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Registration Open - General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) One on One Meetings

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
 Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)
 Direct Access Program (DAP) 

and

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) 

Virtual Business Opportunity Session



Event Date:   May 6, 2025

Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm (EST)

Virtual Format: Powered by Cisco WebEx


Deadline to register for consideration: 3:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 20th or at capacity, whichever comes first
  
GDIT in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Direct Access Program, will host virtual one-on-one meetings with selected companies.

The Virtual One-on-One event is a follow-up to the Virtual Business Opportunity Session conducted on January 23rd.  You are strongly encouraged to review the presentation and recording before registering for a one-on-one session.  

The session recording and presentation may be found at Event Detail  · VetBiz Portal.

Company Opportunities

As one of the largest federal system integrators, GDIT has developed an extensive Commercial Technology Alliance Program. This program and its ecosystem of technology partners is built upon our customers’ mission needs, technology trends, legislative mandates, and appetite for innovation. The strength of this program and GDIT’s agnostic approach to applying technology which ensures that our customers have access to an extensive catalog of proven offerings as well as new and emerging services that can change the way we all do business to support the VA and its mission in serving our veterans.  

  

GDIT seeks specific skills as we grow our capacities to serve the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Upcoming procurements and ongoing needs include professionals with experience in claims processing, fraud waste and abuse, software architecture and development (including DEVSECOPs/agile methodologies), cyber security, robotic process automation, machine learning, data analytics, and cloud. In addition, existing work and strong qualifications from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs are also of interest. It is worth noting that GDIT is not currently pursuing work in medical equipment or facility construction and maintenance. The details below summarize the business sectors, NAICS codes, capabilities, contract vehicles, agencies, and socio-economic categories that are related to this event.

 

GDIT enthusiastically supports VA’s effort to grow the Small Business (SB) community and has partnered with the VA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) as part of its Direct Access Program (DAP) to offer unique opportunities for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs and SDVOSBs) as part of this initiative.   As a large system integrator, we bring a “System of Systems” approach in supporting large Enterprise programs. We are a strong supporter of small businesses and frequently leverage their capabilities to complement our capabilities. Our success is evidenced by outstanding CPAR ratings and client feedback.


Registration Notes:

  • Your registration is only for selection consideration by GDIT for a limited number of 20-minute virtual meetings.
  • Selection and appointment scheduling are at the sole discretion of GDIT.
  • Companies that are not selected will receive communications from GDIT.
  • You must fully complete your profile, upload your capabilities statement, and click “Submit” to complete the meeting consideration process.

 

Business Sectors:

Defense, Security 

• Federal Health

• Civil Government

• Commercial

 

General IT NAICS Codes

541511 Custom Computer Programming Services

541512 Computer Systems Design Services

541519 Other Computer Related Services

 

Capabilities

• Robotic Process Automation

• Supply Chain Management

• Artificial Intelligence

• Cyber Security

• DEVSECOPS/CI/CD tools and methodologies

• Artificial Intelligence

• Cyber Security

• Software-as-a-Service/Low Code No Code Solutions

• Business Process Automation/Organization Change Management

• Human Centered Design

• Mobile Applications Development

• Managed Services

• Cloud Services

 

Federal Socio-Economic Classifications

 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

• Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) and all other small businesses are invited

 

State & Local/Higher Education Socio-Economic Classifications

• SBE - Small Business Enterprise

• DBE - Disadvantage Business Enterprise

• SDBE - Small Disadvantage Business Enterprise

• MBE - Minority Business Enterprise

• WBE - Women Business Enterprise

• MWBE - Minority - Woman Business Enterprise

• GLBT - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender

 

About Company

GDIT is supporting some of the most challenging and important government, defense, and intelligence missions across the country. At VA, our 500+ member team provides a variety of services from software architecture and development to technical service desk support to digitization of Veterans claims records to providing technical training on a variety of VA software applications. 

GDIT is always seeking new small business partners who can bring innovative IT solutions to help us grow and serve the VA Mission.  Through our new Joint Venture, SiloDynamics, LLC, comprised of Silotech Group, Inc., a Woman Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business and General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.  we bring over 50 years of combined experience in health IT management and digital transformation capabilities to the Department of Veterans Affairs. As a prime contractor on the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation Two (T4NG2) multi– agency contract, SiloDynamics, LLC is continuously looking for new small businesses to help advance information technology solutions to enable the modernization of the VA. 

Contract Vehicles

 OASIS SB

• STARS II 8(a)

• Alliant SB

• T4NG/T4NG2

• VECTOR/IHT

• GSA MAS

 

Agencies

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA)

• Department of Defense


Disclosure Statement  

The participation of any commercial entities in VA outreach and training programs does not convey or imply that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs directly or indirectly endorses any product or service provided, or to be provided, by the commercial entity, its successors, assignees, or licensees. Furthermore, the Department of Veterans Affairs does not warrant any services that may be provided by the commercial organizations listed.


If you have questions about the virtual event, please contact the Direct Access Program by e-mail at directaccess@va.gov or by phone at 202-461-4694.
 
 

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