SPECIAL NOTICE
70 -- Opening Doors for America's Heroes - Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec 6-8, 2004
- Notice Date
- 9/1/2004
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Federal Technology Service (FTS), Honolulu & Far East Area Offices, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 8-115, Honolulu, HI, 96850
- ZIP Code
- 96850
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-vetevent12062004
- Response Due
- 12/12/2004
- Archive Date
- 12/12/2004
- Point of Contact
- Daniel Dyer, Contracting Officer, Phone 808-541-2010, Fax 808-541-3604,
- E-Mail Address
-
daniel.dyer@gsa.gov
- Description
- OPENING DOORS FOR AMERICA'S HEROES government contracting opportunities for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses TO REGISTER or find more information, please see our web page at: www.gsa.gov/vetevent Workshops and Panel Discussions include: Doing Business with the Department of Defense Moderator: TBD Panelists: Navy (SPAWAR, NAVFAC, FISC) Air Force A panel of government Small Business Specialists will discuss what opportunities exits. This workshop is designed to explain how business owners should market to Government agencies. Acquisition expert will provide an overview of the marketing techniques known to be successful when using the GSA Schedule and other procurement methods. Following the presentation, there will be an in-depth question and answer session. Veteran?s Success Stories Panel Moderator: TBD Presenter: Department of Veteran Affairs, VA Task Force, SBA This dynamic workshop affords participants an opportunity to learn from a panel of very successful veteran small business owners how they successfully built their companies relationship with the Federal Government. There will be an emphasis placed on the use of the GSA Schedule in the revenue building process. It is anticipated that this workshop?s attendees will leave this interactive session with a clear understanding of how to do business with the Federal Government. Subcontracting Opportunities Moderator: TBD Panelists: Parsons, EarthTech, Hunt, Actus In compliance with FAR Part 18, prime contractors are required to submit subcontracting plans once awarded a contract in excess of $500,000 ($1 million in construction). Those subcontracting plans include goals for doing business small, minority, woman, Hubzone businesses, and most recently, the veteran and service-disabled small business owner. This conference will help bridge the gap between small business owners seeking subcontracting opportunities and the primes who are responsible for achieving the plan goals. How to Become a Federal Supply Schedule Contract Holder Moderator: TDB Presenter: GSA OSBU Schedules - One of GSA?s most popular contracts. This dynamic seminar provides an overview of the GSA Schedules program as well as a step-by-step, interactive forum to teach businesses how to prepare a quality offer. Topics that will be discussed include: How to download the appropriate solicitation; What information should be included in the offer; Past Performance evaluation criteria; the Commercial Sales Practices requirement; What to expect after the proposal is submitted to GSA; and How Federal agencies use Schedule contractors to fulfill requirements for goods and services. Government Procurement Experts Moderator: TDB Presenter: GSA Marketing Team, PBS, FTS, FSS This workshop will allow businesses to meet and interact with the Pacific Rim Region?s acquisition associates and program mangers at one time. Many small business owners seek the ?real? procurement opportunities within our region yet lack understanding of how our three business lines function. This event will create a ?win-win? environment for our external customers by teaching them who and what we procure to achieve our agency?s mission. Brass Tacks: Business Basics for New Ventures Moderator: TBD Tentative Panelists: Mark Tagawa, Hawaii SBDC Senior Consultant; Michael Youth, SBA Lead Business Opportunity Specialist; Kim Hite, Economic Development Specialist; Milton Kwock, DBEDT Business Action Center, Developed for new and growing small businesses, this session will provide insight and information about the resources available to put veteran business owners on a fast track to success. The most critical rules and requirements for your business operation - including legal structure, registration, taxes, licensing and more - will be discussed. Discover the most current resources for financial, contracting and technical assistance available from the U.S. Small Business Administration and how you can access these valuable programs. Gearing Up for Government Contracting Moderator: TBD Tentative Panelists: Mary Spencer, SBA Procurement Center Representative; Michael Youth, SBA Lead Business Opportunity Specialist; Jerry Hirata, Lead Loan Specialist; (To be named) Surety Bonding agent. Those small business concerns ready and able to seek government contracts should not miss this workshop. A primary focus of this session will be how you can increase your opportunities in contracting with many readily available marketing tools. Topics to be discussed include certifications and eligibility for special programs such as 8(a) business development, Service Disabled Veterans and others, subcontracting, bonding and many financing programs to support the growth of your business. How to Do Business with the Department of Homeland Security Moderator: TDB Presenter: Dan Sturdivant  Prevent terrorist attacks within the United States  Reduce America?s vulnerability to terrorism  Minimize the damage from potential attacks and natural disasters Did Any One Call for Security? Federal Security Clearance Required Moderator: TDB Presenter: Chad Stacker Doing business with the government often requires that companies provide personnel with clearances to access classified information. In order to provide cleared personnel, the company itself must be cleared by the government. Once it is cleared, it must abide by the rules and regulations of the National Industrial Security Program (NISP). This session will provide an overview of the NISP in general, and it will focus on the facility clearance process in particular. We will address questions such as which comes first, the contract or the clearance; my employees have clearances, can they access classified information even though my company is not cleared; and who must request that my company be cleared, and how do they do that? The U.S. Small Business Administration is working to help small businesses obtain more contracts from government and industry. While driving contracts to small businesses will strengthen our economy, it will also help organizations like yours achieve small and minority business contracting goals. Contracts that develop from meetings held at the Business Matchmaking events will be our measure of success. Business Matchmaking Event The matchmaking events provide a unique opportunity for small businesses to present product and service solutions to buyers through prescheduled one-on-one appointments with procurement managers. The event is NOT an opportunity to trade business cards, as is the case with traditional trade shows. Instead it is a REAL chance for small businesses to meet with public and private organizations for procurement opportunities. Through these matchmaking events we anticipate small businesses competing for millions of dollars in contracts from the private and public sector. What do the events include? One-on-one pre-set appointments between suppliers (small businesses) and buyers (federal/state/local government agencies and private organizations) for 15 minutes per meeting. Educational sessions covering a variety of topics (for example: how to qualify to contract with the federal government, how to gain access to capital, how to start/expand trading internationally, and more...). Federal, state, local government and private industry representatives on site to discuss services, such as SBA financing, federal qualification requirements, minority and women-owned business tools and more. How will the appointments be established? Buyers will supply their commodity buying needs and small businesses will provide their profile information. Matches will be established based on the NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) codes each party provides. Small Business Administration will schedule Individual 15-minute appointments with buyers and small businesses who match their NAICS code. To help ensure meaningful appointments, small businesses will be unable to schedule meetings with buyers who don't match the firms NAICS code.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Hilton Hawaiin Village Conference Center, 2005 Kalia Road, Honolulu, Hawaii, (808) 949-4321 Room Reservation Code
- Zip Code: 96815
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 96815
- Record
- SN00663628-W 20040903/040901213353 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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