VSBE Reporting Toolkit

This toolkit contains valuable information to
assist State agencies/departments with
the management and compliance of the

Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise

(VSBE) Program.

eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA) is the only platform to verify vendors in the VSBE Program.

New Source For Federal Veteran Certification Searching

The federal Vets First CVE Verification Program known as VetBiz is no longer in operation. Responsibility for verifying the veteran status of small business owners at the federal level has been transferred to the U.S. Small Business Administration and is now called Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert).

Effective immediately, the new site to search for federally certified veteran-owned small businesses is now https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/#home.

The state's Department of Veteran Affairs continues to perform veteran verifications for Maryland businesses through the eMMA platform.

FY2022 VSBE Annual Report

The VSBE Annual Report must be completed and submitted on or before October 1, 2022. The Annual Report covers the period July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022.

Submit the latest VSBE Utilization Data Template by the due date.

This report is mandatory and must be submitted to:

vsbereports.gosba@maryland.gov

VSBE Report Instructions and Template:

FY2022 VSBE REPORTING MANUAL.docx

Call 410-697-9605 if you have any questions.

A working knowledge of EXCEL is required to prepare the VSBE report. If you are not familiar with this software application, click here to access Microsoft training resources or visit The HUB, Maryland's Learning Management System (LMS), to access a catalog of training classes available to State employees.

To assist agencies using Statewide FMIS, the following link to the ANSWERS database allows certain FMIS standard reports to be downloaded electronically. DoIT has just launched an updated and enhanced version of ANSWERS. You may need to create a new login and password. Read the Announcement about the new and enhanced ANSWERS (May 2022) for more information.

ANSWERS database for Statewide FMIS users: https://net.md.gov/apps/answers/
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