Bill Text: CA AB3367 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public contracts: small business liaisons and advocates and disabled veteran business enterprise advocates.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-04-24 - Referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. [AB3367 Detail]
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 3367
| Introduced by Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy (Assembly Members Cervantes (Chair), Cunningham (Vice Chair), Chau, Chen, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, and Luz Rivas) |
March 05, 2020 |
An act to amend Sections 7401, 11148, 11148.5, 12098.3, 12098.4, 14845, and 14846 of, and to amend the heading of Article 14 (commencing with Section 11148) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, the Government Code, and to amend Sections 999.5, 999.11, and 999.12 of the Military and Veterans Code, relating to public contracts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 3367, as introduced, Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy.
Public contracts: small business liaisons and advocates and disabled veteran business enterprise advocates.
The Small Business Procurement and Contract Act requires the Director of General Services and the heads of other state agencies that enter into contracts for the provision of goods, services, and information technology and for the construction of state facilities to establish goals for the participation of small businesses in these contracts, to provide for small business preferences in the award of these contracts, to give special consideration and special assistance to small businesses, and, whenever possible, to make awards to small businesses, as specified.
Existing law requires each state agency to consolidate its existing staff functions that relate to contract opportunities for small businesses into a single point of contact for small businesses, and to designate a small business advocate as a liaison to small
business suppliers. Existing law requires each state agency that significantly regulates small business or significantly impacts small business to designate at least one individual who shall serve as a small business liaison for the agency. Existing law requires the Director of the Office of Small Business Advocate to, among other duties, seek the assistance and cooperation of all state agencies and departments providing services to, or affecting, small business, including the small business liaison and maintain, publicize, and distribute an annual list of persons serving as small business ombudspersons throughout state government. Existing law also requires the small business advocate to identify potential certified small business and certified disabled veteran business enterprise (DVBE) subcontractors and potential subcontracting opportunities, as well as establish a California multiple award schedule program, as provided.
Under existing law, the administering
agency for the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program is the Department of General Services, except in the case of contracts for professional bond services. Existing law requires the Director of General Services to adopt written policies and guidelines establishing a uniform process for state contracting to provide a DVBE participation incentive to bidders, which all state agencies are required to use when awarding contracts. That law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out specified duties relating to the program, including by maintaining complete records of its promotional efforts. That law requires the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs to appoint the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate and for that advocate to carry out certain duties. That law requires each awarding department, as defined, to appoint an agency Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate to carry out certain duties, including by meeting regularly with
the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate and contract and procurement staffs of their departments to disseminate information about the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program.
This bill would change the term “small business advocate” to “small business contracting advocate,” and the term “small business liaison” to “small business regulatory liaison.” The bill would require the Director of the Office of Small Business Advocate to maintain, publicize, and distribute an annual list of persons serving as small business contracting advocates or small business regulatory liaisons throughout state government. The bill would require the Director of the Office of Small Business Advocate to collaborate with the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate regarding the implementation of the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program, as provided. The bill would also require the small business
contracting advocate to instead identify potential certified small business and certified DVBE subcontracting opportunities, as well as assist certified small businesses and certified DVBEs to participate in the California multiple award schedule program. The bill would make conforming changes to that effect.
This bill would change the term “Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate” to “Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Contract Advocate.” The bill would remove the requirement that the Department of Veterans Affairs carry out specified duties. The bill would change the duties the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate is required to carry out, including by requiring that advocate to establish and promote a system to track the effectiveness of promotional activities undertaken by state agencies. The bill would remove the requirement that the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Contract Advocate meet regularly with
the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate and would impose additional duties on the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Contract Advocate when that advocate meets with the contract and procurement staffs of their departments. The bill would make conforming changes to that effect.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Small Business Contract Act of 2020.SEC. 2.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) California’s dominance in many economic areas is based, in part, on the significant role small businesses play in the state’s approximately $3.0 trillion economy.
(b) Two separate studies, one by the United States Census Bureau and another by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, found that net job growth was strongest among businesses with fewer than 20 employees. California firms represented 12.6 percent of all businesses in the United States in 2015, with 88.3 percent of firms having fewer than 20 employees.
(c) The Small Business Procurement and
Contract Act, administered through the Department of General Services, was implemented more than 40 years ago to establish a small business preference within the state’s procurement process that would increase the number of contracts between the state and small businesses. A 2006 executive order sets a 25-percent goal for small businesses and microbusinesses within state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions.
(d) The Small Business Procurement and Contract Act states that it is the policy of the State of California that the state aid the interests of small businesses in order to preserve free competitive enterprise and to ensure that a fair portion of the total purchases and contracts of the state be placed with these enterprises.
(e) Supporting small business development has shown to be a successful inclusive economic growth strategy advantaging businesses throughout the
state, including historically underserved business groups including minority-, women-, and veteran-owned businesses, and hard-to-serve areas of the state, including low-wealth, rural, and disaster-impacted communities.
SEC. 3.
Section 7401 of the Government Code is amended to read:7401.
(a) The Governor’s Task Force on Diversity and Outreach, in its August 1, 2000, report, concluded that data on minority business participation is not currently available, and that lack of useful data on minority business participation in state contracting is an overarching issue to be addressed.(b) In contracting for and procuring goods, services, information technology, construction, architecture, and engineering consulting, and other consulting services, state and local departments and agencies are authorized to engage in focused outreach activities in addition to general outreach, for purposes of increasing participation by California’s small business sector and increasing diversity in the state’s contracting and procurement activities.
(c) Outreach activities may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Invitations to bid distributed by state and local departments and agencies to state and local small business and trade associations and chambers of commerce, including ethnic chambers of commerce, and other business and professional associations, including professional minority, women, minority-, women-, and disabled veteran-owned businesses and professional groups and associations, as appropriate.
(2) Publication of advertising concerning state and local contracting and procurement opportunities in trade papers and other publications focusing on small
business enterprises, including publications and newspapers in languages other than English and those whose primary readership is minority, women, minority-, women-, or disabled veteran-owned businesses.
(3) Outreach by small business contracting advocates in each state or local government department or agency to state and local small business and trade associations and chambers of commerce, including ethnic chambers of commerce, and other business and professional associations, including professional minority, women,
minority-, women-, and disabled veteran-owned businesses and professional groups and associations, as appropriate.
SEC. 4.
The heading of Article 14 (commencing with Section 11148) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code is amended to read:Article 14. Small Business Regulatory Liaisons
SEC. 5.
Section 11148 of the Government Code is amended to read:11148.
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to assist small businesses in this state in complying with regulatory standards designed to protect the public.(b) It is the further intent of the Legislature:
(1) That, to improve compliance results, information be provided by regulatory agencies by printed material or electronically, including at each agency’s Internet Web site, internet website, to all small businesses, as defined for that purpose, that
would state in clear, plain language the actions required to comply with the regulation.
(2) That each agency that significantly regulates small business designate at least one individual to serve as the small business regulatory liaison with the role and responsibility of ombudsman for that agency.
SEC. 6.
Section 11148.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:11148.5.
(a) A state agency that significantly regulates small business or that significantly impacts small business shall designate at least one person who shall serve as a small business regulatory liaison. The agency shall utilize existing personnel and resources to perform the duties of small business regulatory liaison.(b) A state agency that significantly regulates small business or that significantly impacts small business shall widely publicize the position of small business
regulatory liaison in appropriate agency publications and by prominently displaying the name and contact information of the small business regulatory liaison on the agency’s Web site internet website if the agency has a Web site. an internet website.
(c) The small business regulatory liaison shall be responsible for
all of the following:
(1) Receiving and responding to complaints received by the agency from small businesses.
(2) Providing technical advice and assisting small businesses in resolving problems and questions regarding compliance with the agency’s regulations and relevant statutes.
(3) Reporting small business concerns and, if appropriate, reporting recommendations to the agency secretary or to the agency head, as defined in Section 11405.40.
(4) Reviewing and updating, on a semiannual basis, content on the agency Web site agency’s internet website that is
accessible through the small business link provided on the State of California Internet portal pursuant to Section 11541.5.
(5) Assisting the agency secretary, department director, or executive officer, as applicable, in ensuring that the procurement and contracting processes of the applicable entity are administered in order to meet or exceed the 25 percent small business participation goal, and developing and sharing innovative procurement and contracting practices from the public and private sectors to increase opportunities for small businesses.
(d) The small business regulatory liaison shall not advocate for or against the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any regulation or intervene in any pending investigation or enforcement action.
(e) A state agency that significantly regulates small business or that significantly impacts small business shall notify the Office of Small Business Advocate within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development and the Department of General Services of each of the following:
(1) The name and contact information of the person or persons who have been designated as the agency’s small business regulatory liaison, on or before March 1, 2018.
(2) An occurrence of a vacancy in the position of small business regulatory liaison, within 15 working days of the occurrence of the vacancy. The state agency
shall designate a small business
regulatory liaison within three months after providing notice of the vacancy.
(f) For purposes of this section, “small business” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 11342.610.
SEC. 7.
Section 12098.3 of the Government Code is amended to read:12098.3.
(a) The Small Business Advocate shall be appointed by, and shall serve at the pleasure of, the Governor.(b) The Governor shall appoint the employees who are needed to accomplish the purposes of this article.
(c) The duties and functions of the advocate shall include all of the following:
(1) Serve as the principal advocate in the state on behalf of small businesses, including, but not limited to, advisory participation in the consideration of all legislation and administrative regulations that affect small businesses, and advocacy on state policy and programs related to small businesses.
(2) Represent the views and interests of small businesses before other state agencies whose policies and activities may affect small business.
(3) Enlist the cooperation and assistance of public and private agencies, businesses, and other organizations in disseminating information about the programs and services provided by state government that are of benefit to small businesses, and information on how small businesses can participate in, or make use of, those programs and services.
(4) Consult with experts and authorities in the fields of small business investment, venture capital investment, and commercial banking and other comparable financial institutions involved in the financing of business, and with individuals with regulatory, legal, economic, or financial expertise, including members of the academic community,
and individuals who generally represent the public interest.
(5) Seek the assistance and cooperation of all state agencies and departments providing services to, or affecting, small business, including the small business regulatory liaison designated pursuant to Section 14846, 11148.5, to ensure coordination of state efforts. The advocate shall fulfill this duty by, among other activities, maintaining, publicizing, and distributing an annual list of persons serving as small business regulatory liaisons throughout the state.
(6) Receive and respond to complaints from small businesses concerning the actions of state agencies and the operative effects of state laws and regulations adversely affecting those businesses.
(7) Counsel small businesses on how to resolve questions and problems concerning the relationship of small business to state government.
(8) Collaborate with the Office of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Services in their activities under the Small Business Procurement and Contract Act (Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 14835) of Part 5.5), including, but not limited to, promoting small business certification and undertaking reasonable means to assist state agencies in improving small business participation. Among other activities, the advocate shall maintain, publicize, and distribute an annual list
of persons serving as a small business ombudsperson contracting advocate, designated pursuant to Section 14846, throughout state government.
(9) Collaborate with the California Disabled Veteran Enterprise Program Advocate, appointed pursuant to Section 999.11 of the Military and Veterans Code, regarding the implementation of the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program (Article 6 (commencing with Section 999) of Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the
Military and Veterans Code), including, but not limited to, promoting disabled veteran business enterprise certification to veteran entrepreneurs and veteran-owned small businesses and undertaking reasonable means to assist state agencies in improving small business and disabled business enterprise procurement participation. The advocate shall fulfill this duty by, among other activities, publicizing the annual list of persons serving as a Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Contract Advocate, designated pursuant to Section 999.12 of the Military and Veterans Code, throughout the state.
SEC. 8.
Section 12098.4 of the Government Code is amended to read:12098.4.
(a) Each agency of the state shall furnish to the advocate the reports, documents, and information that are public records and that the advocate deems necessary to carry out(b) The advocate shall prepare and submit a written annual report to the Governor and to the Legislature that describes the activities and recommendations of the office, including an evaluation of the efforts of state agencies and, where appropriate, specific departments, that significantly regulate small businesses to assist minority and other small business
enterprises, and making recommendations that may be appropriate to assist the development and strengthening of minority and other small business enterprises.
(c) (1) The advocate may establish a centralized interactive telephone referral system and Internet Web site internet website to assist small and minority businesses in their operations, including governmental requirements, such as taxation, accounting, and pollution control, and to provide information concerning the agency from which more specialized assistance may be obtained.
(2) The advocate shall post on the GO-Biz Internet Web site
internet website or the advocate’s Internet Web site: internet website:
(A) Information on how to receive assistance in identifying and understanding the state’s regulatory requirements. This information shall include:
(i) The name, telephone number, Internet Web site, internet website, and email of the small business liaison designated pursuant to Section 11148.5 to assist small businesses with understanding and adhering to the regulatory requirements of the state
entities in which they serve.
(ii) The Internet Web site internet website developed and maintained by GO-Biz to identify licensing, permitting, and registration requirements of state agencies, pursuant to the requirements of Section 12097.1 12097.1.
(B) Information on how to receive assistance in certifying as a small business and identifying and participating in state procurement opportunities. This information shall include:
(i) The name,
telephone number, Internet Web site,
internet website, and email of the small business contracting advocate designated pursuant to Section 14846 to assist small businesses in contracting with the state entities in which they serve.
(ii) Contact information for the Office of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Services established pursuant to Section 14839.
(C) Information about emergency preparedness, responses to emergencies, and recovery strategies for small businesses. This information shall be developed and updated in consultation with relevant state agencies and emergency responders.
(D) A link to the Energy Upgrade California Internet Web site
internet website to assist small business owners in accessing information on the availability of various programs promoting the efficient use of energy.
(E) Information on programs administered through the statewide network of small business financial development corporations. Programs covered shall include loan guarantees, direct lending, surety bond guarantees, and disaster loans. Information shall be presented in a manner appropriate to address the needs of both small businesses and existing and potential financial institutions and financial companies.
(F) Information on how to identify and access services provided through the statewide network of small business technical assistance centers, including, but not limited to, small business development centers, women business centers, veteran business outreach centers, procurement technical
assistance centers, and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
SEC. 9.
Section 14845 of the Government Code is amended to read:14845.
Using existing resources, the Department of General Services’ small business contracting advocate shall, at a minimum, provide the following services:(a) Assist certified small businesses and certified disabled veteran business enterprises by providing information regarding all of the following:
(1) Identification of potential certified small business and certified disabled veteran business enterprise subcontractors and potential
subcontracting opportunities.
(2) Solicitation protest procedures and timelines.
(3) Prompt payment procedures.
(b) Using existing resources, develop and maintain an outreach and education program to assist certified small businesses and certified disabled veteran business enterprises to establish participate in the California multiple award schedule. program. The department shall actively promote the availability of certified
small business and certified disabled veteran business enterprise suppliers to deliver or provide a broad range of goods and services to governmental agencies through their participation in the California multiple award schedule program established pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10290) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and other types of contracts established by state agencies for repetitively used and commonly needed goods and services.
(c) Whenever the director consolidates the needs of multiple state agencies and establishes a contract for repetitively purchased or commonly needed goods or services, the director shall both encourage bidders to utilize certified small business and certified disabled veteran business enterprise suppliers and subcontractors, and utilize multiple award methods whenever practicable to further ensure that a fair proportion of needed goods and services are obtained from certified
small businesses and certified disabled veteran business enterprises.
(d) Using existing resources, establish a training and development program for acquisition professionals, including methods for structuring solicitations to enhance the participation of certified small businesses and certified disabled veteran business enterprises in state contracting.
(e) Using existing resources, the department shall establish a recognition and awards program for state employees who make an outstanding contribution to the state’s overall effort to increase the level of certified small business participation in state contracting or certified disabled veteran business enterprise participation in state contracting.
(f) Prepare, and make available to the public, a directory of certified small business and certified disabled veteran
business enterprise suppliers.
(g) In its review of state agency acquisitions, the department, as applicable, shall identify areas where improvements in the level of participation of certified small businesses and certified disabled veteran business enterprises in state contracting can be achieved.
SEC. 10.
Section 14846 of the Government Code is amended to read:14846.
(a) (1) Using existing resources, each state agency shall consolidate its existing staff functions that relate to contract opportunities for small business into a single point of contact for small(2) Each small business
contracting advocate shall, at a minimum, provide for both of the following:
(A) Make information regarding pending solicitations available to, and consider offers from, California small business suppliers capable of meeting the state’s business need, and who have registered with the state for this purpose.
(B) Ensure that payments due on a contract with a small business are made promptly, as provided for in Section 926.15 or 927, whichever applies. 927.
(3) This subdivision shall not apply to state agencies whose contracting expenditures total less than one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) annually.
(b) Prior to placing orders under the California multiple awards schedule program, state agencies shall first consider offers from small businesses that have established multiple award schedules whenever practicable.
(c) State agencies shall identify and implement innovative acquisition operating processes, including payment processes, and strategies for small business participation. To maximize the benefits, state agencies shall actively share information about these innovative processes with other state agencies.
(d) State agencies shall prepare solicitations, and any related bid submission requirements, in a manner consistent with the scope, complexity, and anticipated cost of the acquisition. Where
If appropriate, state agencies shall provide bidders with simplified and streamlined tools and methods for responding to solicitations that allow bidders to efficiently, expeditiously, and cost-effectively respond to the contracting opportunity.
SEC. 11.
Section 999.5 of the Military and Veterans Code is amended to read:999.5.
(a) The administering agency for the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program is the Department of General Services, except in the case of contracts for professional bond services. The Department of General Services shall consult with the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate, appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to Section 999.11, on all matters relating to the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program. (b) The
Director of General Services shall adopt written policies and guidelines establishing a uniform process for state contracting that would provide a disabled veteran business enterprise participation incentive to bidders. The incentive program shall be used by all state agencies when awarding contracts.
(b)The Department of Veterans Affairs shall do all of the following:
(1)Establish a method of monitoring adherence to the goals specified in Sections 999.1 and 999.2.
(2)Promote the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program to the fullest extent possible.
(3)Maintain complete records of its promotional efforts.
(4)Establish a system to track the effectiveness of its efforts to promote the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program, which shall include regular, periodic surveys of newly certified disabled veteran
business enterprises to determine how they learned of the program, why they became certified, and what their experience with awarding departments has been.
(c) An awarding department shall not credit toward the department’s 3-percent goal state funds expended on a contract with a disabled veteran business enterprise that is not certified at the time of the award or does not meet and maintain the certification requirements.
(d) Upon completion of an awarded contract for which a commitment to achieve a disabled veteran business enterprise goal was made, an awarding department shall require the prime contractor that entered into a subcontract with a disabled veteran business enterprise to certify to the awarding department all of the following:
(1) The total amount the prime contractor received
under the contract.
(2) The name and address of the disabled veteran business enterprise that participated in the performance of the contract.
(3) The amount and percentage of work the prime contractor committed to provide to one or more disabled veteran business enterprises under the requirements of the contract and the amount each disabled veteran business enterprise received from the prime contractor.
(4) That all payments under the contract have been made to the disabled veteran business enterprise. Upon request by the awarding department, the prime contractor shall provide proof of payment for the work.
(e) An awarding department shall keep that certification on file. A person or entity that knowingly provides false information shall be subject to
a civil penalty for each violation in the minimum amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) and the maximum amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). An action for a civil penalty under this subdivision may be brought by any public prosecutor in the name of the people of the State of California and the penalty imposed shall be enforceable as a civil judgment.
(f) After being awarded a contract, the prime contractor shall use the disabled veteran business enterprise subcontractors or suppliers proposed in the bid or proposal to the state unless a substitution is requested and approved. The prime contractor shall request the substitution in writing to the awarding department and receive approval from both the awarding department and the Department of General Services in writing prior to the commencement of any work by the proposed subcontractor or supplier. A substitution pursuant to this subdivision shall additionally comply
with regulations adopted by the Department of General Services.
(g) The administering agency shall adopt rules and regulations for the purpose of implementing this section.
SEC. 12.
Section 999.11 of the Military and Veterans Code is amended to read:999.11.
The Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall appoint the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate. The California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate shall report directly to the secretary and shall do all of the following:(a)Oversee, promote, and coordinate efforts to facilitate implementation of this article.
(b)Disseminate information on this article.
(c)Coordinate reports pursuant to Section 999.7.
(a) Promote implementation of the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program.
(d)Coordinate with
(b) Support and facilitate the activities of administering agencies and existing and potential disabled veteran business enterprises to achieve the goals specified in Sections 999.1 and 999.2.
999.2, including, but not limited to, both of the following:
(1) Assisting awarding departments in identifying certified disabled veteran business enterprises that can offer their services for contracts that contract procurement staff have difficulty identifying.
(2) Assisting disabled veteran business enterprises in effectively utilizing certification documents and the state electronic procurement system in identifying which products and services business have on offer.
(e)
(c) Coordinate with the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Contract Advocate appointed in all awarding departments pursuant to Section 999.12.
(d) Establish a method of monitoring adherence to the goals specified in Sections 999.1 and 999.2.
(e) Establish and promote a system to track the effectiveness of promotional activities undertaken by state agencies.
SEC. 13.
Section 999.12 of the Military and Veterans Code is amended to read:999.12.
Each awarding department shall appoint an agency Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Contract Advocate. This person shall be the same individual appointed pursuant to Section 14846 of the Government Code. The agency Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Contract Advocate shall do all of the following:(a) Assist certified disabled veteran business enterprises in participating in that agency’s contracting process.
(b) Assist contract officers in seeking
disabled veteran business enterprises to participate in the agency’s contract and procurement activities
opportunities by performing outreach efforts to recruit certified disabled veteran business enterprises to offer their services as either a prime contractor or subcontractor on any contract proposed by the awarding department that requires disabled veteran business enterprise participation, and by other feasible means.
(c) Meet regularly with the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate and contract and procurement staffs of their departments to disseminate information about the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program.
Program, learn of future contracting opportunities, and identify the types of goods, services, and information technology contracts for which the contract and procurement staff is having or anticipates having difficulty in identifying potential certified disabled veteran business enterprise contractors or subcontractors.
(d) Serve as an advocate for the disabled veteran business enterprises that are utilized as the agency’s contractors or subcontractors.
(e) Report to the Office of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Services regarding any violation of this article.
(f) Coordinate and meet, on a regular basis, with the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate at the Department of Veterans Affairs in an effort to meet the statewide
3-percent goal provided for in Section 999.2.
