Small Business Vendor Certification
Get certified as a Small Business Vendor with Broward Health and join our Economic and Small Business Development Initiative.
Get Certified as a Vendor
Broward Health’s small business vendor certification process validates whether a vendor qualifies to participate in Broward Health’s Economic and Small Business Development Initiative. The program recognizes certifications from various federal, state, and local agencies.
To be recognized as a Broward Health Small Business Vendor, vendors must register in VRS and upload documentation of an accepted, current, and valid certification. This certification must have an expiration date no less than 60 days from the upload date and must be issued by one of Broward Health’s approved certification partners listed below.
Broward Health accepts local, state, and federal small business certifications that adhere to the small business size standards set by governmental agencies or the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Vendors with valid certifications meeting these standards from the approved entities will be recognized as Broward Health Small Business Vendors.
Broward Health’s Certification Partners
- State of Florida Office of Supplier Diversity
- School Board Of Broward County Economic Development & Diversity Compliance Department
- Broward County Office of Economic and Small Business Development
- Miami-Dade County Small Business Development Division
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools Office of Economic Opportunity
- Palm Beach County Office of Equal Business Opportunity
- School District of Palm Beach County Office of Diversity in Business Practices
- U.S. Small Business Administration (including SBA-approved Third-Party Certifiers)
- U.S. Department of Transportation – Unified Certification Program
Broward Health has a verification process for small and locally owned businesses that allow companies to self-declare Small Business Vendor status (“Verified Small Business Vendor”). Those Small Business Vendors that do not have a current Small Business Vendor Certification from one of Broward Health’s Certification Partners or choose not to be certified as a Small Business Vendor with one of Broward Health’s Certification Partners are encouraged to complete a Verified Small Business Vendor affidavit, affirming the company’s small business status. The affidavit attests that the company is certified in one of Broward Health’s recognized categories of Small Business Vendors or has self-declared such status with a federal, state or local governmental agency, not listed as an approved Broward Health Certification Partner. Vendors that register as a small business in the System for Award Management (“SAM”) administered by the U.S. General Services Administration must provide a copy of the vendor’s SAM registration profile, noting the confirmed size standard by the U.S. Small Business Administration, the SAM Unique Entity ID number, and the expiration date of the vendor’s SAM registration. In addition to SAM, vendors can provide a profile printout from SBA's Dynamic Small Business Search, noting the NAICS codes with size determinations.
It is the goal of Broward Health’s Office of Economic and Small Business Development to have all vendors meeting the Small Business Vendor certification criteria to become certified. The Verified Small Business Vendor status is intended to be a “temporary” status used for tracking and to ensure the accuracy and credibility of Broward Health’s procurement data for Small Business Vendors. A vendor’s status as a Verified Small Business Vendor does not grant eligibility to participate in Broward Health’s Small Business Vendor Enhancements (e.g., sub-contracting/second-tier participation, Quote Price Tolerance, RFP Scoring Enhancements, etc.).
Broward Health's Certified Small Business Vendor Directory
Broward Health's Small Business Initiative supports Certified Small Business Vendors (CSBVs). View the current list of CSBVs and access the Small Business Vendor directories from Broward Health's approved Certification Partners below.
For More Information, Please Contact:
Office of Economic and Small Business DevelopmentPhone: 954-473-7205
Email: [email protected]