Deaf-Talk Inc. (fka MGQG)

[mrholty]

Exactly. I have seen bids from the Federal Government, especially parts of the Dept of Defense areas that prefer and give preference to bids that are SDVOSB.

Here is some info on the program from wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service-Disabled_Veteran-Owned_Small_Business

The United States Government sets aside contract benefits for companies considered as 'Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB.)

The most notable of these contracts is the VETS-GWAC is the result of Executive Order 13360 that is designed to strengthen federal contracting opportunities for SDVO firms. The current VETS contract is for the period from 2 February 2007 through 1 February 2012 with a five-year option. This program has a ceiling of $5 billion. While this money is set aside by the Office of Federal Procurement it is up to the government agencies to provide the contracts, mainly the United States Department of Defense (DoD.)

Background
For a veteran who suffers service-connected disability, the US Government has deemed it its moral obligation to provide the disabled veteran a range of benefits designed to ease the economic and other losses and disadvantages incurred as a consequence of serving his or her country. These benefits include Government assistance for entering the Federal procurement marketplace. To achieve that objective, agencies shall more effectively implement section 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)), which provides that the President must establish a goal of not less than 3 percent for participation by service-disabled veteran owned businesses in Federal contracting, and section 36 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 657f), which gives agency contracting officers the authority to reserve certain procurements for service-disabled veteran-owned businesses.

[edit] Lack of complianceBecause the office setting aside these contracts has no ability to award Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business contracts, the request percentage of such contracts is significantly lower than it should be. A number of memos and orders have been issued to correct this trend.

President George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13360 on October 20, 2004. The Executive Order was issued to strengthen opportunities in Federal contracting for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns.

The Administrator of Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) issued a memo about VETS GWAC, dated July 10, 2007, for chief acquisition officers and senior procurement executives. The memo strongly calls for agency participation in the use of VETS GWAC as a way of meeting the top priority of increasing opportunities for small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.