Virginia Industries for the BlindEnterprise Division of the

Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired (DBVI)

Who Are We?

State Agency operating like a businesso No General Funds (taxpayer dollars) usedo No donations, grants or fund raisingo 100% Self funded

Manufacture products and provide services to:o Federal and State Government, DoD, commercial industry, and

the general public

o Provide employment opportunities throughout the state

“To employ and develop Virginians who are blind, visually impaired or deaf-blind to achieve their desired

level of employment through the manufacture and delivery of quality products and services.”

The VIB Mission7

Defining Legally Blind

Can’t be corrected beyond the “Big E” (20/200)

Governmental Relationships

Manufactured Products

ServicesRetail

Operations

STATE

HHR

Providing Employment Opportunities in

FEDERAL

Mandatory Source

§ 51–1.2 Mandatory source priorities.

(a) The JWOD Act (AbilityOne) mandates that commodities or services on the Procurement List required by Government entities be procured, as prescribed in this regulation, from a nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, at a price established by the Committee, if that commodity or service is available within the normal period required by that Government entity. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the JWOD Act (AbilityOne) has priority, under the provisions of 41 U.S.C. 48, over any other supplier of the Government’s requirements for commodities and services on the Committee’s Procurement List.

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1938 1971 2006

Javitz, Wagner- O’Day Act (JWOD)

JWOD becomesAbilityOne

The AbilityOne Program is a mandatory source of supply, with any procurement method and at any dollar value, in compliance with the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act, (41 U.S.C. §46-48c). The AbilityOne Program's mandatory status remains in effect for all purchases--including those under the micro-purchase threshold.

The AbilityOne Story

Wagner-O’Day Act

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VIB Facts

(As of January 2015)

Total Employees: 168

• Blind/Visually Impaired 99

• Veterans: 10

• Service Disabled: 4

• State Agency (Dept. of Blind and Visually Impaired)

• Self funded – No Taxpayer Dollars (Similar to MWR)

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Employment Opportunities

SERVICES- Mail Services (Langley AFB)- Switchboard (Salem VAMC)- Kitting Services - Contract Management- US Court Debt Collections

BASE SUPPLY STORESNorthern Virginia BSCsPentagon - Taylor Building - Mark Center - Defense Health HQ - Fort Belvoir

Southern Virginia BSCsNAS Oceana - Langley AFB - Fort Eustis – Fort Lee – DSC Richmond

CHARLOTTESVILLE Headquarters

• Manufacturing Facility• Mattresses/ Pillows • Safety Vests• Mops/Janitorial Supplies

RICHMOND• Manufacturing Facility

• Spices• Hand Sanitizer Dispensers (Purell)• Exam Gloves• Writing Instruments• LED lighting• USPS Facility for Virginia

Manufacturing

iNavy Shipboard Mattresses iResidence Hall Mattresses iInstitutional Mattresses iWet Mop heads iMop Handles & Mop Buckets

iReflective Safety Vests iPackage Exam Gloves iWriting instruments iPackage & Blend Spices iPillowsiWizard Wall

Services

•Contract Management Support

•Langley Postal Center

•Textile labeling & packaging

•Virginia Dept of Taxation - Court Debt Collection Office

•Veterans Admin Medical Center Switchboard

•Norfolk ServMart Retail Services

•DCMA Supply Room

•Mail Sorting

•Kitting for US Dept of State

Contract Management Support

•Added to Procurement List as mandatory source in June 2010• Assigned to Ability One with the National Industries for the Blind

(NIB) as Program Manager for both blind industry affiliates and NISH (now Source America) affiliates

• U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) was given contract management responsibility and issued an IDIQ with a base and 4 option years, which expires June 2015

• Washington Headquarters Services (DOD Activity) will assume responsibility for the program.

• MICC handling systems access and security--All employees must have a NACLC with positive outcome prior to issuance of CAC

• Source of concern for some—unemployment - medical issues - debt

• Contract closeout specialist qualifications mirror DAWIA requirements in most cases

Contract Management Support

•Current status of the CMS Program• Current sites – 26 (includes EPA which starts next week)

• NIB sites – 18• NISH (Source America) sites – 8• CMS Managers – 29

• Some sites have multiple teams• CMS Employees – 107

• 68 legally blind• 14 service-disabled vets• 24 wounded warriors

• Some SDVs are also WWs

VIB Contract Management Support

RICHMOND

•Established November 2010 in Richmond Manufacturing Plant• Manager, general clerk, 3 legally blind closeout specialists• Task orders under Army IDIQ

• Various Army customers throughout U.S., and Kuwait ACC •Changes for 2014

• One month of on-site support to WHS to retrieve files • WHS GFE with “.mil” access via VPN

• Direct access to pay information• Move to off-site leased space in August

• Beneficial, but additional challenges• Added another contract specialist

• DOD Customers• Many ‘electronic only’ files

• Prepared cost-type contracts for closeout• Prepared draft CARs for closeout deobligation modifications

VIB Contract Management Support

At DLA HQS Fort Belvoir, VA

•Established November 2012 at the Defense Logistics Agency HQS, Fort Belvoir, VA

• Manager, general clerk, 3 legally blind closeout specialists• Task orders under Army IDIQ

• Supporting the DLA-Defense Contracting Services office (DCSO)

•Changes for 2014• Increase workload to require one site manager and 3

closeout specialists for DCSO• Additional task order for DLA-Energy with one site manager

and 4 closeout specialists. • Currently are recruiting or waiting on clearances for one

manager and 2 specialists

VIB Contract Management Support

At DCMA HQ

•Established September 2014 in leased space in Chester, co-located with the Government

• Master Plan – 3 Closeout Teams of 1 Manager and 8 contract closeout specialists

• September 2014 –Team 1 (Manager and 9 legally blind specialists, 4 of which are totally blind)

• January 2015 – Team 2• April 2015 – Team 3

• Each VIB team augments DCMA employee team• Approximately 6 wounded warriors will be on the teams

• Disability not necessarily sight• Contracts for closeout will be transferred from DCMA sites at

Manassas, Hampton, and Baltimore

VIB Contract Management Support

At DCMA HQ

•Contract support for closeout of cost-type contracts•Personnel have been trained and have systems access for EDW, EDA, iRAPT (WAWF), MOCAS, EITS, SDW, AND eTools•First 3 Months –

• Developed Access database for document control• Generated SOP with step-by-step procedures• Assigned over 600 contract files for closeout support• Prepared 38 contracts to close• “Metrics” –

• 27 - Final Voucher (FV) requests (reimbursement request exceeding $500K)

• 141 - DD254 requests; 45 letters to Defense Security Services• 66 - DD882 patent requests; 27 letters to patent Counsel• 30 - Value Engineering Change Proposal requests• 49 - DCMA1797 corrections to MOCAS data

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Doreen.Cadigan@dbvi.virginia.govJohn.Bednar.ctr@dcma.milAnna.Ferguson.ctr@dla.mil

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