Veterans Affairs

The webinar will focus on the fine points of the Commercial Sales Practices Format (CSP-1), including:

• What the CSP is and how it is reviewed;
• Annual commercial sales calculations & estimated Government sales;
• Standard commercial sales practice deviations & justifications;
• Requirements for resellers with insignificant commercial sales;
• The difference between the CSP table and proposed pricing spreadsheet.

Webinar Info
Topic:  Commercial Sales Practices Format

VA FSS Service is proud to announce a new training program for our prospective vendors and current contractors.  Designed to teach on the various aspects of the VA Schedule solicitation proposal submission and review process, this training program will increase our organizational transparency and provide participants with an open forum for discussions with VA Schedule subject matter experts.

To reach the widest audience possible, this training program will feature live webinars, podcasts, blogs, and enhanced training articles in our monthly newsletter.

This month’s newsletter offers great information about the upcoming National Veteran Small Business Conference, scheduled for June 26—29, 2012 in Detroit, MI.  Read the In the News section to learn more about these system changes and how they impact you.

Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC)

Established on October 1, 2010, the Captain James A.

For all VA Schedule contract holders:

President Obama signed the Improper Payments Elimination Recovery Act of 2010 (IPERA) with the goal of reducing the federal government’s improper payments.  Electronic invoicing is the leading technological solution to prevent improper payments by eliminating error-prone manual processing.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is one of the premier advocates of small businesses.  While small business set-asides are not allowed under the VA Federal Supply Schedules Program, we seek to utilize small businesses as much as possible.

In fact, for purchases made under the VA Federal Supply Schedule Program, VA ordering facilities may: