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Direct Access Program - VHA Procurement & Logistics Office (P&LO) Regional Program Office (RPO) Central NCO 9 Quarterly Virtual Business Opportunity Session

VHA Procurement & Logistics Office (P&LO) Regional Program Office (RPO) Central Quarterly Virtual Business Opportunity Session with NCO 9

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)

Direct Access Program (DAP)

and

VHA Procurement & Logistics Office (P&LO)

Regional Program Office (RPO) Central NCO 9

Virtual Business Opportunity Session

Date: May 19, 2022

Time: 3:00PM - 4:00PM (EST)

Virtual Format: Powered by Cisco WebEx

NCO 9 will host the Regional Procurement Office Central's Quarterly Virtual Business Opportunity Session to provide information for those small business vendors wishing to do business with the VA and NCO 9.

Virtual Session Recording
To access the session recording, click the link below.

WebEx webinar recording: VHA Procurement & Logistics Office (P&LO) Regional Program Office (RPO) Central NCO 9 Virtual Business Opportunity Ses-20220519 1900-1

Recording link: https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/lsr.php?RCID=cbdea2563ee38cd23e22fd333a2d444b

The recording access password is: fTkR5mZ*

Session Presentation: RPOC DAP Presentation - NCO9- Final.pdf

Applicable Services:

Healthcare

Construction

Services

Applicable NAICS:

NAICS Description

621111 Office of Physicians

811219 Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance

236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Socio economic categories:

Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB)

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

8(a)

Small Disadvantaged Business

Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB)

Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone’s)

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

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Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (eastern)

+1 202-461-4694

DirectAccess@va.gov

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