Congress has shaped a legislative framework providing veterans with a competitive advantage in federal contracting. These advantages include:

• Federal buyers are able to write contracts sole sourced with no competition. Contracts can be up to $5.5 million for manufacturing and $3.5 million for goods and services.
• Reduced administrative time results in faster awards and shorter contracting by days or weeks.
• SDVOSB set aside contracts are preferred by most contracting offices.
• SDVOSB sole source awards significantly reduce contract protests.
• When prerequisites for a SDVOSB set-aside are not met, contracting officers are advised to follow current law and sole-source the award to a SDVOSB (DA PAM 27-50-422; The Army Lawyer, July 2008).
  

P.L. 109-461, Veterans Benefits, Healthcare & Information Technology Act of 2006; Effective June 20, 2007
Executive Order 13,360, the SDVOSB Executive Order (October 20, 2004)
P.L. 108-183, Veterans Benefits Act of 2003
P.L. 106-50, Veterans Entrepreneurship & Small Business Development Act of 1999