Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 19 - CORPORATION AND BUSINESS › Part IX - The Veteran Initiative › Subpart 2 - Procurement › Chapter 13 - Procedures › Section IX-1317 - Implementation Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In
				  an effort to maximize the LAVET's success, the following procedures will be
				  implemented to maximize opportunities for certified VSE and DVSE participation.
1. The Division of Administration and state
				  departments/agencies are responsible for the direct operation and direct
				  implementation of the LAVET.
2.
				  Each department/agency of the state shall choose an initiative coordinator. The
				  person chosen to be initiative coordinator shall be the person serving as the
				  undersecretary of the department or the business manager for an agency. The
				  initiative coordinator or his designee shall be responsible for acting as a
				  business advisor to work directly with certified VSE's and DVSE's and
				  contractors to provide information, assistance, and support. The Division of
				  Administration and state departments/agencies will undertake various tasks to
				  make the program workable, including the following:
a. provide information to certified VSE's and
				  DVSE's on the state's organization and contractual needs and offer instructions
				  on procurement policy, procedures, and general RFP/ITB requirements;
b. provide workshops and training sessions at
				  least twice each year for certified VSE's and DVSE's on challenges frequently
				  encountered by certified VSE's and DVSE's during bid/proposal process and
				  generally when doing work for the state;
c. enhance the existing state's procurement
				  and financial database to identify certified VSE's and DVSE's for historical
				  and reporting purposes;
d. hold
				  pre-bid and pre-proposal seminars to explain bid and proposal requirements,
				  including an explanation of the forms that must be submitted with the response
				  or proposal;
e. conduct outreach
				  activities;
f. conduct internal
				  information workshops to inform and acquaint the state employees responsible
				  for state procurement and public contracts with the goals and objective of the
				  state's LAVET initiative and to sensitize them to the problems of VSE's and
				  DVSE's;
g. inform certified VSE's
				  and DVSE's of ITB's and RFP's related to their capabilities by placing notices
				  on the state's central procurement website, LaPac.
3. The state will encourage the formation of
				  joint ventures/alliances among certified VSE's and DVSE's and larger firms to
				  provide opportunities for certified VSE's and DVSE's to gain
				  experience.
4. The state will
				  encourage a mentoring program between large businesses and certified VSE's and
				  DVSE's to share information and experiences.
5. In RFP's requiring the compliance of a
				  good faith subcontracting plan the state may require proposers to submit
				  information on their business relationships and arrangements with certified VSE
				  and/or DVSE subcontractors at the time of proposal review. Agreements between a
				  proposer and a certified VSE or DVSE subcontractor in which the certified VSE
				  or DVSE subcontractor promises not to provide subcontracting quotations to
				  other proposers shall be prohibited.