36:54 - 37:28
“We do think that the 5-year window creates too narrow of a gap for veteran-owned businesses to be established, and more importantly, it includes or it excludes a significant portion of the veteran population.”
- Speaker
- Unidentified speaker
- Timestamp
- 36:54 – 37:28
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- May 27, 2026
From the transcript
All right. The next difference that we want to talk about is the 5 years preceding the dates or bids that the proposals are due. We do think— go to the next slide, please. We do think that the 5-year window creates too narrow of a gap for veteran-owned businesses to be established, and more importantly, it includes or it excludes a significant portion of the veteran population. You know, an ITB advertised today could, You could only offer the preference to a business owned by a veteran who was discharged on or before May 28th, 2021.
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