SDVOSB Certification

2014-09-05T16:37:13-04:00

I spent 4 months getting my Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business certification from the VA. I submitted more paperwork than required for my security clearance in the military. Have any other veteran entrepreneurs had this same issue when getting their SDVOSB or VOSB certification through vip.vetbiz.gov?

Response by SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL made Sep 5 at 2014 10:16 PM

2014-09-05T22:16:36-04:00

Good post, I will be looking into it as well, there is a site called SCORE

https://www.score.org/ might be some help.

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Response by MAJ Karl Monger made Sep 8 at 2014 12:22 PM

2014-09-08T12:22:33-04:00

I've taken one small business through the CVE process and am in the process of taking another through now. It is a pain to undergo but there is good opportunity on the other side. I help a lot of SDVOB's get going through GallantFew (no charge). If you're interested in talking drop me a note. [login to see]

Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 8 at 2014 12:44 PM

2014-09-08T12:44:06-04:00

My wife and I created a design/home staging company -- we checked out the process and decided to use private financing. Thankfully, the start-up overhead was under $50k. The risk of losing momentum while waiting for the VA was greater than if we supplied the outlay... hence NOT using the SDVOSB.

Response by CPL Tim Schar made Sep 11 at 2014 7:06 AM

2014-09-11T07:06:33-04:00

yes and recently they said they would make it easier. "Hurry up and wait!"

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 7 at 2020 10:28 AM

2020-02-07T10:28:17-05:00

I never finished, i need to.

Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 22 at 2020 11:49 AM

2020-10-22T11:49:30-04:00

September to October 2020. I had a completely positive experience and the many negative stories had caused me to procrastinate for nearly 2 years. I registered in SAM.gov and in SBA ahead of time.
I had all the paperwork researched ahead of time and ready to submit so it took me one full day to load everything up. I was assigned a counselor who called me and worked with me one on one for about a week to make sure that everything would go smoothly when the paperwork left her desk. She had told me the review averages about 6 weeks but I got certified in ONE week after she submitted the paperwork at her end. The most onerous issues I had were getting the webpage username and passwords for all the sites, like SAM.gov and SBA.