What Will Be The Court’s Decision For Veteran Owned Small Businesses?

John Faith
May 7, 2015

What Will Be The Court’s Decision For Veteran Owned Small Businesses

A Veteran’s Preference Law was passed by Congress in 2006 that offered Veterans who owned small businesses receiving federal contracts should be given preference. These firms classified as either Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) and Small Disadvantaged Veteran Owned Small Business under the law would be given preference by the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) when competing for federal contracts with the VA.

A Federal Circuit court ruling invalidated the Preference Law. However, the invalidation is being challenged via a petition filed by Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. The technology firm is seeking to have the ruling reversed that was handed down by the Federal Circuit Court. The government will have an opportunity to respond to the petition set for May 1, 2015. A Court conference is also scheduled for June 4, 2015.

Kingdomware Technologies argue that the ruling to invalidate the Veteran Preference law would be tantamount to severely decreasing opportunities to Veteran owned small business firms in the competitive bidding process. Kingdomware has been supported via the filing of amicus briefs by a number of individuals and organization including the American Legion.

If the Supreme Court comes down on the side of Kingdomware Technologies; thus, reversing the 2-1 ruling previously made by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Veteran Owned Small Businesses and Small Disadvantaged Veteran Owned Small Businesses will no longer be subject to what they see as limitations on opportunities offered through competitive bidding at the VA.

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