LAC 19:IX.301. Eligibility Requirements for Certification

A. Eligibility. An applicant for certification must meet two sets of requirements: 1. an applicant must establish that it is a "service-connected veteran-owned small entrepreneurship" (SDVSE) or a "veteran-owned small entrepreneurship" (VSE), by providing appropriate documentation from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs; and 2. shall meet all the requirements for a small entrepreneurship (SE): a. independently owned and operated; b. not dominant in its field of operation, which shall be determined by consideration of the business’s number of employees, volume of business, financial resources, competitive status, and ownership or control of materials, processes, patents, license agreements, facilities, and sales territory; and c. together with any of its affiliates, has fewer than 50 full-time employees with average annual gross receipts not exceeding $10,000,000 per year for construction operations and $6,000,000 per year for non-construction operations, for each of the previous three tax years. B. Any records, writings, accounts, reports, documents, financial information, tax information, proprietary business information and other materials that are in their nature considered to be confidential and are designated as confidential or proprietary by those firms, businesses or individuals submitting, delivering or transmitting the same, pursuant to request, for the purposes of allowing the SE (VI) Certification Program, or its designee or staff, to investigate and/or examine these firms, businesses or individuals pertaining to its statutory duties, may be considered and maintained as confidential and proprietary information, to the extent permitted under Louisiana Public Records.