National Veterans Business Conference

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• National Veterans Business Conference
• Executive Order Seminar

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Statutory VA Duties

• Achieve Prime and Subcontracting Goals
• Distribute Lists of Service-Disabled Veterans in
  Business to Federal Agencies
• Inform Veterans of Agencies Purchases
• Notify All Veterans in Business Annually
• Execute Formal Agreements with SBA, DOL, ASBDC
  and TVC
• Educate Veterans About Entrepreneurship
• Support Veterans in ASBDC and TVC Business
  Development Courses Through GI Bill Payments

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By Order of the President (1)

• EO 13360 (signed Oct. 20, 2004)
• More effectively support 3 goal AND use
  set-aside authority
• All Agencies shall
• Develop a formal strategy and make it publicly
  available
• Annually report implementation actions to SBA
• Designate a Senior Level Responsible Official
• Measure key executives performance as
• significant element

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By Order of the President (2)

• SBA shall
• Coordinate w/ VA Center for Veterans Enterprise
• Advise Agencies about Implementing Order
• Train business owners
• GSA shall
• Establish a Special Contract Schedule for SDVOSBs
• Help owners with Federal Supply Schedules

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By Order of the President (3)

• DoD shall train Federal officials
• VA shall
• Assist agencies through CVE support
• Verify the accuracy of contractor databases
• Modify Transition Assistance Program information
  with Dept of Labor
• Order Implementing Strategies posted on
  VetBiz.gov

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VA EO 13360 Strategy (1)

• February 2005
• Use SDVOSB set-asides
• Encourage SDVOSBs to Market VA
• Monitor Prime Contractors SDVOSB s
• Train, TRAIN then TRAIN AGAIN
• Publicize VA Needs

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VA EO 13360 Strategy (2) Use Set-Asides

• Performance Plan element
• Change FSS Standardization rules
• Propose new identical item clause
• Modify Forecast to show 3 of dollars
• Written justification by HCA when not using
  SDVOSB set-aside
• Use Partial Set-Asides if necessary
• Use VetBiz Vendor Database

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VA EO 13360 Strategy (3) Encourage SDVOSBs to
Market

• Provide VIP firms notices from FedBizOpps
• Use Rule of One
• Sponsor Annual Outreach Program
• Require Sources Sought when not using SDVOSB
  set-aside
• Update Forecast Quarterly
• Permit preference for SDVOSBs in micropurchases

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VA EO 13360 Strategy (4) Monitor Prime
Contractors

• Create a VetBiz Mentor-Protégé Program
• Require SubK goals in major acquisitions
• Evaluate Past Performance as significant
• Restrict subcontractor replacement to other
  SDVOSBs
• Encourage primes to help SDVOSBs with bonding
• Increase data accuracy through eSRS

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VA EO 13360 Strategy (5) TRAIN Publicize
Needs

• Modify training for employee groups
• Develop formal vendor access policies
• Develop program newsletter
• Post major goods/services purchased
• Link OSDBU/VetBiz sites to VA home
• Formalize Annual Awards

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VetBiz Assistance Program Pages
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About VetBiz APP

• Section 302 of PL 106-50 Veterans
  Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
  Act of 1999 (August 1999)
• Created comprehensive program of management,
  technical, and financial assistance for
  entrepreneurial veterans
• APP is a one-stop clearinghouse of these
  resources
• Assistance categories
• Startup
• Financing
• Training
• Procurement
• Business Development

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Center for Veterans Enterprise -
Products

• Online VetBiz Vendor Information Pages (VIP)

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About VetBiz VIP

• Online Vendor Database
• Anyone Can Create Provisional Entry Owner
  Finalizes
• Links to CCR CA DGS
• Vendor Validates Size 51 Question
• Enables Efficient Annual Notification Process
• Provides Rapid Communications to Owners
• Recognized by OFPP SBA (4/03, 4/04)
• New Feature! - Videostreaming (3 min. clip)

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Champions of Veterans Enterprise

• Annual Awards Ceremony - Flag Day
• Host- VAs Deputy Secretary
• Enterprising Veteran Award
• Veterans in Business Still Serving America
• Champions Awards Corporate Federal
  Advocates for veteran entrepreneurship
• Criteria Quantitative and Qualitative
• Honorees are posted on VetBiz.gov
• Free Travel to Washington, DC!!

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You Can Be A Champion Too!

• VetBiz Trailblazers
• Send us your story (200 words)
• Send us photos (1 military, 1 civilian)
• You get a poster!
• We post to Web Portal and create CD-ROM
• Others are encouraged by your model

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You Can Be A Champion Too!

• Champions Awards
• Individual, Team, Division, Agency/Dept/HQ
• Tell Us a Good Story
• We post story in Newsletter, Ezine and put it in
  contention for Annual Award
• Others are encouraged by your model
• Send to VACVE_at_va.gov (Subj Good Story) or Fax
  to 202.303.3296

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