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Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Dvbe Participation Requirement

THE TRUSTEES OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Participation Requirement

STATEMENT OF DVBE PARTICIPATION GOAL REQUIREMENT

State law requires that state agencies achieve a goal of three (3) percent participation for

disabled veteran business enterprises (DVBE) in state contracts.

Read this document carefully. Failure to comply with the DVBE requirement may cause

your bid to be deemed nonresponsive and your firm ineligible for award of this

contract.

II.

DEFINITIONS

The following definitions have general applicability throughout this document.

Trustees as used herein, means the Board of Trustees of the California State

University and includes any division or campus thereof which has been delegated the

authority to enter into contracts on behalf of the Trustees, and any person acting

under authority of such delegation.

Bidder as used herein means any person or entity making an offer or proposal,

competitively or non-competitively, for the purpose of securing the awarding or

letting of a contract by the Trustees.

Disabled Veteran as used herein means a veteran of the military, naval or air services

of the United States with at least a 10 percent service-connected disability who is a

resident of the State of California.

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) as used herein means a business

concern certified by the Office of Small Business and DVBE Services Certification

Programs.

III. SATISFACTION OF THE DVBE PARTICIPATION GOAL REQUIREMENT

In order to satisfy and be responsive to this requirement, the bidder must meet the DVBE

Participation Goal as follows:

A. DVBE Participation Goal Attainment

The three (3) percent Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Participation

Goal is attained when:

(a)

The bidder is not a DVBE and is committed to use DVBEs for not less than

three (3) percent of the contract dollar amount; or

(b)

The bidder is a DVBE and committed to performing not less than three (3)

percent of the contract dollar amount with its own forces or in combination

with those of other DVBEs.

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Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Dvbe Participation Requirement