Coley & Associates Receives Re-Verification as a Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Online, July 23, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Coley & Associates, Inc. (Coley) is proud to announce that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Center for Veteran Enterprise (CVE) has re-verified our business status as a Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business (SDVOSB).

Re-verification of our SDVOSB status is significant in that it qualifies Coley to remain eligible for contract awards under the VA's Veterans First Contracting Program and continue to serve the VA in its mission to support disabled Veterans.

The new documentation requirements are considerable, including everything from copies of corporate documents, stock ledgers, stock certificates, operating agreements, lease agreements, payroll ledgers, bank signature cards, and cleared checks; to copies of proposals and contracts. As a result of the VA's more rigorous review of companies and their affiliates, the competitive pool of verified SDVOSBs has been substantially reduced to legitimate SDVOSBs.

Jack Coley, CEO, said, "It is particularly amazing how quickly we were able to receive our SDVOSB status re-verification. We received the request from the VA for substantiating documentation on a Thursday, had all of the documents retrieved and uploaded to the VA by Monday, and received our approval three days later! The VA has done a great job in streamlining their approval process during the past year and we have already noted that several of our long-time competitors have been removed from the VA's database of verified SDVOSBs at www.vetbiz.gov."

About Coley & Associates, Inc.
Coley & Associates, Inc. is a San Antonio-based, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that designs and develops world-class information technology and training solutions for corporate and government customers that connect, engage and empower people. For more information please visit www.coleyinc.com or contact us at 210-402-6766.