Barker and Barker Consulting is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) with active federal past performance, small-business certifications across three programs, and a five-capability portfolio built for federal-payer complexity. This form routes to Vaughn Barker directly.
Who should use this form
- Federal agency contracting shops running sources-sought, RFI, or RFP processes where an SDVOSB advisory firm with healthcare, veteran-program, or data-quality capability is in scope.
- Prime contractors building teams for federal healthcare, VA, DoD/TRICARE, HRSA, CMS, or veteran-services procurements and seeking a substantive SDVOSB partner.
- State and local government contracting shops running procurements where MBE, DVB, or DBE certification is a requirement.
- Peer SDVOSB firms exploring joint pursuits where combined capability exceeds either firm's independent scope.
What to include in your submission
The two-business-day substantive-reply commitment applies. To make that reply useful rather than clarifying, include the following where you have it.
- Opportunity identifier. Solicitation number, sources-sought reference, or program name.
- Agency and issuing office. Department, sub-agency, and contracting office.
- Vehicle and set-aside. GSA schedule number, GWAC/BPA, direct contract, or open market. SDVOSB set-aside, small business set-aside, or full and open.
- Scope in one paragraph. What the government is trying to buy. Two or three sentences.
- Key dates. Sources-sought response date, proposal due date, award target, period of performance.
- Your role in the pursuit. Prime seeking teaming, government contracting officer, or peer subcontractor.
- What capability from Barker and Barker Consulting is in scope. If you have looked at our capability portfolio, tell us which of the six capabilities fits: Revenue Integrity, Federal Proposal and Contract Strategy, Workflow Automation, International Market Entry, Data Quality DQI/DQA, or Operational Excellence.
What happens next
- Routing to the responsible party at Barker and Barker Consulting.
- Substantive written reply inside two business days, containing:
- Fit assessment against the six-capability portfolio.
- Past-performance references relevant to the opportunity.
- Small-business certification status letters, ready for attachment to your proposal file.
- Proposed discovery-call time if the fit warrants further conversation.
- Capability Statement PDF attached to the reply, with UEI, CAGE code, DUNS, NAICS codes, and set-aside eligibility for direct copy-paste into your teaming file.
What Barker and Barker Consulting brings to a federal pursuit
Set-aside eligibility
- SBA SDVOSB approved. Prime or subcontractor role on veteran set-asides.
- Wisconsin DVB approved. State and state-adjacent veteran set-asides.
- Wisconsin MBE approved. Minority business enterprise set-asides.
- NMSDC recertified 2026. Corporate supply-chain diversity spend qualification.
- WisDOT DBE certified. Federal Highway Administration and USDOT disadvantaged-business set-asides through Wisconsin's UCP.
Capability portfolio for federal buyers
- Revenue Integrity and Claims Reclamation. Denied-claim recovery for VA, DoD/TRICARE, Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payers. Includes VA Foreign Medical Program (FMP) rejected-claim workflows.
- Federal Proposal and Contract Strategy. Proposal writing, orals coaching, past-performance packaging, technical volume authoring, price-to-win analysis, and post-award compliance.
- Workflow Automation and Revenue Cycle Modernization. Patient-access automation, prior authorization automation aligned to CMS-0057-F, back-office workflow redesign.
- Data Quality, DQI/DQA and Compliance. Data quality initiatives and assessments. Wisconsin DHS past performance on Medicaid data quality work.
- International Market Entry and Trade Advisory. U.S. professional-services export strategy, VetsReady™ certification for international providers serving U.S. veterans under FMP, VA-Manila liaison work.
- Operational Excellence and Lean Six Sigma. Four Master Black Belts on staff. 240+ trained. 200+ projects delivered across healthcare and federal-adjacent workflows.
Active past performance
- VHA IHT 2.0 (Team Agile4Vets) subcontractor role, veteran-focused technology assistance.
- HRSA Advancing Cancer Screening Community of Practice, subcontractor role, FQHC operational improvement.
- VA Foreign Medical Program, seminar co-podium with VA at Manila Elks Club (April 2026).
- Two anonymized health-system engagements documented on the Capability Statement PDF: a 15-hospital / 450-clinic system and a 27-hospital / 650-clinic system, both revenue-cycle work.
- Wisconsin DHS, state Medicaid data-quality contract.
Boilerplate language for teaming agreements
Prime contractors preparing teaming agreements can copy the following into their teaming file:
Barker and Barker Consulting LLC is a Wisconsin-based Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) with SBA approval, Wisconsin DVB approval, Wisconsin MBE approval, NMSDC recertification (2026), and WisDOT DBE certification. The firm delivers management consulting across healthcare revenue integrity, federal proposal and contract strategy, workflow automation, international market entry, data quality and compliance, and operational excellence. Its principal is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt with government-contracting past performance across VHA, HRSA, and state Medicaid agencies.
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The form
Required fields:
- Full name
- Title
- Organization (or agency)
- Government or corporate email
- Phone (direct line preferred)
- Opportunity identifier or solicitation number
- Agency and issuing office
- Vehicle and set-aside
- Scope (paragraph)
- Key dates
- Your role in the pursuit
Optional fields:
- Which capability of Barker and Barker Consulting is in scope
- Any additional documents to attach (upload)
- Preferred method of first contact (email, phone, video call)
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*Barker and Barker Consulting LLC. Wisconsin-based SDVOSB. All federal registrations current. See Federal Registrations and Certifications for UEI, CAGE code, DUNS, NAICS codes, and set-aside letters.*