What Is The Women Veteran-Owned Small Business Initiative?

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“The Women Veteran-Owned Small Business Initiative (WVOSBI) is the first program of its kind in the federal government. WVOSBI’s mission is to equip, empower and educate Women Veteran entrepreneurs for success and economic opportunities.”

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“The WVOSBI seeks to:

• Collaborate and leverage commercial and other government agency intellectual capital

• Raise awareness of the need to increase Women Veteran-Owned Small Business (WVOSB) utilization in the Federal and Commercial marketplace

• Expand and enable access, economic, procurement and learning opportunities for WVOSBs

• Increase collaboration with other Federal agencies, commercial entities, non-profits, and educational institutions

• Foster collaborations and strategic partnerships amongst WVOSBs

WVOSBI Accomplishments

• WVOSBs have increased by 10% in VA OSDBU’s Vendor Information Pages (VIP) Apply for VA verification to include your WVOSB in VIP.

• WVOSBs garnering relationships with commercial and federal entities

• WVOSBs teaming up and supporting each other

• WVOSBs more aware of what is required to do business with VA, other governmental agencies and commercial

• Increased number of WVOSBs on VA Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) vehicle

https://www.va.gov/OSDBU/wvosbi.asp#:~:text=The%20Women%20Veteran%2DOwned%20Small%20Business%20Initiative%20(WVOSBI)%20is,for%20success%20and%20economic%20opportunities

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