDV
sponsored "pioneering" legislation that requires that 3% of
the total procurement of State of California Government Agencies,
and their prime contractors, be directed to service disabled
veteran enterprises (SDVE).
That legislated policy was subsequently endorsed by a state
constitutional referendum and approved by the State of California
Supreme Court.
ASDV subsequently initiated and sponsored similar federal
legislation.
Public
Law 106-50 legislated a federal goal that 3% of all federal
agency procurement, and that of their prime contractors,
be directed to SDVE. This legislation also established supporting
authority and institutions to enable the implementation of
the P.L. 106-50 legislation. ASDV also co-sponsored P.L. 108-183
Section 3, unanimously passed by the U.S. Congress and enacted
by the President of the United States, 20 December 2003. P.L.
108-183 establishes SDVE "SOLE SOURCE" and "RESTRICTED
COMPETITION" for federal procurements.
ASDV,
now proposes to assist both the private and public organizations
to fulfill their obligations and to implement a successful
and conforming SDVE program.
ASDV
has developed a database, ACDB, of "CERTIFIED" service disabled
veteran "owned" and "operated" businesses that builds
on the previous base established for California in 1986. That
base has grown in size and scope and includes certified applicant
SDV from throughout the nation. It is the only database of
CERTIFIED SDVE in existence. Existing federal SDVE databases
are SELF CERTIFIED by "BOX CHECKING".
To avoid federal felony misrepresentation and other disruptions
resulting from PROCUREMENT AWARD CHALLENGES,
it is important to design legitimate processes.
ASDV
provides a simplified certified database (ACDB)
procedure whereby;
- Procurement
Sources (PS) query the ACDB by entering the NAICS code
of the product or service sought and submit;
- ACDB
query results display the number of corresponding candidates
in ACDB;
- Procurement Source (PS) then enters select data usually
required in the pertinent solicitation format or synopsis
form and submits;
- The
data will be immediately transmitted to all SDVE in ACDB
with the pertinent NAICS Code that has been supplied by
the SDVE;
- Subsequent response is between the SDVE and the PS.
This system permits the SDVE to be specifically alerted to
the opportunities and for the PS to meet it's outreach requirements.
If
you should experience any problems with the ACDB Certified
database, or you have any questions about using the ACDB,
please email us at: acdb@asdv.org.
The
ASDV CDB is registered as "intellectual property" of
the Association for Service Disabled Veterans.
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