About Sessions .
The primary role of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) is to promote and develop strategies for small business participation in the DHS contracting program while adhering to federal small business regulations and ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion in the procurement process.
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) will conduct virtual Vendor Outreach Sessions (VOS) on July 23, 2020 and August 27, 2020 using various virtual tools. Vendors who wish to participate must provide a valid email address in their profile that can be used with the various virtual tools (i.e. Zoom, Microsoft Teams, etc.) Once your firm receives confirmation of an appointment, you will receive a follow-up email with the virtual meeting invitation. The scheduling dates for appointments are July 16, 2020 and August 20, 2020 at 12:00pm EST. If you have any questions regarding these virtual VOS events, send them to the VOS mailbox at OSDBU.VOS@hq.dhs.gov.
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
June 30, 2022
If you do not schedule any appointments you will not be allowed to attend the VOS session
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Cancellation Policy
In the event the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issues the Federal Government a delayed opening of 2 hours (or more) or closed in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area, the virtual VOS existing appointments will be re-scheduled in accordance with the availability of the Small Business Specialist. In the case of in-house sessions, the VOS will be cancelled. On the morning of the event, please visit www.opm.gov for more information.
Attendance Policy
The VOS is a DHS best practice and a well sought-after industry event. To increase opportunities for more vendors to attend the sessions, DHS will limit vendor attendance to no more than 3 sessions per fiscal year. The scheduling site will automatically suspend a vendor’s ability to register for future sessions once the company has completed its third session.
No Show Policy
The DHS VOS has a wide-reaching interest to the vendor community. Vendors who do not attend their scheduled session take away from another company’s opportunity to attend the session. Therefore, DHS will suspend vendor access to scheduling appointments after two no shows. Based on a firms no-show status, the company will not be able to attend two consecutive vendor outreach sessions that they would previously be eligible to attend.
Vendors must provide the proper cancellation notice either via the My Business Matches (MBM) scheduling site or at OSDBU.VOS@hq.dhs.gov within 24hrs of the VOS, otherwise they are considered a no show. If the vendor cancels via MBM, an automatic email notification of the date and time of the cancellation is sent to the VOS program manager.
Component Small Business Specialists
- CBP
- FEMA
- FLETC
- ICE
- HQ(OPO)
- TSA
- USCIS
- USCG
- USSS
- SBIR
Specific information on potential prime contracting opportunities can be found at https://sam.gov/ or on the DHS Acquisition Planning Forecasting System https://apfs-cloud.dhs.gov/
Prime Contractors
- Booz Allen Hamilton www.doingbusiness.bah.com In search of companies with major lines of business in one or more of the following NAICS codes: 541330, 541715, 541611, 541618, 541690, 541990
- Clean Harbors www.cleanharbors.comIn search of companies with major lines of business in one or more of the following NAICS codes: 324110, 424710, 424720, 324191, 237310
- KPMGKPMG US LLP – KPMG United States (home.kpmg) In search of companies with major lines of business in one or more of the following NAICS codes: 541611, 541211, 541990, 541219, 41715, 541690, 541519, 541512
- Leidos www.leidos.com In search of companies with major lines of business in one or more of the following NAICS codes: 541330, 541511, 541512, 541513
- Leo A Daly https://leoadaly.com/ In search of companies with major lines of business in one or more of the following NAICS codes: 541310, 541320, 541330, 541360, 541370, 541410, 541350
- Battelle http://www.battelle.org In search of companies with major lines of business in one or more of the following NAICS codes: 541715 & 541330
- Acuity International https://acuityinternational.com/ In search of companies with major lines of business in one or more of the following NAICS codes: 236210, 236220, 37990, 238210, 541330, 541350, 541380, 541512, 541612, 541618, 541620, 541990, 561210, 561330, 561612, 561621, 561990, 562910, 611710, 621111, 621112, 621340, 621399, 621493, 621511, 621999, 622110, 622210, 624190, 624230, 713940, 722310
- CoreCivic www.corecivic.com In search of companies with major lines of business in one or more of the following NAICS codes: 541870, 541614
All DHS Vendor Outreach Sessions .
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Regular Vendor Outreach Session June 2022
June 30, 2022Regular Vendor Outreach Session with Small Business Specialists and Prime Contractors.
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Regular Vendor Outreach Session July 2022
July 28, 2022Regular Vendor Outreach Session with Small Business Specialists and Prime Contractors.
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Vendor Outreach Session for 8(a) and Small Disadvantaged Business August 2022
August 25, 2022Vendor Outreach Session reserved for 8(a) and Small Disadvantaged Business companies only.
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No Vendor Outreach Session September 2022
September 1, 2022No Vendor Outreach Sessions scheduled due to end of the fiscal year.