VA Minority Veteran Advisory Committee

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Office of Small Disadvantaged Business
Utilization (OSDBU) The Center for Veterans
Enterprise
VA Minority Veteran Advisory Committee November
7, 2007
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Office of Small Disadvantaged Business
Utilization (OSDBU) The Center for Veterans
Enterprise
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
Some of todays acronyms
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Office of Small Disadvantaged Business
Utilization (OSDBU)
Established by P.L. 95-507 Reports directly to
Agency/Deputy Agency head Implements/executes
functions duties to ensure small
business concerns receive fair proportion of
Federal acquisitions as required by the Small
Business Act
Mission Authority
FTEE 13.0 Approved Budget 1.8 million
FY 2007 Resources
Secretarys principal advisor/representative on
small business issues Develops establishes
small business policies procedures, administers
VAs small business programs Monitors reports
socioeconomic data Advocates for small
businesses Educates acquisition
professionals/program officials, purchase
cardholders Secretarys Socioeconomic Achievement
Awards Program
Program Management
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Office of Small Disadvantaged Business
Utilization (OSDBU)
One-On-One Counseling Small Business Conferences
Events Monthly Vendor Day Sessions
Vendor Outreach Counseling
Small Business Program Reviews of Proposed
Acquisitions (500K gt) Contract Bundling Reviews
(1 Million gt) Market Research Prime Vendor
Programs Standardization Program
Prime Contracting Program
Review Proposed Subcontracting Plans of Large
Business Concerns Monitor Contractor Compliance
with Approved Subcontracting Plans Respond to
complaints from small business
Subcontracting Program
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Office of Small Disadvantaged Business
Utilization (OSDBU)
VA exceeded SDVOSB goal for FY 2006
(3.58) Increased use of authorities under P.L.
108-183, The Veterans Benefits Act of 2003
Accomplishments
Total Outreach Events Attended 87 No. of
attendees at Outreach Events 15,327 No. of Small
Business Program Reviews 493 No. of Contract
Bundling Reviews 197 Justified (197)
Not Justified (0) No. of visits to OSDBU Web
site 241,444 No. of Counseling Sessions 2,336
Telephone 1,261 In Person 266 E-mail
809 No. of Subcontracting Plans reviewed 87
Accomplishment Reports Reviewed 680
Workload Statistics (FY 2007)
Implementation of P.L. 109-461, The Veterans
Benefits, Healthcare Information Technology Act
of 2006 Decline in spending with small business
as a percentage of total dollars
reported Competing interestsProcurement Reform
Task Force
Issues Concerns
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FY 2007 Goals Accomplishments
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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Center for Veteran Enterprise (CVE)
What problems 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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Center for Veteran Enterprise (CVE)
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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Center for Veteran Enterprise (CVE)
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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Center for Veteran Enterprise (CVE)
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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Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE)
P.L. 106-50 (Aug 99) and related
statutes Executive Order 13360 (Oct 04) P.L.
109-461 (Dec 06) To promote the formation and
expansion of businesses owned by veterans,
including service-disabled veterans To provide
support to VA and other Federal agencies to
enhance the utilization of service-disabled
veteran-owned small businesses
Mission Authority
FY 2006 Resources
FTEE 17.0 Approved Budget 2.9 million
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Center for Veteran Enterprise (CVE)
Inform Veterans what agencies purchase Notify
all Veterans in business about help each
year Educate Veterans about entrepreneurship Sup
port Veterans in business development courses
through GI Bill payments Include
entrepreneurship in TAP briefings Encourage
franchising through VetFran, a program of
discounted fees for veterans Maintain an
electronic information clearinghouse of help
offices Promote self-employment through
cooperation with SBA, DOL VETS, the Association
of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) and
The Veterans Corporation (TVC)
Veteran Support Functions
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Center for Veteran Enterprise (CVE)
Verify ownership and control of veteran-owned
small businesses and verify the accuracy of
other contractor databases that have VOSB/SDVOSB
info Help VA and Federal agencies achieve VOSB
and SDVOSB Prime and Subcontracting
Goals Distribute lists of Service-Disabled
Veterans in business to Federal agencies
annually Notify All Veterans in Business About
Help Each Year Promote Self-Employment through
Cooperation with SBA, DOL VETS, the Association
of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) and
The Veterans Corporation (TVE) Educate Veterans
About Entrepreneurship Support Veterans in ASBDC
and TVC Business Development Courses Through GI
Bill Payments Support Federal agency SDVOSB
strategic improvement programs Include
entrepreneurship in TAP briefings
Federal Support Functions
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Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE)
CVE-CP Partnership Awareness Mailing - 2.4M
veterans received written information about
entrepreneurship help VetBiz.gov Web Portal
887,811 hits Call Center 56,901 total calls
and faxes VetBiz Vendor Database 9,770
companies 47,205 searches Community Events
129 programs in 30 states, DC PR VetFran
Discounted Franchising Program 255
Franchisors, 899 Franchisees Client Reports
160 customized market research reports
FY 2007 Statistics
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Center for Veteran Enterprise (CVE)
VetBiz.gov recognized by SBA, OFPP,
FirstGov Veterans voted CVE 1 organization
supporting VOSBs (survey Veterans Business
Journal, Fall 2006) DoD has asked to link to
VetBiz database Increasing requests to partner
with other organizations Addy award for
outreach ad Telly award for DVD VetBiz.gov on
Best Web Sites list since 04 Owners using
VetBiz.gov logo on their materials VetBiz has
become common term in Federal contracting Volunte
er Advocates Corps is Growing Steadily Veterans
support VetBiz fill conferences we
sponsor General Dynamics Vets Day 16M in new
awards
Effectiveness Measures
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Center for Veteran Enterprise (CVE)
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Center for Veteran Enterprise (CVE)
Why Do We Do This?
Because Veterans is Our First Name
Veterans In Business - Still Serving America!