About BASES of Virginia

The Company

BASES of VA, LLC was formed by 2 long time Certified Vocational Evaluators who are not coincidentally, long time users of Valpar Component Work Samples. When Valpar Intl. decided to halt production of their work sample product line in late 2006, we are surely only 2 of many who were sorry to see the loss of a true classic, established standard, assessment "yardstick" for the field of Vocational Evaluation. While many of us tried to reconcile the loss with what it could mean for our profession and figure out how to "get by" with the option of purchasing only order forms, replacement parts, and consumables - Nancy Scott had other plans. Luckily, she included me!

Busic and Scott Evaluation Systems of Virginia (BASES of VA) came into being in late 2008 after it was determined that Valpar Intl was interested in providing for the continuation of their work samples by selling rights to manufacture the time tested product line. While always wishing to maintain a positive association with the original company that developed and promoted these work samples through the product name Valpar Component Work Samples which will remain, incorporating our own names along with adding "Virginia" to the company name and logo is an effort to both clarify our separation and also provide a means for others to identify with our new company location. Valpar Component Work Samples have moved to the east coast!

We are physically located in both Hampton and Alexandria, VA. If you e-mail for information, ask a question about a part, place an order, or hopefully submit a payment, it will go to the business office in Alexandria, VA. Products are manufactured; inventory is housed; and all parts, materials and supplies are shipped from the manufacturing plant in Hampton, VA.

As a unique cross between a pre-existing product line and a start-up business, we can only hope everyone benefits from the best of both worlds. We are promoting and manufacturing a series of work samples that all of us historically know and trust, with the energy and enthusiasm of two newbies with a start-up business that they truly want to succeed.

The most relevant information for the time being is that due to the newness of BASES of VA, both partners are currently maintaining our "day jobs" as school based vocational evaluators and trying to build up "BASES" to the point of full time work we can pursue with the enthusiasm, vigor, focus, and effort it deserves. Bear with us as we follow the dream to market and sell what already exists with respect to the Valpar Component Work Sample product line, and improve and develop new products that live up to the standard you expect.

Nancy Scott: Nancy is an undergraduate of Seton Hill College with a BS in Psychology and a Master’s level, MS recipient from the Mecca of vocational evaluation, UW-Stout. With 25+ years of experience as a Certified Vocational Evaluator, Nancy continues to work as a practitioner in the field as a school based vocational evaluator at the Pruden Center for Industry and Technology, located in Suffolk Virginia. Nancy has worked as an evaluator in the public schools and in a private-not-for-profit rehabilitation center, Harmarsville Rehabilitation Hospital. With respect to professional organizations such as VECAP and affiliation with CCWAVES, the certifying body for vocational evaluation professionals, Nancy has a lengthy history of support and service. She has been a member of VEWAA (the Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Association, a division of the National Rehabilitation Association) and then VECAP (the subsequent professional organization for Vocational Evaluation and Career Assessment Professionals) since 1982. Nancy has held numerous volunteer and elected positions for each organization. She also served as the VECAP representative or Commissioner to CCWAVES for the past 3 years prior to its dissolution. She was the 2005 recipient of the prestigious Paul R. Hoffman award.

Nancy is currently married with 3 daughters - husband Will is a literal rocket scientist for NASA, and is totally supportive and involved in the manufacture/production of the work samples.

Danise Busic: Danise is an undergraduate of Wake Forest University with a BA in Psychology, and a subsequent Master's degree in Rehabilitation Psychology from Appalachian State University. Like Nancy, she has been a CVE for 25+ years, working for the state of NC Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Spotsylvania County Public Schools in Virginia, The National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington DC, and most recently Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia. After moving to the DC area in the late 80’s, Danise completed an Ed.S. degree in Special Education at The George Washington University. She later began teaching there as an adjunct faculty member in both their Collaborative Vocational Evaluation Training program and the Rehab Counseling program. Like Nancy, Danise is a long time member of VEWAA/VECAP and has held local, state and national offices over the years as well as serving on the CCWAVES board as a representative for VECAP. She was Chair of the CCWAVES commission for the final 2 years of her 5 year term. Danise's primary hobby and pastime for the past 15 or so years has been dachshund rescue. She currently spends most of her free time with rescued dachshunds Gracie and Buckley (AKA Mr. Trouble), and working on her yard as a relatively new home owner.

Together: Both Nancy and Danise have worked in the field of vocational evaluation for a combined total of more than 50 years. We're truly dedicated to furthering the profession of vocational evaluation by enhancing the opportunity others have to access this well researched work sample system. Valpar Component Work Samples are part of our educational and professional background, and we are doing our best to see that they will remain a part of yours. As friends for the past 20 years, becoming business partners is something we talked about off and on for the almost same amount of time. Now that we have been given the chance, we are really excited about making this work.