Set aide law for service disabled veteran owned businesses
Dear New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Office of Ethics,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access.
I am requesting information on the following statute:
52:32-31.11 Annual report to department. (I would like to see your annual report)
11. Each contracting agency shall submit an annual report to the department according to a schedule announced by the department. This report shall include the following information:
a. the total dollar value and number of contracts awarded to disabled veterans' businesses, including a separate accounting of any set-aside contracts, and the percentage of the total State procurements by the contracting agency that the figure of total dollar value and the number of set-asides reflect;
b. the types and sizes of businesses receiving set-aside awards and the nature of the purchases and contracts; and
c. the efforts made to publicize and promote the program.
The department shall receive and analyze the reports submitted by the contracting agencies and, utilizing these data, submit an annual report to the Governor, and the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), showing the progress being made toward the objectives and goals of this act during the preceding fiscal year.
L.2015, c.116, s.11.
52:32-31.12 Annual plan. (I would like to see your annual plan for achieving these goals)
12. Each contracting agency shall annually develop, in consultation with the department, a plan for achieving its disabled veterans' business goals.
L.2015, c.116, s.12.
Yours faithfully,
Harley Alacqua
The Department of Community Affairs, Office of Ethics, is in receipt of
your OPRA/common law request, dated January 24, 2021. That request seeks
documents related to Disabled Veterans Owned Businesses set-asides,
specifically any DCA annual report and annual plan.
Your request has been assigned number C168546.
The Department has conducted a search and found no documents responsive to
your request.
Your request is now closed.
Donald Palombi
Chief Regulatory Officer, DCA