Conducting Business With Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO8) DJ Bleckley Director of Contracting

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "Conducting Business With Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO8) DJ Bleckley Director of Contracting"

Sabrina Kerry Hopkins
5 years ago
Views:

1 Conducting Business With Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO8) DJ Bleckley Director of Contracting

Supporting Veterans throughout South Georgia;

2 NCO8 Director of Contracting Oversees Contracting Operations for NCO8, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 8, The Sunshine Healthcare Network responsible for Supporting Veterans throughout South Georgia; Florida (except Pan Handle area); Puerto Rico; and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 2

3 VHA Structure VISNs Veterans Integrated Service Networks 3

4 Service Area Offices (SAOs) East, Central, and West 4

5 VISN 8 Information Geographics / Demographics Veteran Population: 1,642,402 Unique Patients: 524,228 Total Outpatient Visits: 8,000,000 Square Miles: 64,153 States/Territories: Florida Counties (60) Georgia Counties (19) Puerto Rico USVI Total VISN 8 Owned GSF: 7,515,104 Total VISN 8 Land: 707 Acres Total VISN 8 Leased NUSF: 1,671,490 VBA Regional Offices: 2 VA National Cemeteries: 8 The Nation s Largest Network of VA Hospitals and Clinics

6 VISN 8 Medical Centers C.W. Young VA Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL Orlando VA Medical Center, Orlando, FL West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, FL James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL Lake City VA Medical Center, Lake City, FL Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, Gainesville, FL Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, FL San Juan VA Medical Center, San Juan, PR 6

7 NCO8 Structure Healthcare System Contracting Office Locations VA Sunshine Healthcare Network VISN 8 Headquarters St. Petersburg, FL Miami, FL San Juan, PR Tampa, FL Gainesville, FL (Supports Lake City) Bay Pines, FL Orlando, FL West Palm Beach, FL Contracting Professionals Purchase Products and Services by Product Lines: Commodities Services Prosthetics Construction Medical Sharing (Doctors, Nurses, etc.) Leasing (Real Estate and associated services) 7

8 Acquisitions and Contractual Authority Acquisitions and contractual commitments can only be made by Government officials having expressed authority to enter into such agreements on behalf of the United States Government. The ONLY Government officials with such authority are Warranted Contracting Officials. Any discussions of contractual requirements do not constitute contractual direction or authorization of any kind. Future contractual directions, If ANY, shall ONLY come from the cognizant Department of Veterans Affairs Warranted Contracting Officer. 8

9 FY14 Goals & Results Socioeconomic Category SECVA Goals VISN 8 Dollars Awarded Small Business (SB) 34.77% 39.17% $295M Service Disabled Veteran Owned SB 10% 16.47% $124M Veteran Owned SB 12% 18.03% $136M HUBZone SB 3% 3.42% $26M Small Disadvantaged Business (including Section 8(a)) 5% 9.99% $75M Woman Owned SB 5% 3.69% $28M VISN 8 Awarded $260M to Veteran Owned Small Businesses in FY14. 9

10 NCO8 Small Business Program Strives to Exceed VHA Small Business Goals Ensures Small Businesses Receive Fair Opportunity to Compete for VISN 8 Requirements 10

11 Small Business Programs Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Set Asides or Sole Source (Public Law ) Veteran Owned Small Business Set Asides or Sole Source (Public Law ) Contracting with SBA (The 8(a) Program) (FAR 19.8) OR Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zone Set Asides (FAR 19.13) OR Woman Owned and Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Set Asides (FAR 19.15) Set Asides for Small Business (FAR 19.5) 11

12 How Do We Buy? Required Sources of Supplies and Services Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) Part 8 VA Mandatory Contracts Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) Contracts Awarded by the National Acquisition Center (NAC) in Federal Supply Classification (FSC) 65 and 66 VA Strategic Sourcing Contracts/Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) NASA Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement (SEWP) 12

13 How Do We Buy? (Cont.) Prime Vendor Programs (Orders Placed by Logistics) Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor (MSPV) Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor (PPV) Subsistence Prime Vendor (SPV) Full & Open Competition after Exclusion of Sources (Small Business Programs) Full & Open Competition (Open to all vendors) 13

14 Priority When Buying Open Market a) Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) b) Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) The VETS First Program only applies to open market purchases. 14

P.L. 109 461 Set Aside Authorities Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB): Competitive Unlimited by dollar value Sole Source Limited to $5M Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB):

15 P.L Set Aside Authorities Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB): Competitive Unlimited by dollar value Sole Source Limited to $5M Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB): Competitive Unlimited by dollar value Sole Source Limited to $5M As a result of Public Law , VA is authorized to award sole source contracts and/or set aside contracts for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB). From 01/01/2008 to 09/30/2014, the VA OIG Office of Investigations indicted 44 individuals/ companies; arrested 40 individuals; and as of 09/30/2014, convicted 33 individuals/ companies, resulting in $13.9M in fines and court ordered forfeitures. In each of these cases, Federal suspension/debarment was pursued. As of 09/30/2014, there are 81 open investigative SDVOSB cases. press releases.asp 15

16 Verification Logos These are the officially recognized symbols of your success and are only issued to Verified Veterans and Service-Disabled Veterans! 16

VISN 8 Forecasting Site https://www.vendorportal.

17 VISN 8 Forecasting Site 17

18 VISN 8 Forecasting Site 18

19 VISN 8 Business Opportunities 19

20 VISN 8 Business Opportunities (Cont.) 20

21 VISN 8 Top NAICS Codes FY14 Small Business Actions % Small Business Actions Small Business Dollars % Small Business Dollars 6 digit NAICS Code (Description) Total Actions Total Dollars (PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION MANUFACTURING) 2,937 $229M 46 2% $1M 1% (MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES MERCHANT WHOLESALERS) 2,638 $74M 2,142 81% $62M 84% (COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION) 312 $70M % $70M 100% (SURGICAL APPLIANCE AND SUPPLIES MANUFACTURING) 4,207 $46M 1,297 31% $15 32% (SURGICAL AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING) 1,673 $28M % $15M 53% (ELECTROMEDICAL AND ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS MANUFACTURING) 1,374 $25M 105 8% $3M 12% (OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES) 278 $19M % $17M 91% (ANALYTICAL LABORATORY INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING) 143 $14M 51 36% $2M 12% (ALL OTHER OUTPATIENT CARE CENTERS) 15 $11M 5 33% $19K 0% (SPECIAL NEEDS TRANSPORTATION) 21 $10M 20 95% $10M 99% (TEMPORARY HELP SERVICES) 97 $10M 82 85% $8M 76% (JANITORIAL SERVICES) 50 $10M 43 86% $8M 80% (BLOOD AND ORGAN BANKS) 56 $9M 0 0% $0 0% (LABORATORY APPARATUS AND FURNITURE MANUFACTURING) 94 $8M 7 7% $210K 3% (ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS FOOD MANUFACTURING) 2,524 $7M 0 0% $0 0% (OTHER ELECTRONIC AND PRECISION EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE) 792 $7M % $2M 30% Data is from the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS): 21

22 Locating Contracting Opportunities GSA ebuy NASA SEWP Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) Forecast of Contracting Opportunities (FCO) 22

23 Additional Resources VA OSDBU: Small Business Development Center (SBDC) assistance/sbdc Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) us.org/new/ Small Business Administration (SBA) 23

24 Improve Your Chances SDVOSBs and VOSBs must register with the Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) to participate in the VETS First Contracting Program Review Agency Forecasts of Contracting Opportunities (FCO) Ensure Your Information is Accurate Register in the System for Award Management (SAM ) for the NAICS in which you hold expertise Obtain Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) Account Consider VA and GSA Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) Accept Government Purchase Cards (GPC) Sharpen Your Pencil Competitive Pricing Review the Entire Solicitation and Evaluation Criteria Take Advantage of Capacity Building resources: (e.g. PTAC, SBDC, SBA, etc.) Maintain ACTIVE Registrations with SAM and VETBIZ your 1 2 capability statement to Derrick.Williams6@va.gov 24

25 Questions 25

26 VISN 8: VA Sunshine Healthcare Network VISN 8: VA Sunshine Healthcare Network Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8) Derrick Williams Small Business Liaison U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Phone: Derrick.Williams6@va.gov

How to Do Business with Network Contract Office 16. Travis A. Sippel Small Business Liaison NCO 16

How to Do Business with Network Contract Office 16 Travis A. Sippel Small Business Liaison NCO 16 Overview SBL Network Contracting Office 16 East Texas* Oklahoma* Louisiana Mississippi Arkansas Florida