Inactive Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Office of Security Preparedness (HRA/OSP),Office of Labor-Management Relations (LMR) is responsible ... The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Office of Security Preparedness (HRA/OSP),Office of Labor-Management Relations (LMR) is responsible for promoting labor-management cooperation and promulgating labor-management relations policy and programs for the VA. The mission of LMR is to provide timely and accurate labor relations support to VA clients in order to further the agency’s broad mission to care for Veterans and their beneficiaries. This responsibility includes providing leadership, integration, training, and support for establishing and maintaining labor-management forums at appropriate levels in the Department. The VA currently has five national Unions: (1) the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE); (2) the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE); (3) the National Nurses Union (NNU); (4) the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE); and (5) the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). This project is intended to provide consultation, analysis, review, mission critical insight, and strategic knowledge in negotiation skills, negotiating a collective bargaining agreement in the Federal sector, and Federal sector labor-management relations law. The VA needs Contractor support with provideing one or more Subject Matter Experts (SME) with knowledge in negotiating collective bargaining agreements in the federal sector. The Contractor shall deliver in-person and/or virtual consultation and training in labor negotiating skills to LMR employees across the VA enterprise. The Contractor shall also provide in-person and/or virtual analysis and strategic planning and recommendations on labor management relations.