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Certifications

Every credential below is a contracting path: sole-source eligibility, set-aside access, and subcontracting-plan credit, all verifiable through SAM.gov.

SDB
MBE
DBE
SWaM
WHAT EACH OPENS

What our certifications do for your acquisition

SBA

8(a) Business Development

Enables sole-source awards up to competitive thresholds and 8(a) set-aside competition: a direct, defensible path to award for contracting officers.

Issuing body: U.S. Small Business Administration.

SBA

SDVOSB

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. Opens SDVOSB set-asides and sole-source authority, and counts toward agency SDVOSB spending goals.

Issuing body: U.S. SBA / Department of Veterans Affairs.

SBA

VOSB

Veteran-Owned Small Business. Counts toward veteran-owned goals and VA Vets First contracting preferences.

Issuing body: U.S. SBA / Department of Veterans Affairs.

FED

SDB

Small Disadvantaged Business. Provides primes with subcontracting-plan credit toward SDB goals on every teaming arrangement.

Issuing body: U.S. Small Business Administration.

STATE

MBE / DBE / SWaM

Minority Business Enterprise, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, and Virginia SWaM. State and local participation credit, including Virginia procurement preferences.

Issuing body: State-level (Virginia) and DOT-level programs.

VA

V3: Virginia Values Veterans

Certified veteran-hiring employer under the Commonwealth’s V3 program. We recruit, hire, and retain veterans as policy, not branding.

Issuing body: Commonwealth of Virginia.

Verify JPLC’s registrations and certifications in SAM.gov: UEI LFBXMNC4CK97, CAGE 6ZQ90. DCAA-reviewed accounting system supports cost-type awards.

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