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VA Direct Access Program - GDIT Virtual Business Opportunity Session - Empowering and Igniting Women-Owned Business through Strategic Partnerships

Date: Thursday, March 18, 2021

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

Virtual Session Recording:
To access the session recording, please click the link below. The access password: 8aBWtsr$

https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/ldr.php?RCID=1636206b4c8c600a2e8553a5979bc221

GDIT, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Direct Access Program, is conducting a virtual business opportunity session.

Company Opportunities

GDIT seeks specific skills as the company grows its capacities to serve the VA. 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 VA are also of interest.

Please note: GDIT is not currently pursuing work in medical equipment or facility construction and maintenance.

Business Sectors:

GDIT targets companies associated with the following business sectors:

• Defense, Security & Justice

• Federal Health

• Civil Government

• State & Local/Higher Education

• Commercial

Applicable NAICS:

GDIT targets companies that specialize in operations related to the following NAICS codes:

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

339121 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing

339113 Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing

621511 Medical Laboratories

254111 Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing

Capabilities:

The following capabilities are of interest to GDIT:

• Artificial Intelligence

• Automation

• Data Science

• Analytics

• Robotic Process Automation

• Data Architecture

• Machine Learning

• Software-as-a-Service

• IT Agile and DevOps

• Healthcare/clinical

Agencies:

GDIT targets companies that have past performance or current operations with the following Federal agencies:

• Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

• United States Army

• Deparment of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Contract Vehicles:

GDIT is interested in companies with current or past operations related to the following contract vehicles:

• OASIS SB

• STARS II 8(a)

• Alliant SB

Desired Federal Socioeconomic Classifications:

GDIT encourages companies with the following federal socioeconomic classifications to participate in this opportunity:

• Small Disadvantaged Women-Owned Businesses

• Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB)

• Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZones)

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

Desired State & Local/Higher Education Socioeconomic Classifications:

GDIT encourages companies with the following state & local/higher education socioeconomic classifications to participate in this opportunity:

• SBE - Small Business Enterprise

• DBE - Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

• SDBE - Small Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

• MBE - Minority Business Enterprise

• WBE - Women Business Enterprise

• MWBE - Minority - Woman Business Enterprise

• GLBT - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender

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.

About GDIT

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.

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