USDA Department of Agriculture

USDA - Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Initiative

Dear USDA Employees - Perhaps you already know, on October 21, 2004, President Bush signed an Executive Order to demonstrate the Nation’s appreciation for Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) owners whose disabilities were incurred while serving in the Armed Forces. To achieve this objective, the President’s Executive Order established a mandated procurement goal of 3% of the Government’s annual budget for SDVOSB.

In order for USDA to meet their SDVOSB goal, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns recently announced an initiative to increase the number of contracts USDA awards to disabled veterans who own small businesses. On behalf of that initiative, USDA awarded Four Points Technology - a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned, Small Business - a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with USDA to provide IT hardware. So, you now have the ability to easily procure many of the IT products you desire through a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned, Small Business.

Here's a brief summary of our company Four Points Technology: The President and owner of Four Points Technology is David “Chief” Gilchrist. Chief Gilchrist is a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer with over 20 years experience in government programs, contracts and logistics, and personnel management. Retired as a Service-Disabled Veteran, “Chief” Gilchrist saw action while on active duty in Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and Bosnia. Four Points Technology is dedicated to providing integrated products and services to the government. This USDA BPA is specifically for IT hardware.

I have included a copy of our current line card highlighting the contractdetails of the USDA agreement as well as many of the manufacturers we offer.Additionally, since the USDA contract allows for teaming agreements between GSA schedule holders, our offering is almost limitless.

I hope you will take a moment to review our attached information. We at Four Points are very excited about this opportunity with USDA and greatly appreciate the commitment your agency and its management is showing to the Veteran community.