Advisory Committee on Women Veterans

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Advisory Committee on Women Veterans October
30, 2007
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Pleased to Meet You!

• Program Snapshot
• 3 prime contract goal for Service-Disabled
  Veteran-owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs)
• 3 subcontract goal for SDVOSBs
• Objective expand population of businesses and
  increase capacity to support Federal requirements

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(some of) Todays Acronyms

• CVE Center for Veterans Enterprise
• e-SRS Electronic Subcontract Reporting System
• FPDS Federal Procurement Data System
• MOU Memorandum of Understanding
• SDVOSB Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Small
  Business
• VetBiz Veterans in business
• VOSB Veteran-owned Small Business

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Center for Veterans Enterprise

• Office of the Secretary Organizational Element
• 17 FTE in 3 Units
• Communications
• Business Development
• Business Expansion
• Mission
• We promote business ownership and expansion for
  veterans and service-disabled veterans.
• Objective
• Expand the Business Base thru Structured Growth
• Established February 2001

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What problem(s) are we trying to solve?

• Reach the 3 SDVOSB prime contract goal
• Reach the 3 SDVOSB subcontract goal
• Improve performance with VOSBs
• Increase the capability and capacity of both
  SDVOSB and VOSB concerns
• Stay Green on SBA Scorecard

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VAs Results

• SDVOSB Prime Goal
• FY 2006 - 356.2M (3.57)
• FY 2007 - 350.1M (5.76) thru 8/31/07
• VOSB Prime Goal (VA only)
• FY 2006 - 666.8M (6.49)
• FY 2007 - 566.9M (9.32) thru 8/31/07

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SDVOSB Prime and Subcontracting Percentages
represents the percentage of total prime
contract dollars. Source of information SBA
Office of Government Contracting -
http//www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/gc/index.h
tml
We are not responsible for the accuracy of the
data depicted and questions about the data should
be referred to the originating agencys Director
for Small Business Programs. Contact information
is available at www.OSDBU.gov.
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SDVOSB Prime and Subcontracting Percentages
represents the percentage of total prime
contract dollars. Source of information SBA
Office of Government Contracting -
http//www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/gc/index.h
tml
We are not responsible for the accuracy of the
data depicted and questions about the data should
be referred to the originating agencys Director
for Small Business Programs. Contact information
is available at www.OSDBU.gov.
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SDVOSB Prime and Subcontracting Percentages
represents the percentage of total prime
contract dollars. Source of information SBA
Office of Government Contracting -
http//www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/gc/index.h
tml
We are not responsible for the accuracy of the
data depicted and questions about the data should
be referred to the originating agencys Director
for Small Business Programs. Contact information
is available at www.OSDBU.gov.
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Partial data as of 10/1/07 8.66 billion
reported. Final reporting date for FY 2007 is
11/15/07.
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Solutions

• Transforming America
• with Veterans First through
• Verification
• Collaboration
• Preparation
• Education and
• Accountability

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Verification

• VA verifies eligibility of VOSBs
• Use VetBiz.gov Vendor Information Pages database
• Agencies must verify accuracy of reported data
• FPDS
• e-SRS

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Collaboration

• Data Integration
• IAE VIP
• VA State/Local Governments
• Joint Outreach Info Exchange
• Operation Transformation
• SBA HUB Zone Office VA (11/07)
• DLA NAVAIR VA (06/07)

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Online VetBiz Vendor Information Pages
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Finding SDVOSBs VOSBs
Customized market research reports
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VINS

• Collaboration
• VetBiz Initiative for National Sustainment (VINS)
• MOA signed June 26, 2007
• Partners CVE, DSC, DLA and NAVAIR.
• Objectives
• Increase pool of capable SDVOSBs
• Decrease cycle time for critical warfighter
  materials

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Preparation

• Mentor-Protégé Programs
• DoD in place
• VA very soon
• Mezzanine Level Training
• SBA in place
• VA near future
• Corporate Initiatives IFA

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Patriot Express MREIDL Initiatives

• SBAs new loan program for veterans
• Loans available up to 500,000
• Loans can be used for startup, expansion, real
  estate purchases and more.
• SBAs lowest interest rates for business loans.
• MREIDL
• to provide funds to eligible small businesses to
  meet its ordinary and necessary operating
  expenses that it could have met, but is unable to
  meet, because an essential employee was
  "called-up" to active duty in their role as a
  military reservist

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Education

• Federal workforce awareness
• Federal Acquisition Regulation changes
• Corporate support
• Online training tools

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Accountability

• Annual VetBiz Accountability Conference
• VA Champions of Veterans Enterprise Awards
  Programs
• Achievment Data Posted to VetBiz.gov
• Benchmarking Industry Data FY 2008
• Multiple Oversight Groups

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Whats Changed? Recent Legislation

• Public Law 109-461
• Enacted December 22, 2006
• Effective June 20, 2007
• Applies only to U.S. Department of Veterans
  Affairs prime and subcontracting opportunities

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VAs Order of Priority

• Source First for
• Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
• Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
• 8(a)
• HUB Zone Businesses
• Other Small Businesses
• Other Businesses

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New Procurement Tools

• May direct source below the Simplified
  Acquisition Threshold (SAT) to eligible firms.
• Shall use VOSB Competitive Set-Asides above SAT
  if
• Reasonable expectation of two or more offers and
• CO determines Price is Fair and Reasonable.
• May direct source above the SAT if
• Source is Responsible Eligible,
• Award does not exceed 5 Million, and
• CO determines Price is Fair and Reasonable.

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Prime Contracting Procurement Goals

• The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish
  prime and subcontracting goals for VOSBs and
  SDVOSBs
• SDVOSB goal cannot be less than 3 of total
  dollars, as required by PL 106-50

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Subcontracting Changes

• VA will establish a review mechanism to ensure
  subcontracts awarded by VA prime contractors go
  to eligible VOSB and SDVOSB concerns.

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Eligibility Requirements (1)

• Businesses must be registered in VetBiz.gov
  Vendor Information Pages (VIP).
• VA will verify the ownership and control of the
  company and the status of veteran owners.
• Businesses in the VIP database on Dec 22, 2006
  are presumed eligible for one year.
• Some surviving spouses are eligible for 10 years
  unless they remarry or sell their ownership
  interest.
• Veteran was rated 100 service-connected or
• Veteran died as a direct result of
  service-connected injury.

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Eligibility Requirements (2)

• Providing ownership and control information is
  optional. Veterans may continue to sell to VA
  without verifying their status.
• HOWEVER -
• Participation in the set-aside and subcontracting
  programs is limited to eligible businesses
  registered in VetBiz.gov VIP.

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Reporting Requirements and Oversight

• Firms willfully misrepresenting status shall be
  debarred from VA contracting.
• Yearly report to Congress will include
  Departmental and Administration achievements by
  dollars and percentage of total procurement.
• The Federal Procurement Data System (NG) will be
  the official repository of data used to determine
  accomplishments.
• GAO will annually assess VAs Veterans First!
  Program. Comptroller General will report findings
  to Congress.

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Whats Next in FY 2008?

• Verification Roll-out
• Data Transparency (SBA, DoD)
• Focus on Subcontracting Program
• Formalize Defense Partnerships
• Grow State Programs
• Publish Strategic Plan

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Team CVE
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National Veterans Conference

• Caesars Palace Las Vegas July 7-10, 2008
• www.nationalveteransconference.com
• Conference Hotline [phone]
• 1300 participants in 2007
• Legislative Update
• Sponsored by Interagency OSDBU Directors
• Come and meet the best team in Government Team
  CVE!

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Because Veterans Is Our First Name