Reasons to do business with the Stay Safe Store

Nine Reasons to do Business with the Stay Safe Store
"Our Key Partnership Advantages"

Nine (9) WAYS WE CAN INCREASE YOUR GOVERNMENT AND LARGE PUBLIC UTILITY BUSINESS

We are confident that using your company as our supplier for federal, California state government, and California regulated public utility bids, and becoming a dealer on your federal GSA Schedule and California Multiple Awards Schedule (CMAS), we can increase your profits in substantial ways:

1. $5 Million Sole Source Advantage: Federal legislation (Public Law 108-183), signed by President Bush on December 16, 2003, provides Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVO) Small Businesses with sole source opportunities up to $5 million per contract. As would be expected, military agencies and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have already indicated their commitment to directing sole source contract opportunities to qualifying disabled veteran firms. The primary sole source criterion is that, in the estimation of the contracting officer, the contract award can be made at a fair and reasonable price. Authorizing the Stay Safe Store to become a dealer for your GSA and California Multiple Awards Schedule (CMAS) pricing will meet that criterion. Public Law 108-183 elevates Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVO) Small Business to the same status as 8(a) firms. In the federal government’s fiscal year 2002, data from GSA’s Federal Procurement Data System shows that 8(a) firms received 64,387 contracts totaling $5.778 billion.

2. $7.5 Billion Set-aside Advantage: Public Law 108-183 also creates a set-aside provision for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses in federal contracting by strengthening the 3% goal established by Public Law 106-50. Now, every federal agency must attempt to set-aside at least 3 percent of their estimated 12 million annual contract awards, totaling $500 billion, to Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. California law also mandates that State agencies award at least 3% of their $6 billion annual contract awards to certified Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBEs). California regulated public utility companies have a legislated goal of 1.5%, which translates to a $180 million opportunity for certified California DVBE's. We intend to aggressively pursue federal and California contract advantages using your products.

3. Vaterans First: Effective June 20, 2007, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) implemented a unique, veteran-specific contract authority under Public Law 109-461. This veteran specific contracting authority changes VA's order of priority to Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) for procurement opportunities with VA. In addition to elevating SDVOSB's to top priority, this legislation provides competitive set-asides, improves sub-contracting program, and allows sole sourcing up to $5 million dollars per contract.

4. Targeted Bid Advantage: Proposition 209, passed by California voters in 1996, ended all preferential public contracting incentives for individuals or groups on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. As a result, service disabled veterans are the only group that currently receive targeted opportunities for California’s $4 billion annual contract awards. Since there are less than 1000 certified Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE’s) in California, most state agencies include a disabled veteran component in their bids exceeding $10,000 in order to meet their 3% legislated goal. For most of our product line, we are the only certified DVBE in California. As our supplier, you will benefit from that exclusivity.

5. 5% Bid Advantage: California law (AB 1084) provides a 5% bid advantage to Small Businesses. When we bid contracts using your products, we can guarantee that our quote will be very competitive and highly successful.

6. 10% Stackable Bid Advantage: Effective October 9, 2007, California Law (SB115) provides a 1% - 5% stackable bid advantage to DVBE's. Many of these opportunities do not contain any incentive caps. Combined with the 5% Small Business Advantage as already received, we can guarantee that our bids will be very competitive and highly successful. Call us about bidding your products as a prime contractor or partnering with you as a commercially useful subcontractor.

7. Additional Bid Advantages: California Code of Regulations, Title 2, Subchapter 1896.6, allows a non-small business to claim a 5% small busuiness preference if they commit to subcontracts at least 25% of the net bid price with our certified small business company.

California Code of Regulation, Title 2, subchapter 1896.1 and 1896.3 provides our business which is physically located in an Enterprise Zone Act (EZA) and Target Area Contract Preference Act (TACPA) additional bid preferences for contractst that exceed $100,000.

8. Advocacy/Marketing Advantage: California law (AB 941) requires each state agency and department to appoint a Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Advocate to assist each certified DVBE firm increase their contract awards. In addition DVBE firms are notified electronically (at no charge) of all state contract opportunities. No cost ads can be placed on these electronic bid notifications advising prime contractors of our ability to provide subcontractor components. Our suppliers benefit from this substantial marketing advantage.

9. Prompt Payment Advantage: California government agencies do not typically pay their large business vendors promptly, which can create serious cash flow problems. Due to our certification as a Small Business, California's Prompt Payment Act substantially penalizes State agencies that do not pay certified small businesses within 45 days of receipt of the invoice. There is no exception, even if the State has not passed a Budget Act. The penalty is 0.25% per calendar day, or approximately 90% per year. California’s Prompt Payment Act ensures that we will be able to pay our suppliers within 45 days or less.