August 14, 2014
Veteran-Owned Business Seminar
Presented by Gayle Nuppnau
Dept. of General Services
Bureau of Small Business Opportunities

• New Initiatives
 Small Business Procurement Initiative (SBPI)
 Veteran-Owned Small Business Procurement
• On-line Small Business Self-Certification and Small
Diverse Business Verification
• Locating Opportunities
• Small Diverse Business Program Benefits

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Purpose
To increase opportunities for small businesses to compete for award of Commonwealth contracts as prime contractors without the competition of larger more established firms.
Scope
Commonwealth agencies shall identify contracts for award to small businesses pursuant to direction provided by DGS, with independent agencies also encouraged to participate.
- Race and Gender Neutral Program
- Yearly Renewal

PA Vendor Registration
The pa supplier portal, www.pasupplierportal.state.pa.us, is a website where you can register your company as a Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania Supplier and participate in electronic bidding opportunities
The Vendor Number is a unique six-digit number assigned to a registered Commonwealth Supplier.
As part of registration you will create a User ID and Password
PA Supplier Portal Help Desk 877-435-7363, option 1

www.smallbusiness.pa.gov

SBPI Certification: Steps 1 to 5
Business Eligibility – 1
Participation Criteria
- The business must be a for-profit, United States business
- The business must be independently owned
- The business may not be dominant in its field of operation
- The business may not employ more than 100 full-time equivalent employees
- The business must meet the maximum three year gross receipts thresholds
Company Contact & Identification – 2
Business Profile – 3
UNSPSC Codes
Document Upload - 4
First page of tax returns
Review/Submit Application - 5
SDB Verification: Steps 6 to 8
Third Party Verification Upload – 6
Dept. of General Services will accept approved thirdparty certifications from any of the below entities:
- Unified Certification Program (UCP)
- United States Small Business Administration (SBA)
8 (a) Program
- National Minority Supplier Development Council - -
(NMSDC)
- Woman’s Business Enterprise National Council
(WBENC)
- VetBiz Vendor Information Pages (VIP) at vetbiz.gov
Service Category Identification - 7
- Construction/Subcontractor
- Manufacturer
- Stocking and Non-Stocking
Review and Submit Application – 8
- 7-14 days for BSBO Verification Approval
- New Small Business Certificate with SDB
Designation
- Verification Letter Issued

SBPI & SDB Renewal
• Annual SBPI Certification/SDB Verification
 Recertification 12 Months Subsequent form Date of Most recent Cert./Verification
• DGS, BSBO Notification of SBPI Certification/DB Verification
Expiration (Email)
 First Notice: 30 Days Prior to Expirations
 Second Notice: 15 Days Prior to Expiration
• Vendor Removal Day of Expiration: SBPI/SDB
 Renewal Without Lapse
• Renewal Subsequent to 15 Day Grace Period
 Renew with Lapse

- Commonwealth spend is 3.5 billion for goods and services
- Registration for SBPI began in July 2012
- Small Business Reserves began in September 2012
- Over 3,77 self-certified registered business as of 8.11.2014
- Over 3 million dollars has gone to Small Businesses as a direct result of the program
- The Commonwealth has actually spent over 117 million with small businesses
- Number of Small Business in PA with 1-100 employees based on
2008 census data is 227,502

• Small Business Directory
• Emarketplace
 Small Business Reserves
- IT Categories
 Prime Opportunities
• Networking
- Subcontracting Opportunities

To View Current
Solicitations>10,000
Invitation To
Qualify Contracts
Procurement Forecast
To Locate State Wide
Contracts

PA eMarketplace

• Small Diverse Business Program
 Technical, Cost, SDB
 DB weight remains 20% of the total RFP points
 Veterans and Service Disabled Veterans now included
• Locating Opportunities
 Emarketplace
• Pre-Proposal Conferences
 Subcontracting Opportunities
 Networking
• Compliance

Contact Information
BSBO Main Number
717-783-3119
Ms. DeShawn Lewis, Director delewis@pa.gov
Phone: 717-783-7131
Ms. Gayle Nuppnau, Procurement Liaison gnuppnau@pa.gov
Phone: 717-346-3819
Ms. Paula Murphy, Construction Liaison pmurphy@pa.gov
Phone: 717-787-8324