Inc. 5000 named 38 businesses who graduated from the Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP) in its annual list of fastest growing companies in America. Of the 38 VIP Graduate companies listed, 19 of them were also featured on last year’s Inc. 5000 list. 11 awardees are in top 25%.
VIP is a certification training program designed for veteran-owned companies to increase their ability to win government contracts by establishing best business practices. VIP arms veteran-owned small businesses to win contracts in the Federal Marketplace. VIP participants are provided with specific knowledge and best practices to help accelerate their businesses. Some of the session topics include Strategic Planning in the Federal Marketplace, Financing Solutions in the Federal Marketplace, Labor Rules & Regulations: Federal Market Compliance, and Marketing to Win.
The VIP program includes five (5) educational training curriculums for owners, principals, and C‐level executives of VOSB/SDVOSBs. Those programs are VIP START, VIP GROW, VIP ADVANCE, VIP INTERNATIONAL and VIP AEROSPACE. To date, VIP has trained over 2,300 veteran-owned companies across all 50 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam.
Click here to see who made the list.
The VIP Graduate companies featured on the list include:
| Rank | VIP Graduate Company |
| 34 | Goldschmitt and Associates LLC |
| 108 | Black Box Safety, Inc. |
| 115 | rockITdata, LLC |
| 261 | Distributed Technology Group LLC |
| 343 | Windsor Group LLC |
| 387 | RP Professional Services, LLC |
| 406 | Caladwich Consulting LLC |
| 459 | Sierra 7, Inc. |
| 491 | OneZero Solutions, LLC |
| 1112 | ThinkTek, LLC |
| 1131 | Dominguez Design-Build, Inc. |
| 1290 | Vectrona-Ita Solutions, LLC |
| 1342 | Advanced Program Analytics, LLC |
| 1352 | Veratics, Inc. dba GoVets |
| 1391 | Green Powered Technology LLC |
| 1792 | PingWind Inc. |
| 2056 | IT Concepts, Inc. |
| 2173 | H2L Solutions, Inc. |
| 2300 | EGA Associates, LLC |
| 2343 | Blake Willson Group, LLC |
| 2358 | 3 Reasons Consulting, LLC |
| 2523 | EM Key Solutions, Inc. |
| 3023 | Athena Technology Group, Inc. (ATG) |
| 3074 | Mayvin, Inc. |
| 3255 | Powder River Industries, LLC |
| 3708 | Oxley Enterprises, Inc |
| 3863 | Objective Area Solutions, LLC |
| 3885 | Greencastle Associates Consulting |
| 3928 | Joint Strategic Technologies (JST) |
| 3968 | Shoup Legal, a Professional Law Corporation |
| 4306 | RB Consulting, Inc. |
| 4533 | scDataCom |
| 4567 | Seventh Sense Consulting, LLC |
| 4583 | COLUMBIA Technologies |
| 4702 | TIME Systems, LLC |
| 4894 | Pathfinder Consultants, LLC |
| 4943 | ACE Consulting Company, LLC |
| 4973 | TISTA Science and Technology Corporation |
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VIP Launches New Continued Education Programming
Based on graduate survey feedback, the Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP) in support of SBA, and the Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC), has developed a new opportunity for veteran business owners to take a deeper dive on relevant market topics with: VIP Continued Education Workshop.
The first workshop will be about Developing a Pipeline.
This workshop will be broken up into 4 sessions – veteran business owners are welcome to register for any and all sessions. There is no limit on how many representatives from their company can register.
All sessions will be held from 11:00AM – 12:30PM (EST).
More info about our first workshop is below:
What You Will Learn: Increase Your Win Rates! Join us as the subject-matter experts provide a hands-on, market-based instruction on how to identify opportunities and walk you through the elements of developing an effective pipeline.
Feb 7, 2023
Session 1: Learn How to Identify Which Customers Have Money to Spend and Their Forecast
Instructor: Ann Sullivan, Madison Services Group
What You Will Learn: Government funding is mostly public information, but you have to know how to find it and follow it. This course will teach you how to “follow the money” by understanding the Congressional funding process and where to find the latest funding information. Learn how to elevate your company by becoming a thought leader and advocate.
Feb 9, 2023
Session 2: Market Research Tools
Instructor: Richard Schreiber, GSA
A Demo of a Market Research Tool to Help You Understand Agency Spend, and Where Your Business Fits Into the Federal Marketplace
Feb 21, 2023
Session 3: Hands-On Exercise on How to Customize Product Searches When Using Market Research Tools
Instructor: Judy Bradt, Summit Insight
o How to define your research goals
o Which data fields are most valuable for opportunity identification
o How to create the recommended “storyboard” field selection for a comprehensive ad-hoc report
o The steps to export your data to Excel
o How to create pivot tables of your data
o How to use resulting data views to identify leads, partners, competitors, acquisition strategies, and opportunities for engagement & business
Feb 23, 2023
Session 4: Developing and Managing a Pipeline
Instructor: Carlos Rivera, Vysnova Partners, Inc.
What You Will Learn: The session will provide insights and strategies for researching and qualifying federal contract opportunities to help you develop and manage an effective pipeline. These efforts will help you increase your win rates by targeting those opportunities that are a better fit for your company.
CLICK HERE to register.
VIP NEWS
VIP START Graduates Win $50M Contract
Our GRADS are WINNING! 3 VIP Graduates teamed up and were awarded a $50M contract!
Hear their story here.
Jorge Rodriguez, Steri-Tech Medical Innovations LLC, graduated from VIP START in June 2020.
Kwasi Mensah, Correa Logistics LLC, graduated from VIP START in June 2021.
Anthony Manca, ShireWire Global Sales & Distribution, LLC graduated from VIP START, GROW, INTERNATIONAL and AEROSPACE.
The trio continues to work together on other opportunities and are a true testament to how VIP is more than just a course, it’s a community you join that accelerates your success in the Federal marketplace.
UPDATE as of 1/10/23:
- ShireWire Global Sales & Distribution, LLC was awarded (as a Prime) a 7 year/40-million-dollar Massachusetts (ITC-80) state contact. Steri-Tech Medical Innovations LLC is a subcontractor on this contract.
- Steri-Tech Medical Innovations LLC was awarded a 6 year/75-million-dollar Massachusetts (HSP-45) contract, with ShireWire Global Sales & Distribution, LLC and Correa Logistics LLC as subcontractors.
Within a 6 month period, this VIP GRAD trio has won over $160M in Massachusetts state contracts for the next 5-7 years.
“Without VIP, this would have never happened. The knowledge and relationships VIP has given us has created this wonderful result. 2023 is going to be a very fun year for us,” shared Anthony Manca.
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VIP GRAD Company Selected to Join Prototype Manufacturing Team for New U.S. Army Attack Helicopter
VIP Graduate Company M2 Global Technology Ltd. has been selected to be part of the prototype manufacturing team for the “Bell Textron 360 Invictus” U.S. Army AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter. M2 Global has supplied over 450 parts.
This helicopter was designed to carry a large array of munitions with a top speed of 207 MPH and a range of 155 miles.
This aircraft will start ground run up tests, with the first flight scheduled for early 2023. Click here for more information.
M2 Global Technology Ltd. graduated from VIP GROW in April 2021.
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Guidance for Self-Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) Concerning Transfer of Verification Function to Small Business Administration (SBA)
Dear Veteran-Owned Businesses and Stakeholders,
The attached guidance is part of a continuing effort to inform the Veteran business community of changes taking place concerning the transfer of the verification function. This is for SDVOSBs currently self-certified as such in the Federal government’s System for Award Management (SAM).
As explained in the attachment, self-certified SDVOSBs generally should not seek verification with VA. After the January 1, 2023, transfer date, and before January 1, 2024, a self-certified SDVOSB should submit its application to SBA. This will enable the firm to take advantage of the grace period provided in the transfer law.
An exception applies if a currently self-certified SDVOSB is expecting to seek SDVOSB set-aside or sole source contracts from VA. Verification is still required for such opportunities. If a firm is currently self-certified and anticipates it will begin competing for such contracts, it must submit an application in the VA system prior to the October 24, 2022, deadline. Please see the attached guidance for further details.
Start-up firms and new entrants into the field of government contracting will need to consider what makes most sense according to their business plans, and apply this guidance to their particular situation. If they intend to do business with VA as SDVOSBs, they need to initiate their application for verification; if they intend to do business with other agencies, they should consider self-certifying in SAM until the January 1, 2023, transfer date.
Click here to learn more:
VIP NEWS
36 VIP Graduate Companies Featured on 2022 Inc. 5,000 List
Inc. 5000 named 36 businesses who graduated from the Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP) in its annual list of fastest growing companies in America. Of the 36 VIP Graduate companies listed, 19 of them were also featured on last year’s Inc. 5000 list and 12 are in the top 1,000.
VIP is a certification training program designed for veteran-owned companies to increase their ability to win government contracts by establishing best business practices. VIP arms veteran-owned small businesses to win contracts in the Federal Marketplace. VIP participants are provided with specific knowledge and best practices to help accelerate their businesses. Some of the session topics include Strategic Planning in the Federal Marketplace, Financing Solutions in the Federal Marketplace, Labor Rules & Regulations: Federal Market Compliance, and Marketing to Win.
The VIP program includes five (5) educational training curriculums for owners, principals, and C‐level executives of VOSB/SDVOSBs. Those programs are VIP START, VIP GROW, VIP ADVANCE, VIP INTERNATIONAL and VIP AEROSPACE. To date, VIP has trained over 2,000 veteran-owned companies across all 50 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam.
The VIP Graduate companies featured on the list include:
| Company Name | Rank |
| LAUNCHTECH | 42 |
| RP Professional Services, LLC | 74 |
| OneZero Solutions, LLC | 111 |
| PingWind Inc. | 129 |
| Distributed Technology Group LLC | 190 |
| Sierra 7, Inc. | 457 |
| Dominguez Design-Build, Inc. | 546 |
| ThinkTek, LLC | 687 |
| Securable, LLC | 694 |
| E-INFOSOL LLC | 804 |
| Vectrona-Ita Solutions, LLC | 880 |
| 3 Reasons Consulting, LLC | 955 |
| SDV International, LLC | 1092 |
| Goldschmitt and Associates LLC | 1107 |
| EGA Associates, LLC | 1285 |
| Qmulos LLC | 1958 |
| Advanced IT Concepts, Inc. | 2054 |
| MO Studio | 2088 |
| GenTech Associates, Inc. | 2246 |
| TIME Systems, LLC | 2338 |
| Civility Management Solutions | 2625 |
| Veterans Alliance Resourcing, Inc. | 2679 |
| Pathfinder Consultants, LLC | 2753 |
| Nationwide Pharmaceutical, LLC | 2855 |
| REDCON Solutions Group | 2897 |
| Topsarge Business Solutions, LLC (TBS) | 3664 |
| Athena Technology Group, Inc. (ATG) | 3691 |
| scDataCom | 3693 |
| ACE Consulting Company, LLC | 3725 |
| Ops Tech Alliance, LLC | 3755 |
| Seventh Sense Consulting, LLC | 3899 |
| G2 Innovative Solutions, Inc. (G2IS) | 4033 |
| Sandoval Technology Solutions, LLC | 4226 |
| The Mayvin Consulting Group, Inc | 4502 |
| Agil3 Technology Solutions LLC | 4644 |
| Premier Enterprise Solutions, LLC | 4672 |
VIP NEWS
VA Center for Verification and Evaluation Transfer – August 2022 Update
Please read the following message from the U.S. Small Business Administration
Dear Veteran-Owned Businesses and Stakeholders,
We are pleased to share with you updates related to the upcoming transfer of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), effective January 1, 2023.
In July, we released a proposed rule around the Veteran-Owned Small Business and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business certification program. Public comments were due on August 5. Thank you to the veteran community for submitting your comments and feedback. We are reviewing your responses and updating the proposed rule for interagency clearance. The final rule will be in place by December 1, 2022.
In addition, we are excited to announce that we selected a tech vendor to build the VOSB and SDVOSB certification platform at SBA. We are working hard to onboard and collaborate with the vendor to stand up this platform before the transfer date.
We look forward to providing you with a public update on the CVE transfer on Thursday, September 8, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET. You can join the meeting via Microsoft Teams (https://bit.ly/SeptACVBA2022) or by phone (202-764-1264; conference ID: 947-720-437#).
In the meantime, please continue to direct any questions to our mailbox – cvetransfer@sba.gov.
VIP NEWS
VIP Grad Shares Their Success Story
VIP Grad Grey O. Nina was featured in New York’s Office of General Service’s “Celebrating 1,000 Active and Certified SDVOSB” Video.
Click here to watch.
Grey O. Nina, CEO and founder of G & J Leading Construction Inc., a general construction company located in the Bronx. Since receiving her NYS SDVOB certification, Nina has seen her company’s annual revenues from government and private sector work grow from $14,000 to $8 million in a few years.
G&J Leading Construction Inc is a graduate of VIP START, GROW, INTERNATIONAL and AEROSPACE!
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VIP Graduate Featured in Drone Podcast
ADAPTING TO CHANGE – A DRONE SERVICE PROVIDER PERSPECTIVE
This week VIP Grad Ian Foley was featured on the “Drone Radio Show,” where he discussed the fast-changing UAV landscape. Foley is CEO of Pacific Triangle, a drone service provider delivering integrated platforms and end-to-end solutions for commercial applications in geospatial, oil and gas, mining and electrical utility industries. He is a VIP START and VIP INTERNATIONAL graduate.
Click here to hear the full podcast.
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