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Greenville, SC - US&S, Inc. (US&S) is pleased to announce that the company has received its certification from the Center for Veteran Enterprise (CVE), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). This verification makes US&S now eligible to participate in the Veterans First Contracting Program with the VA. US&S has strong past performance with the VA, successfully executing millions of contract dollars performing at multiple locations, including contracts at the Asheville, NC VA Hospital and the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin, GA. 

US&S, founded in 2003 by then retired Naval Commander Richard Hagins, is in its 10th successful year of business in the upstate of South Carolina. The company has grown to $21 million in annual revenue, employs over 85 people, and services both federal and commercial clients across the southeastern United States. Today, the company has grown to a three-unit company providing facilities support, construction, and staff augmentation services.

US&S is also classified as a Small Business Administration 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) through the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) and Minority Business Enterprise (DBE) through the Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Council (CMSDC).  
 

For more information, please contact Euleta Alston, US&S Business Development Manager, at ehagins@usands.com. 
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Greenville, SC - On May 1, 2013, US&S received formal approval of its Mentor-Protege Agreement between Savannah River Nuclear Solutions under DOE Contract Number DE-AC09-088SR22470 effective through April 2013.

Greenville, SC - US&S, Inc. (US&S) is celebrating its first decade in business founded in 2003, by then retired Naval Commander Richard Hagins, the company has grown to $21 million in annual revenue, employ over 85 people, and service both federal and institutional clients across the southeastern United States. Today, the company has grown to a three-unit company providing facilities support, construction, and staff augmentation services.

"Given that over half of companies fail in their first year of business and even greater percentages fail within their first five years, the fact that we are celebrating a decade in business as a minority owned and operated company is a phenomenal accomplishment," says Mr. Hagins. "Ten years in, we still operate like an entrepreneurial start-up company. US&S remains extremely lean and agile we are growing steadily, performing better and having a lot of fun."

Hagins' continued success and growth of US&S was highlighted with the Greenville Chamber of Commerce recognizing the business as its Minority Business of the Year for 2006, in an article in Greenville Business Magazine.  In 2012, the company was recognized as an Outstanding Small Business by Lockheed Martin and Hagins was honored as the South Carolina nominee for the National Minority Entrepreneurship Award by the Small Business Administration.

US&S will celebrate its 10^th anniversary during a drop-in by invitation to be held at their corporate office on 50 Grand Avenue, Greenville, South Carolina, on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, from 4:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.  US&S is grateful to its clients, partners and employees for the success experienced over the years.

US&S is classified as a Small Business Administration 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) through the Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Council (CMSDC).  In the past few years, US&S has grown from 10 employees to over 85, and is continuing to expand even in the current economic environment.
 
 
For more information, please contact Euleta Hagins, US&S Business Development Manager, at ehagins@usands.com. 
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