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VA - Direct Access Program - GDIT – Your Vision; Your Future; Innovation and Trust in Every Step - Virtual Business Opportunity Session

Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Time: 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST Location: Virtual session powered by Cisco Webex

Virtual Session Recording:

To access the session recording, please click the link below. The access password: Ev7WJYM?

https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/lsr.php?RCID=2843df5876acbf7164d5c171610bbe84

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Direct Access Program, is participating in a virtual business opportunity session.

Company Opportunities

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 Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365), fraud waste and abuse, software architecture and development (including 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.

Business Sectors:

• Defense, Security & Justice

• Federal Health

• Civil Government

• State & Local/Higher Education

• Commercial

Applicable NAICS:

General IT NAICS Codes

NAICS Description

541511 Custom Computer Programming Services

541512 Computer Systems Design Services

541513 Computer Facilities Management Services

541519 Other Computer Related Services

Precision Medicine NAICS Codes

NAICS Description

339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing

339113 Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing

621511 Medical Laboratories

325411 Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing

Capabilities

• Robotic Process Automation

• Precision Medicine

• Artificial Intelligence

• Cyber Security

• Software-as-a-Service

• Human Capital as a Service

• Mobile Applications

• Managed Services

• Cloud Services

Contract Vehicles

• OASIS SB

• STARS II 8(a)

• Alliant SB

Agencies

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

• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

• United States Army

• U.S. Department of Health Human Services (HHS)

Federal Socio-Economic Classifications

• Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

• Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB)

• 8(a)

• Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)

• Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB)

• Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZones)

• Minority-owned (Black-owned; Native American, Native Alaskan, Native Hawaiian, etc.)

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. As a recipient of the 2021 Military Friendly Employer and the 2020 U.S Veterans Magazine Top Supplier Diversity and Top Veteran-Friendly Companies, GDIT is always seeking new small business partners who can bring innovative IT solutions to help us grow and serve the VA Mission.

If you have questions about this 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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