Doing business with the VA
VA’s mission is one of service to over 27 million Veterans who have so unselfishly served their country.
Contract Catalog Search Tool (CCST)
The CCST (updated daily) is the most comprehensive online listing of the VA’s active nation-wide healthcare-related contract vehicles, open to VA and other Government agencies.
Procurement, Acquisition, and Logistics
The Deputy Principal Executive Director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction (OALC), oversees the Office of Procurement, Acquisition, and Logistics (OPAL) operations, which consist of a central office staff and OPAL field activities. OPAL provides comprehensive, strategic acquisition support for VA’s highly complex requirements, including strategic Information Technology and medical systems.
Offices
National Acquisition Center (NAC)
With facilities located in Hines, IL, and Golden, CO, the NAC provides dedicated acquisitions, logistics, and program management expertise and support for health care requirements of the VA and other government agencies.
Strategic Acquisition Center (SAC)
With offices in Fredericksburg, VA, and Frederick, MD, the Strategic Acquisition Center provides dedicated acquisition and program management expertise and support for life cycle management of non-IT enterprise-wide solutions for VA’s highly complex requirements and strategically sound contracts.
Technology Acquisition Center (TAC)
The Technology Acquisition Center provides dedicated acquisition and program management expertise and support for life cycle management of enterprise-wide solutions in information and technology for the VA Enterprise.
Programs and services
Veteran
Services
The Denver Logistics Service (DLS) provides holistic supply chain management for the VA National Hearing Aid and Home Telehealth Programs and supports VA and Other Government Agencies (OGAs) with professional logistical services.
Federal Supply Schedule
The VA FSS Service supports the healthcare requirements of the VA and other federal government agencies by providing Federal customers with access to over 1 million state-of-the-art commercial products and services.
Logistics Programs
Located in Washington, DC, LSS provides specified logistics support services and oversees centralized programs pertaining to printing and publications, general freight management, employee relocations and movement of household goods, and small package express delivery.
National Contract Service
The National Contract Service (NCS) consists of 6 Divisions: High-Tech Medical Equipment (HTME) Contracts, HTME Ordering, HTME Post Award Ordering, PACS and Laundry, Pharmaceutical, and Prime Vendor.