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Fact Sheet
Benefits of Certification
Certified business enterprises are eligible to receive the following:
| Business Enterprise |
Proposal Award |
Bid Reduction |
| Disadvantaged Business Enterprise |
3 points |
3 percent |
| Local Business Enterprise |
4 points |
4 percent |
| Resident Business Ownership |
3 points |
3 percent |
Small Business Enterprises (SBE) are eligible to participate in a 50 percent Set-Aside (contracting and subcontracting) goal program and a two-tier small business set-aside program at the contract level that shall:
- Include a separate set-aside program for small business enterprises with gross revenues of $1 million or less;
- provide that a business becomes ineligible for participation in this set-aside program when the business has gross revenues in excess of $1 million for two consecutive years;
- establish set-aside programs for all small business enterprises, and for Certified Business Enterprises (CBEs), at the subcontracting level; and
- establish a set-aside program for local, small, or disadvantaged business enterprises for the Blanket Order Blitz at the contract level.
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