V
Value
Applied to DHS
DHS evaluation criteria weight risk reduction and mission resilience explicitly. VETR's Win Probability scoring includes a "mission-fit" axis you can demonstrate in Section L responses.
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Proposal management software for DHS bids
Department of Homeland Security
VETR Proposal is proposal management software for bids that carry a compliance gate before a technical one. Across the twenty-two DHS components, a growing share of cyber and border-security work conditions award on security requirements written into Section L, and those requirements are easy to under-answer because they read like boilerplate. VETR extracts them as discrete tracked requirements rather than prose, and the color-team scorecards are built from that solicitation's own evaluation factors.
DHS buys across 22 component agencies — CBP, CISA, FEMA, ICE, TSA, USCG, USSS, and more. Cyber, border security, and emergency response dominate the requirement set, and FedRAMP / CMMC compliance gates a growing share of the work.
Bidding DHS contracts at a glance
Typical NAICS
541512Computer Systems Design Services541519Other Computer Related Services541690Other Scientific & Technical Consulting Services561612Security Guards & Patrol Services541330Engineering Services
Set-aside friendly
SDVOSB
8(a)
WOSB
HUBZone
Common vehicles
- DHS EAGLE II
- FirstSource III
- CISA OASIS+
- GSA STARS III
- NASA SEWP V
Typical award size
$1M – $30M per task order; multi-year CISA programs reach $100M+
DHS SDVOSB performance · FY2026
0.2% under SDVOSB goal
SDVOSB obligations
$2.9B
of $60.2B total
SDVOSB %
4.77%
government-wide goal: 5.0%
Pursuit pressure
High
Below the government-wide 5% benchmark
DHS obligated 0.2% less to SDVOSBs than the 5% government-wide statutory goal. NDAA FY24 raised that government-wide SDVOSB goal from 3% to 5%. DHS negotiates its own annual goal with SBA, which may differ — but OSBP offices tracking below the government-wide figure are under real pressure to surface eligible SDVOSB vendors, and that tends to favour a compliant SDVOSB bid.
Source: USASpending.gov · last refresh 2026-08-23
The VETR Framework
How VETR applies to DHS pursuits
Four pillars, calibrated to how DHS contracting officers actually evaluate proposals.
E
Experience
Applied to DHS
CMMC L2 / L3 readiness is a hard gate. VETR's compliance matrix flags any DFARS 252.204-7012 / 7019 / 7020 clauses in an RFP and traces each to your evidence in past performance.
T
Teaming
Applied to DHS
DHS components (CISA in particular) require cleared cyber talent at scale. VETR's teaming CRM tags partners by clearance, polygraph status, and FedRAMP authorization.
R
Responsiveness
Applied to DHS
DHS RFPs typically have 21–28 day response windows — fast turnaround on compliance-matrix generation matters. VETR parses a long DHS solicitation in the background and builds the compliance matrix for you rather than leaving it to a manual read-through.
Set-asides used at the DHS
Pair the agency playbook with the relevant program preferences
NAICS codes the DHS buys under
Industry-specific playbooks for this agency's most common procurement codes
Win your next DHS contract
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