Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program

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United States government program federal small business contracting program veteran entrepreneurship support program

The Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program is a federal initiative that provides contracting preferences and support to small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

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Label	Occurrences
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program canonical	3
FAR 19.14 – Service‑Disabled Veteran‑Owned Small Business Procurement Program	1
SDVOSB Program	1
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Program	1
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business program	1
Service‑Disabled Veteran‑Owned Small Business Program	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T310876 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
Context triple: [U.S. Small Business Administration, operatesProgram, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program]

A. Veterans Benefits Administration
The Veterans Benefits Administration is the branch of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs responsible for administering financial and other non-medical benefits to military veterans and their families.
B. U.S. Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration is a U.S. government agency that supports and promotes small businesses through loans, counseling, contracts, and innovation-focused programs.
C. United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a federal executive department responsible for providing healthcare, benefits, and other essential services to U.S. military veterans and their families.
D. U.S. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
The U.S. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation was a federal agency responsible for providing and overseeing services that helped individuals with disabilities prepare for, obtain, and maintain employment.
E. Department of Veterans Affairs Act
The Department of Veterans Affairs Act is the U.S. federal law that elevated the former Veterans Administration to cabinet-level status, creating the Department of Veterans Affairs to oversee benefits and services for military veterans.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
Target entity description: The Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program is a federal initiative that provides contracting preferences and support to small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

A. Veterans Benefits Administration
The Veterans Benefits Administration is the branch of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs responsible for administering financial and other non-medical benefits to military veterans and their families.
B. U.S. Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration is a U.S. government agency that supports and promotes small businesses through loans, counseling, contracts, and innovation-focused programs.
C. United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a federal executive department responsible for providing healthcare, benefits, and other essential services to U.S. military veterans and their families.
D. U.S. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
The U.S. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation was a federal agency responsible for providing and overseeing services that helped individuals with disabilities prepare for, obtain, and maintain employment.
E. Department of Veterans Affairs Act
The Department of Veterans Affairs Act is the U.S. federal law that elevated the former Veterans Administration to cabinet-level status, creating the Department of Veterans Affairs to oversee benefits and services for military veterans.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States government program ⓘ federal small business contracting program ⓘ veteran entrepreneurship support program ⓘ
administeredBy	U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Veterans Affairs U.S. Small Business Administration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	SDVOSB Program ⓘ linked to: Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Program ⓘ linked to: Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
beneficiary	service-disabled veteran entrepreneurs ⓘ
benefitType	business development support ⓘ contracting preference ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibilityRequirement	business must qualify as a small business under SBA size standards ⓘ one or more service-disabled veterans must own at least 51 percent of the business ⓘ service-disabled veterans must control the daily business operations ⓘ service-disabled veterans must control the management of the business ⓘ the veteran owner must have a service-connected disability as determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or Department of Defense ⓘ
focus	increasing federal contract awards to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses ⓘ
hasTypeOfPreference	set-aside contracts reserved for SDVOSBs ⓘ sole-source awards to SDVOSBs under certain thresholds ⓘ
implementedThrough	agency-specific procurement policies ⓘ federal acquisition regulations ⓘ linked to: Code of Federal Regulations
legalBasis	15 U.S.C. 657f ⓘ Public Law 106-50 ⓘ Public Law 108-183 ⓘ Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999 ⓘ
monitoredBy	U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Government Contracting and Business Development ⓘ linked to: U.S. Small Business Administration
policyGoal	to help the federal government meet its statutory goal for contracting with service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses ⓘ to promote participation of service-disabled veterans in the federal supply chain ⓘ
provides	access to federal contracting support resources ⓘ federal procurement preferences ⓘ set-aside contracting opportunities ⓘ sole-source contracting opportunities ⓘ
purpose	to increase federal contracting opportunities for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses ⓘ to provide contracting preferences to small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans ⓘ to support the economic development of service-disabled veterans ⓘ
relatedTo	8(a) Business Development Program ⓘ HUBZone Program ⓘ Veteran-Owned Small Business Program ⓘ Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting Program ⓘ federal small business set-aside programs ⓘ
requires	verification or certification of service-disabled veteran ownership and control ⓘ
scope	federal government-wide procurement ⓘ
sector	public procurement ⓘ
supports	small business participation in federal contracting ⓘ veteran economic empowerment ⓘ
targetGroup	service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses ⓘ service-disabled veterans ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Small Business Administration → operatesProgram → Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program ⓘ

HUBZone Program → relatedTo → Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program ⓘ

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program → alsoKnownAs → SDVOSB Program ⓘ