Business Certifications will increase your company’s market value. These certifications also ensure that your products and/or services are compliant with regulatory standards, ensuring the safety of your customers and clients.
In applying for certifications in your existing business, there will be a lot of requirements to meet. So where do you begin?
For many years, our experts at ABI have provided the critical assistance for businesses in successfully earning their certifications. For your specific industry, we tailor fit our consultancy services and will provide precise solutions to your existing and/or potential problems in the process of securing Certifications.
When it comes to SBA certifications
Obtaining the correct business is crucial when seeking both government and corporate contracts. Certification provides your business national recognition and status needed in the marketplace to compete and be awarded the contracts you seek.
Federal SBA 8(a) Certification is for socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses, the Small Business Administration offers the 8(a) Business Development Program – also known as the 8(a) Certification. This certification is invaluable for struggling businesses as it opens up the door to enable them privileged access to government contracting opportunities.
GSA Schedule As the purchasing agent for the government, the U.S. General Service Administration (GSA) has an annual procurement spending that runs into the tens of billions. The GSA seeks to establish long-term government contracts with commercial firms to provide access to millions of commercial products and services at volume-discount pricing.
State DBE Certification If your business is owned, operated, and/or controlled by a group designated as disadvantaged in any way, you may be eligible for a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Certification – or DBE Certification. This type of certification allows you, the business owner, to receive special and additional consideration when bidding on local government contracts.
MBE – Minority Business Enterprise
Minority Business Enterprise Certification (MBE Certification) formally identifies your business as being owned, controlled, or operated by a minority group. This allows you and your company to receive unique consideration when competing for contracts with the local government.
WBE – Woman’s Business Enterprise
Obtaining Women’s Business Enterprise – or WBE Certification – is a smart business development strategy for female entrepreneurs. It signifies your business as being majority operated, controlled, or owned by a woman, and attracts additional attention to your business, increasing its visibility in competitive markets.
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses Purpose of the SDVOSBC Program
The purpose of the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern Procurement Program is to provide procuring agencies with the authority to set acquisitions aside for exclusive competition among service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, as well as the authority to make sole source awards to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns if certain conditions are met.
In order to be eligible for the SDVOSBC, you and your business must meet the following criteria:
- The Service Disabled Veteran (SDV) must have a service-connected disability that has been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs or Department of Defense
- The SDVOSBC must be small under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to the procurement
- The SDV must unconditionally own 51% of the SDVOSBC
- The SDVO must control the management and daily operations of the SDVOSBC
- The SDV must hold the highest officer position in the SDVOSBC
SDVO Business Control
To be an eligible SDVOSBC the following must be met:
- The management and daily business operations of the concern must be controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans.
- Control by one or more service-disabled veterans means that both the long-term decision making and the day-to-day management and administration of the business operations must be conducted by one or more service-disabled veterans
- The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of a service-disabled veterans or, in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse of permanent caregiver of such veteran
- Service-disabled veteran means a veteran with a disability that is service-connected.
- Ownership must be direct. Ownership by one or more service disabled veterans must be direct ownership.
- A concern owned principally by another business entity that is in turn owned and controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans does not meet this requirement