Welcome to VOS

About Sessions .

Welcome to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Vendor Outreach Session (VOS) Scheduling System

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), in conjunction with DHS operational Small Business Specialists (SBS), appointed in each organizational component, sponsors a series of small business Vendor Outreach Sessions featuring pre-arranged 15-minute appointments with the SBS and several large contractors that currently have prime contracts with DHS. These sessions provide the small business community an opportunity to discuss and learn about potential procurements.

Scheduled participants from DHS may include representatives from DHS Headquarters/Office of Procurement Operations (HQ OPO), the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), the U.S. Secret Service (USSS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a representative from our Small Business Innovative Research Program (SBIR) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

In addition to sessions featuring meetings with DHS SBS, firms will also be able to schedule appointments with DHS large business prime contractors to discuss subcontracting opportunities, mentor-protégé relationships, teaming, and other potential topics of mutual interest.

The VOS sessions are very popular with the small business community and fill up very quickly. Your firm must create a profile prior to being able to schedule for a VOS session. This profile can be created at any time. Scheduling information for each VOS session is indicated for each of the session dates below.

Monthly Research

This section below provides information on the components and large business prime contractors that will be attending our upcoming DHS Vendor Outreach Session. It is important that prior to each DHS VOS scheduling that your firm researches the components’ mission and/or the large primes.

Next Session

August 16, 2018

If you do not schedule any appointments you will not be allowed to attend the VOS session

Time: 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Check-in: 8:30 AM

Homeland Security Acquisition Institute

90 K St., NE
Washington, DC 20002

DHS Counselors

  • DHS Headquarters Office of Procurement Operations (HQ)
  • Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • United States Coast Guard (USCG)
  • United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
  • Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
  • United States Secret Service (USSS)

Specific information on potential prime contracting opportunities can be found at www.fbo.gov or on the DHS Acquisition Planning Forecasting System www.apfs.dhs.gov

Large Business Prime Contractors

  • Booze Allen Hamilton is searching for Analytics, bid data capabilities, cyber & intelligence analysis. More information about Booze Allen Hamilton at www.boozallen.com/
  • BAE Systems is searching for Enhanced IT & Cybersecurity, Geospatial Intelligence, C4ISR, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance, IT Managed Services, Cloud and Data Services, Network Engineering, Data Analytics. More information about BAE Systems at www.baesystems.com/supplierdiversity.
  • Alion Science and Technology is searching for Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning, Human Machine Collaboration, Predictive Analytics / Big Data Analytics, Advanced Data and Signal Processing, Cyber (Offense and Defense) Technologies, C4ISR Technologies / PED Technologies, Remote Sensing Technologies ( Components, Systems), Autonomous System Technology, Electronic Warfare and CEMA Technologies, PNT (Position Navigation and Timing) Technology. More information about Alion Science and Technology at www.alionscience.com.
  • Northrop Grumman is searching for Cables & Connectors (RF Distribution and PWBS, CCAs and Power Supplies, Mechanical TRM (T/R Modules) & MMIC (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits), RF and Digital Products), Software defined radio (Waveforms (software), Software coding and testing, Software documentation (Software development and Software sustainment of communications networks including: Field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), Joint Tactical Radio Systems (JTRS), Software communications architecture (SCA), Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW), Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW), Mobile ad hoc networks (manet), Communications security (commsec) and transport security (transec)), Cyber Security & Information Assurance (Enterprise Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Agile Technology, Big Data Analytics/ Heath IT, Virtualization/Cloud & Mobile computing, Geospatial, Software Engineering). More information about Northrop Grumman at www.northropgrumman.com.
  • Verizon is searching for IT Professional Services, Cybersecurity, Cloud & Data Center, Unified Communications, Connected Machines. More information on Verizon at www.verizonenterprise.com.

Next DHS VOS Scheduling

Opens on August 9, 2018 at 12:00 PM EST

All DHS Vendor Outreach Sessions .

DHS would like to thank you for your interest in DHS procurements. For any general questions about the VOS sessions contact our general mailbox at OSDBU.VOS@hq.dhs.gov