Sourcing & Compliance
Expanding Opportunities for Virginia’s SWaM Businesses
The Sourcing and Compliance (SAC) division of the Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (SBSD) supports Virginia state agencies to help strengthen participation of certified small, women, and minority-owned (SWaM) businesses in state procurement and contracting opportunities across the Commonwealth.
Through outreach, sourcing support, compliance monitoring, and training initiatives, SAC works to increase utilization of certified SWaM businesses among state agencies and institutions to help create a more inclusive, competitive procurement environment while supporting the growth and long-term success of Virginia’s small business community.
Explore Sourcing and Compliance Support:
Discretionary Spend Guidelines
Unsure which parts of your agency spending can be attributed to your 42% goal for small business procurement? These definitions and accounting codes can help.
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SWaM Expenditure Dashboard
This tool is designed for agencies to submit their discretionary expenditures and verify how your agency is progressing towards its SWaM procurement goals.
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Sourcing and Compliance Managers
Each state agency has their own SAC Manager for support and guidance within SBSD to help with any procurement and compliance questions.
Find Your SAC Manager in the Directory
Sourcing and Compliance Documents and Resources:
What is Discretionary Spend?
- The total dollars paid by state agencies to vendors for goods and services including construction through contracts or purchase orders resulting in the process of procurement.
What is NOT considered Discretionary Spend?
- Payments to governmental entities, fees for services such as banking transactions, and payments that are not procurement related such as employee payroll, employee benefits, or utility monthly charges are not considered to be discretionary expenditures.
Extracting procurement payments from Cardinal for SWaM reports must meet certain accounting code criteria:
See the complete list of Reportable Account Codes for SWaM Reports in this downloadable table.
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