NYS SDVOB
Business Development — what it controls, and what it wants from youOffice of General Services - Division of Service-Disabled Veterans' Business Development does not build anything and does not award construction contracts. It is the state SDVOB certification and compliance office, and it controls sDVOB certification, directory, participation goals and agency guidance. That makes it a gate rather than a customer: get it wrong and the job you wanted is gone before anyone reads your number.
Who this applies to
Service-disabled veteran-owned construction firms.
What you have to do
Apply for NYS SDVOB certification and maintain directory information.
What firms get wrong
Explain certification, goals, set-asides and subcontracting as different tools.
Primes shopping for certified subs post in Subs Wanted.
This is a plain-language guide to a public rule, not legal advice. The controlling text is the rule itself and the contract you signed.
The rest of the rules: how to bid in New York. The owners who actually award the work: agencies.