Each awarding department shall appoint an agency Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate. This person shall be the same individual appointed pursuant to § 14846 of the Government Code. The agency Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate shall do all of the following:

(a) Assist certified disabled veteran business enterprises in participating in that agency’s contracting process.

Terms Used In California Military and Veterans Code 999.12

  • Awarding department: means a state agency, department, governmental entity, or other officer or entity empowered by law to issue bonds or enter into contracts on behalf of the state. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
  • Contract: includes any agreement or joint agreement to provide professional bond services to the State of California or an awarding department. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contractor: includes a provider of professional bond services who enters into a contract with an awarding department. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
  • department: means the Department of Veterans Affairs. See California Military and Veterans Code 690
  • Disabled veteran: means a veteran of the military, naval, or air service of the United States, including, but not limited to, the Philippine Commonwealth Army, the Regular Scouts, "Old Scouts" and the Special Philippine Scouts, "New Scouts" who has at least a 10-percent service-connected disability and who is domiciled in the state. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
  • Disabled veteran business enterprise: means a business certified by the administering agency as meeting all of the following requirements:

    California Military and Veterans Code 999

  • Goal: means a numerically expressed objective that awarding departments and contractors are required to make efforts to achieve. See California Military and Veterans Code 999

(b) Assist contract officers in seeking disabled veteran business enterprises to participate in the agency’s contract and procurement opportunities by performing outreach efforts to recruit certified disabled veteran business enterprises to offer their services as either a prime contractor or subcontractor on any contract proposed by the awarding department that requires disabled veteran business enterprise participation, and by other feasible means.

(c) Meet regularly with the contract and procurement staffs of their departments to disseminate information about the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program, learn of future contracting opportunities, and identify the types of goods, services, and information technology contracts for which the contract and procurement staff is having or anticipates having difficulty in identifying potential certified disabled veteran business enterprise contractors or subcontractors.

(d) Serve as an advocate for the disabled veteran business enterprises that are utilized as the agency’s contractors or subcontractors.

(e) Report to the Office of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Services regarding any violation of this article.

(f) Coordinate and meet, on a regular basis, with the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate at the Department of Veterans Affairs in an effort to meet the statewide 3-percent goal provided for in Section 999.2.

(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 756, Sec. 17. (AB 1574) Effective January 1, 2022.)

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