[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR852.219-70]

[Page 243]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 8--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
Sec. 852.219-70  Veteran-owned small business.

    As prescribed in 819.7003(b), the following certification will be 
made a part of all solicitations and all requests for quotations:

                 Veteran-Owned Small Business (DEC 1990)

    The offeror represents that the firm submitting this offer ( ) is ( 
) is not, a veteran-owned small business, ( ) is ( ) is not, a Vietnam 
era veteran-owned small business, and ( ) is ( ) is not, a disabled 
veteran-owned small business. A veteran-owned small business is defined 
as a small business, at least 51 percent of which is owned by a veteran 
who also controls and operates the business. Control in this context 
means exercising the power to make policy decisions. Operate in this 
context means actively involved in day-to-day management. For the 
purpose of this definition, eligible veterans include:
    (a) A person who served in the U.S. Armed Forces and who was 
discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.
    (b) Vietnam era veterans who served for a period of more than 180 
days, any part of which was between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975, and 
were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.
    (c) Disabled veterans with a minimum compensable disability of 30 
percent, or a veteran who was discharged for disability.

Failure to execute this representation will be deemed a minor 
informality and the bidder or offeror shall be permitted to satisfy the 
requirement prior to award (see FAR 14.405).

                           (End of provision)

[50 FR 796, Jan. 7, 1985; 54 FR 40065, Sept. 29, 1989, as amended at 55 
FR 49901, Dec. 3, 1990; 61 FR 11587, Mar. 21, 1996; 63 FR 17338, Apr. 9, 
1998]