C.R.S. Section 24-103-905
Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses

  • state procurement preference
  • definitions

(1)

As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)

“Service-disabled veteran-owned small business” means a business that is:

(I)

Incorporated or organized in the state or that is maintaining a place of business or office in the state; and

(II)

Officially registered and verified as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business by the center for verification and evaluation within the United States department of veterans affairs.

(b)

“State agency” means a principal department of the executive branch of state government as specified in section 24-1-110, including any division, office, agency, or other unit created within a principal department, including institutions of higher education and the Colorado commission on higher education; except that “state agency” does not include those entities that have elected to be exempt from the code pursuant to section 24-101-105 (1)(b).

(2)

In awarding all contracts that are subject to this code, the state shall have the goal of awarding at least three percent of all such contracts, by dollar value, to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. To satisfy this goal, a state agency may grant a preference for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.

(3)

When a state agency intends to award a contract to a business in furtherance of the three percent goal specified in subsection (2) of this section, the state agency shall, prior to awarding the contract, require the business to submit to the agency documentation from the United States department of veterans affairs that verifies that the business is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business.

(4)

On or before September 30, 2015, and on or before September 30 each year thereafter, the executive director shall submit a report regarding the state’s progress in satisfying the three percent goal established in this section to the department of military and veterans affairs, the members of the Colorado board of veterans affairs, and to the members of the committees of the house of representatives and the senate that have jurisdiction over state affairs and veterans affairs. The report shall include the following:

(a)

The total number of contracts that all state agencies awarded to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses in the prior fiscal year and the number of such contracts that each state agency awarded;

(b)

The total dollar amount of contracts that all state agencies awarded to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses in the prior fiscal year and the percentage that such dollar amount bears to the total dollar amount of contracts awarded by all state agencies in the prior fiscal year; and

(c)

The total dollar amount of contracts that each state agency awarded to service-disabled veteran owned small businesses in the prior fiscal year and the percentage that such dollar amount bears to the total dollar amount of contracts awarded by the state agency in the prior fiscal year.

Source: Section 24-103-905 — Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses - state procurement preference - definitions, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-24.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

24‑103‑201
Methods of source selection 24‑103‑201.5
Market research - request for information 24‑103‑202
Invitation for bids 24‑103‑202.3
Invitation for best value bids 24‑103‑203
Requests for proposals 24‑103‑204
Small purchases 24‑103‑205
Sole source procurement 24‑103‑206
Emergency procurements 24‑103‑208
Other procurement methods 24‑103‑301
Cancellation of invitations for bids or requests for proposals 24‑103‑401
Responsibility of bidders and offerors 24‑103‑402
Prequalification of suppliers 24‑103‑403
Cost or pricing data 24‑103‑701
Finality of determinations 24‑103‑702
Reporting of anticompetitive practices 24‑103‑801
Legislative declaration 24‑103‑802
Definitions 24‑103‑803
Nonprofit agencies - self-certified vendor list - creation 24‑103‑804
Services solicitations - categorical identification 24‑103‑805
Contract set asides - bid process created by department of personnel - obligation of state agencies - rules 24‑103‑806
Compliance with state and federal laws 24‑103‑901
Procurement preferences and goals 24‑103‑902
Low tie bids - award procedure and determination - bid preference 24‑103‑903
State purchases of recycled paper and recycled products - definitions 24‑103‑904
Purchasing preference for environmentally preferable products - definitions 24‑103‑905
Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses - state procurement preference - definitions 24‑103‑906
Bid preference - state contracts 24‑103‑907
Preference for state agricultural products 24‑103‑908
Bid preferences - resident bidder - public projects - report - federal and state law - definitions 24‑103‑909
Bid preference - recycled plastic products 24‑103‑910
Use of foreign-produced goods - iron, steel, and related manufactured products - disclosure - report - definitions 24‑103‑911
Preference for internet service providers that certify compliance with open internet protections - definitions 24‑103‑1001
Legislative declaration 24‑103‑1002
Definitions 24‑103‑1003
Disparity study - report 24‑103‑1004
Requests for information - disparity study 24‑103‑1101
Short title 24‑103‑1102
Legislative declaration 24‑103‑1103
Definitions 24‑103‑1104
State procurement equity program - established - goal - preliminary implementation maximization of contracting opportunities - expansion of historically underutilized business registry - real-time solicitation assistance help desk - bond assistance program - cash fund - report 24‑103‑1105
State procurement equity program implementation - stakeholder group - recommendations - report - legislative declaration
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 24-103-905’s source at colorado​.gov