Vendor Development Program (VDP) is a program initiated by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Malaysia, with the objectives to improve competitiveness of small and medium entrepreneur (SME) by formulating proposals for developing and implementing suitable initiatives. Business Excellence Framework (BEF) is one of the foremost method to measure organizational performance and improvement through a specific predetermine criteria, and is used as an assessment tools in this program. This paper documents the exercise of VDP and extant the utilization of BEF to promote business stability and sustainability. Structured 5-years VDP framework is presented, including definite intervention on the development of human resource, technical/engineering, financial and marketing, logistic and warehouse management, certification and internalization program. The analysis and discussion is based on empirical BEF assessment results of 33 SME vendors embarked in this improvement journey. The assessment is parodically execute on yearly basis expended throughout the program, shows gradual increase in business and sustainable improvement.