Southern Gear Announces HUBzone Certification
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20230214/1676361231106860.png" title="1676361231106860.png" alt="3.png"/></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Southern Gear, a veteran-owned small business specializing in the manufacture of precision gears, is pleased to announce its certification as a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) business by the United States Small Business Administration (SBA).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">With HUBZone certification, Southern Gear is now eligible to compete for the program¡¯s set-aside contracts and receive a 10 percent price evaluation preference in full and open contract competitions. The SBA offers HUBZone certification to businesses operating in historically underutilized business zones, with a goal of awarding at least 3 percent of all federal contracting dollars to HUBZone-certified small businesses each year.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Certification requires that at least 35% of the company¡¯s employees live in a HUBzone¡ªan important indicator of Southern Gear¡¯s commitment to providing employment opportunities for employees from these underserved workforce areas to employment on federal projects. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">¡°Our customers, many of whom are leaders in the aerospace, military, and defense industries, consider HUBzone a key criterion in their vendor selection process,¡± says Southern Gear President Karen Malin. ¡°This certification is just another way in which we¡¯re meeting their requirements, while at the same time creating jobs and investing in our local community.¡±</span></p><p><br/></p>
14 Feb,2023
