Service Overview:
The 8(a)/SDB Social Disadvantage Narrative Service is designed for clients who have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias within the American society because of their identities as members of groups and without regard to their individual qualities. The social disadvantage must stem from circumstances beyond their control. The SBA requires that all applicants applying for 8(a)/SDB certification who are not members of a designated group complete and submit this narrative.

EZCertify will prepare the Social Narrative and convince the SBA that you, and your business have been subjected to Social Disadvantage.

Service Features:
The following are included in our 8(a) Length-of-Time in Business Waiver Service:

• Email or Fax you our Social Disadvantage Narrative Work-Package. You will merely have to check off a few items and provide us with the answers to a few questions about you and your business.

• Examine the Work-Package received from the client and insure that all required conditions have been met, and notify client if important information is missing.

• Contact the client via email and telephone to discuss and obtain the missing information and/or data needed by EZCertify to prepare special SBA compliant elements of the package.

• Complete the Social Disadvantage Narrative, ensuring that it is totally comprehensive and in conformance with SBA regulations.

• Transmit the prepared 8(a) Social Disadvantage Narrative package via FedEx overnight delivery service or by email to the client and contact the client to address any questions or open issues concerning the submittal of the 8(a) Social Disadvantage Narrative to the SBA.
  

30 Questions to Stimulate Your Recollection of Possible Discrimination to Assist in Proving Your Social Disadvantage


Area: EDUCATION

1. Have you ever been denied admission to any school, college, or university?
2. Have you ever been excluded from membership in any educational clubs, fraternities, or professional organizations?
3. Did the school, college, or university that you attended seriously lack qualified teachers, staff, facilities, or equipment to the extent that it had a negative affect on the quality of your education?
4. Have you ever been denied a scholastic honor or recognition?
5. Have you ever been denied a scholarship or other forms of financial support required to finance your education?
6. Have you ever been channeled into a specific "learning track" because of your race, ethnic origin, gender, etc.?
7. Have you been denied attendance or admission to any school, college or university because of your long-term residence in a community isolated from the mainstream of American Society?
8. Have you ever been denied professional training in your work that has impaired your entry or advancement in your professional career?
9. Have you ever been subjected to harassment in your educational environment such that it had a dramatic affect on your learning?
10. Have you ever been subjected to extreme social pressures that have discouraged you from pursuing professional or higher education or selected career fields that would naturally prepare you for business ownership?


Area: EMPLOYMENT
1. Have you ever been denied access to mentoring, on-the-job training, apprenticeships, etc., required to gain the necessary skills to advance in your field?
2. Have you ever been subjected to significant variations in salary from those of your equally qualified contemporaries?
3. Have you ever been unfairly denied salary increases, bonuses, or commissions?
4. Have your fringe benefits been out of concert with your position, tenure, and other factors commonly applied to all employees?
5. Have you ever been terminated for what you consider to be unjust reasons?
6. Have you ever been subjected to harassment in your work environment such that it had a dramatic affect on your job performance?
7. Have you ever been subjected to a glass ceiling that kept you from advancing into management positions?
8. Have you ever been excluded from participation in company groups or functions that a person of your level would otherwise have been included?
9. Have you ever been subjected to unfair or inequitable performance evaluations or merit reviews that had a negative impact on your professional progression?
10. Have you ever been denied employment opportunities on bases different than those applied to other non-socially disadvantaged individuals?


Area: BUSINESS HISTORY

1. Have you ever been denied access to contract bidding opportunities?
2. Have you ever been unfairly denied the award of a contract?
3. Have you ever been unfairly kept from joining in teaming or subcontracting relationships?
4. Have you ever been subjected to unfair negotiations?
5. Have you ever been systematically excluded from access to facilities where business is normally conducted?
6. Have you ever been unfairly excluded from participation in professional or business groups?
7. Have you or your firm been unfairly characterized for unsatisfactory past performance?
8. Have you unfairly been denied access to private sector or Government decision makers, contracting officers, or buyers?
9. Have you ever been unfairly denied access to the capital or credit necessary to operate and grow your business?
10. Have you ever unfairly denied bonding, licenses, or leases necessary to operate and grow your business?

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