The Tie-Break That Voids the Contract If It Is Ignored
Where a Nebraska state contract goes to the lowest responsible bidder and all other factors are equal, a resident disabled veteran business takes preference over any other bidder, resident or not. It is a tie-break rather than a points bonus — but the enforcement is unusually sharp: a contract awarded in breach IS NULL AND VOID. You need a Nebraska-resident veteran with an honorable or general discharge, a VA disability rating letter or DoD equivalent, and ownership and control of the business, or more than 50% of the stock with management authority.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
Where a Nebraska state contract goes to the lowest responsible bidder and all other factors are equal, a resident disabled veteran business takes preference over any other bidder, resident or not. It is a tie-break rather than a points bonus — but the enforcement is unusually sharp: a contract awarded in breach IS NULL AND VOID. You need a Nebraska-resident veteran with an honorable or general discharge, a VA disability rating letter or DoD equivalent, and ownership and control of the business, or more than 50% of the stock with management authority.
What it's worth: Preference over all other bidders where the bids are otherwise equal
- It operates when a contract is awarded to the lowest responsible bidder AND ALL OTHER FACTORS ARE EQUAL. It is a tie-break, not points.
- The preference runs over other RESIDENT AND NONRESIDENT bidders alike.
- A NON-COMPLIANT CONTRACT IS NULL AND VOID.
- Requires a Nebraska-RESIDENT veteran with an honorable or general under honorable conditions discharge.
- A VA DISABILITY RATING LETTER or DoD equivalent is required. No minimum percentage is stated.
- The veteran must own and control the business, or own more than 50% of the stock with management authority.
- DAS Materiel Purchasing administers state contracting in practice.
Who is entitled to it
- You served in the U.S. armed forces.
- Your discharge meets the test.
- You have a service-connected disability.
- You own a business.
- Nebraska state contracting.
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How to claim it
- 1Claim the preference in the bid itself, with the VA rating letter or DoD equivalent attached.
- 2Be ready to evidence ownership and control, or more than 50% of the stock with management authority.
- 3Establish Nebraska residency for the veteran — the preference is for a RESIDENT disabled veteran.
- 4If a contract is awarded over you on an otherwise equal bid, raise Neb. Rev. Stat. 73-107 promptly. A non-compliant award is null and void.
- 5Ask DAS Materiel Purchasing how the preference is recorded in their evaluation, so it is visible on the file.
- Form
- Claimed with the bid
- File with
- The contracting state agency, through DAS Materiel Purchasing
- Documents you will need
- va benefit summary letter · dd214
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · statuteNeb. Rev. Stat. 73-107 — resident disabled veteran preference
- operating · published policyNebraska DAS Materiel Purchasing
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