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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Small Business Update A Briefing for the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs Briefing by Sharon Ridley, Deputy Executive Director for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) September 3, 2020 This is a text-only version of a presentation delivered during the Advisory Committee on Business Affairs quarterly meeting. Slides marked with an asterisk indicate that there are accompanyinggraphsavailable.Pleasereachouttoveteransbusiness@sba.govforacopyofthe original presentation and to view the graphs. SLIDE 1 – TITLE SLIDE SLIDE 2 – AGENDA • IncreasingProcurementOpportunities forVeteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs) • VA Acquisitions COVID-19Initiatives • Center for Verification andEvaluation SLIDE 3 – VA SMALL BUSINESS PERFORMANCE* VAprovidesprocurementopportunitiesfor allsmallbusinesses.However,Service-Disabled Veteran-OwnedSmallBusinesses(SDVOSBs)andVeteran-OwnedSmallBusinesses(VOSBs) are given the highestpriority. All small business (2020): • VA Goal: 28.2% • VA Achievement: 31.9% • VA Dollars (Billions):$6.495 SDVOSB (2020): • VA Goal: 15.0% • VA Achievement: 23.8% • VA Dollars (Billions):$4.853 VOSB (2020): • VA Goal: 17.0% • VA Achievement: 24.0% • VA Dollars (Billions):$4.887 Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) – includes 8(a) (2020): • VA Goal: 5.0% • VA Achievement: 10.9% • VA Dollars (Billions):$2.221

Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) (2020): • VA Goal: 5.0% • VA Achievement: 3.0% • VA Dollars (Billions):$0.617 Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) (2020): • VA Goal: 3.0% • VA Achievement: 2.3% • VA Dollars (Billions):$0.471 Source: Federal Procurement Data System. FiscalYear 2020YTD data reported as of August 6, 2020. SLIDE 4 – PARTICIPATION IN COVID-19 CONTRACT ACTIONS As of August 11, 2020 • Small Business: 43.0% • Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business: 31.9% • Veteran-Owned Small Business: 32.5% TOTAL: $1.119 Billion SLIDE 5 – EMERGENCY ACQUISITION FLEXIBILITIES • TheSeniorProcurementExecutivereleasedamemorandumregardingemergency flexibilities to addressCOVID-19. • Key takeaways: o No changes to Veterans First requirements and hierarchy o VA Rule of Two continues to be followed o Micro-purchaseandSimplifiedAcquisitionThresholdincreasedtemporarilyfor COVID-19 actions only • FederalProcurementDataSystemuserscanidentifyCOVID-19transactionsby filtering “National Interest Description” and selecting “COVID-192020” SLIDE 6 – CENTER FOR VERIFICATION PROCESSING TIMES Good News: • The FY 2020 to date total time to complete an application is only 34 days . • The authorized regulatory time frame is 90 days . SLIDE 7 – CENTER FOR VERIFICATION STATISTICS* Number of Applications: • Created o July: 1,490 o August (in progress): 127

• Submitted o July: 712 o August (in progress): 53 • Completed (excl. withdrawals) o July: 1,325 o August (in progress): 172 Processed Simplified Reverification: • July: 106 • August (in progress): 11 Site Visits: • July: 36 • FYTD: 353 Total Number of Verified Firms: 14,322 • SDVOSB: 11,114 • VOSB: 3,208 SLIDE 8 – CVE 2020 EFFICIENCIES AND PROCESS HIGHLIGHTS • Simplified renewal process has led to a 15% increase in efficiency in the CVE process • Full Federal processing program of cases has led to a 2% increase in efficiency in the CVE process • Reduced risk case processing program decreases time for Federal Review by up to 74% • All Veteran applicants still assigned a personal case analyst to provide superlative customer service • Issues can be fixed withadditional information or updated businessdocuments within the process • Robust customer service call center and risk program SLIDE 9 – STATUS OF CVE TRANSFER TO SBA 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) • Two versions of the NDAA – each has passed their respective house o H.R. 6395 includes the text of H.R. 1615, a stand-alone bill that lays out the Government-widecertificationofSDVOSBs.Ittransfersallpeopleandassetsof CVE to SBA. Discussion of H.R. 1615 was held at previous meetings o S. 4049 does not include the Federal certification of SDVOSBs nor the transfer of CVE toSBA

• Differences to be resolved in conference committee - Conference committees are usually convened to resolve bicameral differences on major and controversial legislation SLIDE 10 – STAY CONNECTED WITH OSDBU OSDBU Help Desk: • Phone: 1–866–584–2344 • Email: vip@va.gov • Hours: 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Eastern Time) OSDBU Website: https://www.va.gov/osdbu/ Social Media: • Twitter: https://twitter.com/VAVetBiz • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VAVetBiz/ • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VAOSDBU