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VA Direct Access Program - AT&T Virtual Business Opportunity Session

Date: Wednesday, January 27, 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: UnJvpn$2

https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/lsr.php?RCID=83518d770319556f7735b3443ae0e817

AT&T, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Direct Access Program, is participating in a virtual business opportunity session.

Company Opportunities

AT&T is seeking small businesses to prime and subcontract to clients for the following Business Sectors, NAICS, Capabilities, Agencies, Contract Vehicles and socioeconomic classifications as outlined below.

Business Sectors:

AT&T targets small businesses associated with the following business sectors for this opportunity:

• Department of Defense

• All Civilian and Federal Government agencies

Applicable NAICS:

AT&T targets companies that specialize in operations related to the following NAICS codes:

NAICS Description

517311 Wired Telecommunications Carriers

517312 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)

517410 Satellite Telecommunications

517911 Telecommunications Resellers

517919 All Other Telecommunications

541511 Custom Computer Programming Services

541512 Computer Systems Design Services

541513 Computer Facilities Management Services

541519 Other Computer Related Services

541330 Engineering Services

541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services

541614 Process, Physical Distribution, And Logistics Consulting Services

541618 Other Management Consulting Services

Capabilities:

The following trades are of interest to AT&T:

• Cyber Security

• Software Development

• Unified Communications

• Mobile Applications

• Cloud Management and Computing

• Telecommunications

• Network Engineering

• Program Management

• Systems Engineering

• Mobility (cell phone, Wi-Fi)

• Facilities mgmt. (cabling, call center)

• Management Services - LAN/WAN

• Data Engineering/Analysis

Agencies:

AT&T targets companies that have past performance or current operations with the following Federal agencies:

• Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

• All other Federal Government agencies

Contract Vehicles: (Optional)

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

• OASIS SB

• STARS II 8(a)

• Alliant SB

• Alliant 2SB

• CIO-SP3 SB

• VETS 2

• GSA IT70

• Stand-alone contracts

• All others

Desired Federal Socio-Economic Classifications:

AT&T encourages companies with the following federal socioeconomic classifications to participate in this opportunity:

• 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)

• Alaska-Native Corporation (ANC)

About AT&T

AT&T Public Sector Solutions

AT&T is committed to collaborating with qualified small businesses who can work with our Public Sector Solutions organization to build highly efficient and diversified teams that provide excellent customer service to the federal government.

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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+1 202-461-4694

DirectAccess@va.gov

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