Government Manufacturing Conference
Supporting
the Federal and Defense Supply Chain
March 12 – 13,
2013 – Green Bay, WI
On March 12 –
13, 2013 current Federal manufacturers from Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula
will be meeting in Green Bay, WI for
the Government Manufacturing Conference
- Supporting the Federal and Defense Supply Chains.
Current contractors as well as those firms considering the Federal
market will have the opportunity to learn how to sell to the Federal government
and understand the actual requirements – from locating the opportunity to
bidding to meeting the requirements of the Federal customer.
There are significant opportunities
for manufacturers directly with the Federal Government and as part of the
Federal Supply Chain. Last year the
Federal government purchased almost $200 billion dollars in manufactured goods. Of these dollars:
·
NAVY
- $55 billion
·
AIR
FORCE - $40 billion
·
ARMY
– $39 billion
·
Defense
Logistics Agency - $30 billion
Earlier this month, Marinette Marine received
an order for two more Navy ships for $696 million.
WHAT
YOU WILL LEARN - TOPICS will include:
·
Locating opportunities
– both directly with the Department of Defense or with Prime Contractors
·
Working with the
Defense Logistics Agency (including DIBBS and EMALL)
·
Working with the U.S. Army Tank-automotive
and Armaments Command (TACOM), U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research,
Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and National Automotive
Center (NAC)
·
Quality, compliance, export
controls / ITAR and Wide Area Workflow (WAWF)
·
Proposal preparation
and Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements
·
Small Business
Programs and subcontracting requirements and opportunities
·
Panel discussions by
leading federal contractors
Presenters
include:
·
Greg J. Achterling, Purchasing
Director, Marinette Marine Corporation
·
Mark Dennis, Reset Program Manager
for Case Construction’s Fort McCoy Operations
·
Colleen M. Hirsch, U.S. Army TACOM Contracting
Command, Warren, MI
·
Joe Lamer, Supplier Quality
Technician for Marinette Marine Corporation
·
Nathaniel T. Millsap Jr. (“Nate”),
Export Compliance Manager and Facility Security Officer for Marinette Marine
Corporation
·
Daryl Zahn, CFCM: Manager, Contracts
and Compliance, DRS-Power & Control Technologies, Inc.
·
Eric Ness is the
District Director for the U.S. Small Business, Administration (SBA) Wisconsin
District
·
David L. Jensen, GPSC Manager, Defense International Offsets Oshkosh
Defense
·
Mark G. Olson, Director, Small Business, Defense Contract Management
Agency
·
Trent Mulcrone, Business Development Specialist, McNally Industries, LLC
·
Douglas Gardner and Pamela Mallamo, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
·
William Capelle, VP Business Development, Applied Fab & Machining
