[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 13, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 13CFR125.8]

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                TITLE 13--BUSINESS CREDIT AND ASSISTANCE
 
                CHAPTER I--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 125--GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart A--Definitions for the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small 
                        Business Concern Program
 
Sec. 125.8  What definitions are important in the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVO) Small Business Concern (SBC) Program?

    Source: 69 FR 25267, May 5, 2004, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Contracting Officer has the meaning given such term in section 
27(f)(5) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
423(f)(5)).
    (b) Interested Party means the contracting activity's contracting 
officer, the SBA or any concern that submits an offer for a specific 
SDVO contract.
    (c) Permanent caregiver is the spouse, or an individual, 18 years of 
age or older, who is legally designated, in writing, to undertake 
responsibility for managing the well-being of the service-disabled 
veteran, to include housing, health and safety. A permanent care-giver 
may, but does not need to, reside in the same household as the service-
disabled veteran. In the case of a service-disabled veteran lacking 
legal capacity, the permanent caregiver shall be a parent, guardian, or 
person having legal custody. There may be no more than one ``permanent 
caregiver'' per service-disabled veteran.
    (d) Service-Disabled Veteran with a Permanent and Severe Disability 
means a veteran with a service-connected disability that has been 
determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to have a 
permanent and total disability for purposes of receiving disability 
compensation or a disability pension.
    (e) Service-Connected has the meaning given that term in section 
101(16) of Title 38, United States Code.
    (f) Service-disabled veteran is a veteran with a disability that is 
service-connected.
    (g) SBC owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans (also 
known as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned SBC) is a concern--
    (1) Not less than 51% of which is owned by one or more service-
disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not 
less than 51% of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-
disabled veterans;
    (2) 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 veteran with permanent and severe disability, the 
spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran; and
    (3) That is small as defined by Sec. 125.11.
    (h) Spouse has the meaning given the term in section 101(16) of 
Title 38, United States Code.
    (i) Veteran has the meaning given the term in section 101(2) of 
Title 38, United States Code.