This is the main question within the veteran-owned small business community in light of recent events. Businesses with fewer than 500 employees account for: 99% of all employer firms, jobs for over half of the nation’s private workforce, nearly two-thirds of all new jobs, and 44% of total U.S. … [Read more...]
The OASIS Contract is Being Protested by SDVOSB
Coley GSA recently reported that the GSA’s multibillion dollar OASIS (One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services) contract released on July 31st, (OASIS SB RFP and OASIS (Unrestricted) RFP), has already received two formal protests. One of which was filed by Washington D.C. based … [Read more...]
VetLikeMe August – September 2013 PDF Online
VetLikeMe Vol.4, No.6, Aug-Sept 2013
The August-September 2013 issue of VetLikeMe is available online or in PDF format. Aug-Sept 2013 PDF Online or download a copy here: Aug-Sept 2013 PDF Download Table of Contents: August-September 2013 issue 1) Interview: Congressman Mike Coffman re: H.R. 2882 2) A VetLikeMe Subscriber Speaks Out For … [Read more...]
SDVOSB Fraud, part V, by Mark Flatten, The Washington Examiner
Rep. Tammy Duckworth acknowledged a Virginia businessman probably did nothing illegal when he used a minor foot injury from 27 years before to qualify for a program to aid disabled military veterans with a preference in federal contracts. But what he did was disgraceful, said the Illinois … [Read more...]
SDVOSB Fraud, Part IV by Mark Flatten, The Washington Examiner
Rent-a-Vet Billions of federal dollars were flowing to small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans, and a pair of construction contractors in St. Louis wanted a piece of it. But Michael Woodling and Joseph Madlinger were not disabled veterans, so they couldn’t qualify for the … [Read more...]
SDVOSB Fraud, by Mark Flatten, part III
Part three of a five-part series. To see all the stories and see video, documents and interactive graphics, click here. Preventing fraud in the preference program aimed at helping small businesses owned by disabled veterans is finally a priority at the Department of Veterans Affairs. It took several … [Read more...]
‘Trust me’ is federal policy on policing preference fraud – part 2, The Washington Examiner
This five part article is written by Mark Flatten for The Washington Examiner is the most comprehensive I’ve read on this serious issue. Part II of this series on fraud in the SDVOSB procurement process details the myth of self-certification. ‘Trust me’ to tell the truth about my … [Read more...]
SDVOSB Fraud Investigation – five part series
Well fancy that…Just after the Veteran-Owned Small Business Conference in St. Louis, several media stories have surfaced in the Washington Examiner on fraud within the SDVOSB set-aside program. We all know that fraud has always plagued the program, but now the public and government officials … [Read more...]
Time to review your VetBiz profile
Our friends at Coley GSA offered some great advice in their most recent blog post: Review Your VetBiz Profile On August 1, 2013, the Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) sent out an email to all registered businesses asking them to remove any NAICS in their VetBiz VIP profile under which the … [Read more...]
Small-business goals will go unmet again this FY
A favorite procurement vehicle is the simplified acquisitions because they’re easy to handle and easy to disguise as purchases going to small business. More times than not, however, simplified acquisition awards land in the laps of big business. Oh, sure simplified acquisitions can be as high as … [Read more...]