Department of Veterans Affairs

Charles George VAMC

Asheville, N.C.

Salem VAMC Salem, Va.

W.G. “Bill” Hefner VAMC

Salisbury, N.C.

H. McGuire VAMC

Richmond, Va. Fayetteville VAMC

N.C.

Beckley VAMC

W.V.

Durham VAMC

N.C.

Hampton VAMC

Va.

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• The first point of contact when marketing VISN 6

• Cover VA facilities in NC, VA and Beckley, WV

• Assist businesses in understanding how we procure needed services and supplies

• Assist small businesses in marketing to VA and other federal agencies

• Key Objective is to match capable and qualified firms with VISN 6 requirements

promise anyone a contract, advocate for one contractor over

another, tell a firm how to price a proposal, tell a firm what to

put down on their representations and certifications or

proposals, advise as to how to set up a company, provide

legal advice, or send you copies/tell you about every

solicitation that your firm may have an interest in.

When marketing VISN 6, please first send your capability

statements and all pertinent information me at:

Deborah.vandover@va.gov

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• Contract Specialists

• Purchasing Agents

• Purchase Card Holders

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Network 6 Contracting Activity

Organizational Structure

Based in Hampton, Virginia

5 Product Line Teams

Medical Services

Services

Construction

Commodities/Supply

Specialized

• Nursing Home Services

• Prescription Eyeglasses

• Home Oxygen & Medical Gases

• Valet Parking

• Durable Medical Equipment

• Medical Transcription Services

• Grounds Maintenance

• Transportation Services

• Integrated Pest Management Services

• Space (lease)

• Professional & Administrative Services

• Trash, Garbage & Infectious Waste Disposal

• Architect & Engineer Services

• Office Supplies & Equipment

• Prosthetic Devices

• Medical & Dental Equipment and Supplies

• Pharmaceuticals

• Instruments & Laboratory Equipment

• Perishable & Non-perishable subsistence

• Mandatory VA contract vehicles such as the Prime Vendor

Programs and contracts under VA’s National Standardization

Program

• Federal Supply Schedules

• Open market is after the above listed sources, and VA’s

highest priority in this category, by law, is contracting with

service disabled veteran owned small businesses.

Service Disabled Veteran Owned

Veteran Owned

HUBZONE/Women-owned/8(a)

All other small businesses

Enacted June 20, 2007

Allows VA to sole source to SDVOSB and VOSB up to $5M

Mandates SDVOSB first in open market procurements

P.L. 109-461 requires SDVOSB and VOSB to be ‘verified” and listed in

Vetbiz database

Verification Program Managers-Center for Veterans Enterprise,

VACVE@VA.GOV

Toll-free: 866-584-2344

Website: www.vetbiz.gov

Only for service disabled veteran and veteran owned small

businesses, and eligible surviving spouses.

Only required by VA

Verification is now valid for TWO years.

• Created to benefit SDVOSB and VOSB

• Managing office: VA’s Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business

Utilization (OSDBU)

• www.va.gov/osdbu

Open market requirements published at www.fbo.gov

VA Forecast of Contracting Opportunities:

https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/eVP/fco/FCO.aspx

Small Business Administration’s Sub-net: www.sba.gov/subnet

Veteran Firms MUST be verified for VA

Register on all applicable Government webites

Ensure your information matches on all of these sites

Register for the NAICS in which you hold expertise, not every one

listed

Federal Supply Schedules

Accept Purchase Cards

Sharpen Your Pencil-Competitive Pricing

Take Advantage of PTAC and SBDC-FREE!

Know Your Customer!!

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To care for him who shall have borne the battle

and for his widow and orphan…” - Abraham Lincoln