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A 3% Set-Aside of State Contracting for Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses

New Jersey reserves three percent of state contracting for disabled veteran owned businesses. Certification is free through the Treasury’s registry, and a federally verified SDVOSB can come in on that verification.

Verified August 22, 2026

What this benefit is

New Jersey reserves three percent of state contracting for disabled veteran owned businesses. Certification is free through the Treasury’s registry, and a federally verified SDVOSB can come in on that verification.

What it's worth: A three percent share of state contracting, reserved

  • A set-aside reserves contracts rather than adjusting a price, so the value is access to a pool that other bidders cannot compete for — not a discount applied to your bid.
  • What that is worth depends entirely on what your business does and whether the state buys it.

Who is entitled to it

  • You served in the U.S. armed forces.
  • You have a VA service-connected disability.
  • The discharge was honorable, or general under honorable conditions.
  • Your home is in New Jersey.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1Certify before bidding. The set-aside is claimed by being on the register, not by asserting status inside a bid.
  2. 2Check the two structural tests: the principal place of business must be in New Jersey, and the business must be independently owned and operated with at least 51% owned AND controlled by disabled veterans.
  3. 3If your business is already verified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as a service-disabled veteran-owned business, say so — that verification is an alternative route to the New Jersey category, provided the principal place of business is here.
  4. 4Certify in every category you fit at once. The Division runs one application across categories, so a business that is also a small business enterprise should not file twice.
File with
New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services — the online business certification registry
Documents you will need
dd214 · va rating decision · business ownership documents
Periodic recertification
Certification is held with the Division and renewed through the same registry.
Worth knowingThere are two categories, not one. A veteran owned business needs 51% veteran ownership and control; the disabled veteran owned category adds the disability and carries the three percent set-aside. Certifying as the wrong one leaves the set-aside on the table.
Known gapTreasury’s page does not state a minimum disability percentage or a residency test for the individual owner. We do not publish either, because we could not read them at source.

Sources

Why only one source type: Treasury’s own certification page carries the three percent set-aside, the 51% ownership and control test, the principal-place-of-business test and the federal verification alternative. The statute is published only through third-party mirrors we do not treat as sources, so we cite the certifying division alone.

This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.