GET 8(a) OR SDB CERTIFIED IN RECORD TIME

I’m sure that you’ve heard that getting 8(a) or SDB certified can take up to a year or more. You may have even heard that 70% of all applications are rejected, and almost every application is challenged, at least once in the process.

Why does it take so long, and why are so few applications accepted? The answer is multifold:

First, the SBA is severely understaffed and overworked, and the backlog of applications has grown significantly, with the closure of one of the three regional application evaluation centers.

Second, the guidance provided by the SBA is incomplete and flawed. By this, we mean that if you follow the instructions “to the letter”, you shall certainly have your application challenged, or they will ask you for additional information, not previously disclosed to you as necessary, or you will be rejected.

Third, unlike Federal government RFP’s, which demand a standard structure for organizing a proposal, the SBA currently accepts applications for evaluation, that are organized in myriad random orders, and therefore, the evaluators spend an inordinate amount of time determining whether “all of the pieces” have been provided, only because it is difficult for them to locate required data, in what amounts to a 3-4 inch stack of paper, the likely size of a typical application package.

Fourth, most challenges to your application will occur as a result of the SBA’s examination of the information contained within the many enclosures (e.g., company and personal financial statements, taxes, economic/social disadvantage narratives, resumes, etc.) that you must provide as part of your application. However, the SBA doesn’t provide applicants with a “clue” as to what they are looking for, within these enclosures that will jeopardize your chances for certification.

Fifth, and certainly not the least important, the SBA does not provide adequate, detailed, and timely personal, or one-on-one guidance to applicants, as they struggle to understand and complete the application process. “Just send your application to us, and we’ll tell you if it’s OK”, or “You apply and we evaluate”, are representative of the SBA’s attitude to providing the informed, professional and “nitty-gritty” type of guidance needed to complete an application that will be accepted, without major issues.

Why is it then that most EZCertify clients can get certified in what might be considered “record time”? Well, you might want to ask Wanda Alexander of Horizon Technology, (CLICK HERE), who got SDB certified in less than 14 days, or Michael Andrews of Multi Communication Installations (CLICK HERE), who got 8(a) certified in 28 days, from start to finish or Hetal Patel of Aurotech (CLICK HERE), who got certified in just over a month.

How is EZCertify capable of assisting its clients to be certified, in what some might consider “record time”, despite the current issues described above?'

First, and foremost, we make it easier for SBA evaluators to review an 8(a) or SDB package prepared by us, or by our clients, using our “expert-system–based” application preparation software. Our packages are complete, well organized and anticipate the SBA’s questions, even before they pose them.

Second, we know what the SBA is looking for in your application, even if their instructions fail to tell you, since we’ve been involved in close to 2000 successful applications to-date. We’ve seen, and responded to hundreds of the SBA’s letters that challenge, or would threaten to reject an applicant.

Third, our software, package review and package preparation services, result in an application package that is totally compliant with the SBA’s requirements. The packages submitted by our clients are organized in a standard SBA accepted order, with tabs, a table of contents, dividers properly labeled, all data fields completed, or marked as not applicable, and even a cover letter that is designed to accompany your application package.

Fourth, we are intimately familiar with the reasons that the SBA needs to see every enclosure to your application package. We know what data will be extracted from these enclosures by the SBA evaluators, and alert our clients to issues within these enclosures, before they submit their applications.

Fifth, and also certainly not the least important reason, is that we answer our client’s detailed and unique questions about the application process, “on the spot”, in real-time, over the phone, and using our email-based, Ask the Expert Free Service, that is provided with all of our software products and services.. They call and we provide specific, detailed answers and suggestions as to how to overcome an issue. If there is a way to circumvent a problem, that will cause an application to be rejected, we provide our clients with a successful way around the problem, “all within the current regulations, and the law”.

If you want to get your 8(a) or SDB application package prepared and approved within “record time”, you only have to visit us at our website at www.ezcertify.com, or call us, toll free, to talk to one of our certification “record-making” experts at 866-681-4970.

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