Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP)

The Montgomery County Chamber Community Foundation (MCCCF) Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP) is the first free training program for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB).

About the Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP)

  • Veteran-Owned company “C-level” executives receive 27 hours of comprehensive instruction on how to accelerate their Federal government contracting business skills. Over three days, subject matter experts from industry and government provide best business practice strategies and instruction
  • As a core MCCCF initiative, we fully fund this effort through privately donated funds
  • Held in The National Center for VIP, Bolger Center in Potomac, Maryland, just 11 miles from the White House
  • We’ve successfully graduated 1,304 veterans from 49 States, plus D.C. and Guam, at no cost to them (participants only cover travel costs to and from the Washington, DC area)
The Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP) offers 3 programs that focus on:
  • Accelerating growth with market-based training across more than 20 topic areas
  • Avoiding business land mines while reducing stakeholder risks
  • Building relationships with primes, government officials, and networks of national teaming partners
VIP classes are open to Veteran-owned businesses nationwide, and open to one executive from each veteran-owned business enrolled. Class size is limited to 50 individuals. ​
VIP Success!
  • In a recent survey of 426 VIP graduates:
    • Graduates increased their revenue by an average of 63% within the first year of graduation
    • 82% said they changed the way they do business
    • 85% of the VIP graduates are still in business 10 or more years
  • 4 of the 2018 SBA Small Business Person of the Year Award Winners are VIP graduates
  • 4 of the 7 SDVOSB/VOSB winners of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services SPARC contract are VIP graduates
  • Over 1/3 of the VA VECTOR winners are VIP graduates
  • The 2018 INC 5000 list features 24 VIP graduates
​Apply to a VIP Program today! 
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​MCCCF funds VIP Programs through a public-private partnership made up of a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). It is also supported by the Grantor for MD, and by private sponsorships. 
VIP is funded through a grant agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and Maryland Department of Commerce.

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