Okla. Stat. tit. 72, § 72-63.22
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Preference for veteran vendors
Official statutory text
A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs may grant a
preference, for purposes of the expenditure of funds for tangible or
intangible personal property or services to be acquired by the
agency, to an honorably discharged veteran or to a lawfully
recognized business entity having a majority ownership of fifty-one
percent (51%) or more of the business that is held by an honorably
discharged veteran at the time the contract is awarded.
B. No individual veteran or veteran-owned business entity, as
defined in subsection C of this section, shall be eligible for
consideration as a veteran vendor pursuant to this section unless
the individual veteran or veteran-owned business entity has
registered with the federal System for Award Management (SAM.gov) in
the same manner as required to do business with the federal
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government or has met alternative requirements for qualification or
substantiation as established by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans
Affairs.
C. As used in this section, the term "veteran" shall be defined
in accordance with Section 2 of Title 72 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs may promulgate
rules for implementing the provisions of this section.
preference, for purposes of the expenditure of funds for tangible or
intangible personal property or services to be acquired by the
agency, to an honorably discharged veteran or to a lawfully
recognized business entity having a majority ownership of fifty-one
percent (51%) or more of the business that is held by an honorably
discharged veteran at the time the contract is awarded.
B. No individual veteran or veteran-owned business entity, as
defined in subsection C of this section, shall be eligible for
consideration as a veteran vendor pursuant to this section unless
the individual veteran or veteran-owned business entity has
registered with the federal System for Award Management (SAM.gov) in
the same manner as required to do business with the federal
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors Page 37
government or has met alternative requirements for qualification or
substantiation as established by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans
Affairs.
C. As used in this section, the term "veteran" shall be defined
in accordance with Section 2 of Title 72 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs may promulgate
rules for implementing the provisions of this section.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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