Ohio Administrative Code › Title 123:5 - Division of Purchasing › Chapter 123:5-1 - General Provisions › Section 123:5-1-16 - Implementation of veterans preference program

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Veteran-friendly
			 business enterprise certification process
(1)
									 To be certified
			 as a veteran-friendly business enterprise, an applicant business shall be in
			 good standing with federal, state, and local governments, and shall apply to
			 the department of administrative services for certification.
(2)
									An applicant
			 business shall provide the department of administrative services with a copy of
			 a record verifying veteran status or documentation demonstrating active service
			 for each employee, partner, member, or director until at least one of the
			 requirements of paragraph JJ of rule
			 123:5-1-01 of the
			 Administrative Code is satisfied. In order to verify the accuracy of each
			 record verifying veteran status or documentation demonstrating active service,
			 the department of administrative services will review all documentation that
			 the business applying for certification as a veteran-friendly business
			 enterprise provides and may require additional information as necessary, which
			 the applicant business shall provide.
(3)
									Upon submission
			 and review of all requested documentation, the department of administrative
			 services may issue a certificate to a qualified applicant business designating
			 the business as a veteran-friendly business enterprise. A certificate shall be
			 valid for up to two years.
(4)
									A
			 veteran-friendly business enterprise must apply to renew its certification
			 before it expires to maintain continuous certification in the program. A
			 veteran-friendly business enterprise will be notified of its obligation to
			 renew its certificate at sixty and thirty days prior to the expiration of its
			 current certification. In order to renew the certification, the
			 veteran-friendly business enterprise must comply with paragrah (A)(2) of rule
			 123:5-1-16 of the Administrative Code.
(5)
									Each
			 veteran-friendly business enterprise must remain in good standing with federal,
			 state, and local governments and in compliance with the veteran employment
			 standard during its certification period. The department of administrative
			 services may conduct compliance reviews of a veteran-friendly business
			 enterprise to ensure its continued eligibility for the program. A
			 veteran-friendly business enterprise may have its certification revoked for any
			 of the following reasons:
(a)
										The business has failed to remain in compliance with
			 the veteran employment standard;
(b)
										The business
			 intentionally misrepresented material facts in its certification
			 application;
(c)
										If the actions of the business, its owner or owners
			 result in a criminal conviction of the business or any of its owners;
			 or
(d)
										Revocation of the business's certification is in the
			 best interest of the state, which determination may be based on, but not
			 limited to, debarment by the federal government, the State of Ohio or any of
			 its political subdivisions, or any other state.
(6)
									This section of
			 the administrative code shall apply to all state agencies' purchases made under
			 Chapter 125. of the Revised Code.
(7)
									The bids or
			 offers submitted by the veteran-friendly business enterprise may be rejected if
			 they contain an excessive price as defined in rule
			 123:5-1-06
			 of the Administrative Code, as amended.