..Ayres Associates to Host Doing Business with the US Army Corps of Engineers - April 3, 2014 in Eau Claire, WI

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Gwendolyn Davis, Small Business Specialist, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Paul District will be the guest speaker at the upcoming session hosted by Ayres Associates.  Ms. Davis will be discussing how a business can work with the USACE, upcoming opportunities and share her insights. 

USACE is the world's largest public engineering, design, and construction management agency and spends billions of dollars with businesses each year in support of their mission.  USACE projects include:

·         Planning, designing, building and operating locks and dams

·         Flood control and waterway navigation

·         Designing and constructing military facilities for the Department of Defense

·         Design and construction of flood protection systems

·         Ecosystem restoration

In addition to learning about business opportunities with the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Wisconsin Procurement Institute (WPI) will present information of opportunities for construction firms with other Federal agencies located in Wisconsin – US Forest Service, Department of Veteran Affairs and Ft. McCoy.  WPI will also discuss how to a business responds to requirements from these Federal agencies.

Businesses, especially small businesses including woman, veteran, disadvantaged and HUBZone certified firms have significant opportunities with the Federal government and government primes and are encouraged to attend.

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Information regarding the event host, Ayres Associates is available at www.ayresassociates.com/ - information about the Wisconsin Procurement Institute is available at www.wispro.org .  Event link is http://www.wispro.org/eventdetail.asp?ID=852

Negotiating, Getting and Marketing your GSA Schedule
April 2, 2014
Hosted by TAPCO, NCMA and WPI
Milwaukee, WI 
Updated information and registration at CLICK HERE

 
GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts, also referred to as GSA Schedule and Federal Supply Schedule contracts, are indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts that are available for use by federal agencies worldwide. GSA enters into government wide contracts with commercial firms to provide over 11 million commercial supplies and services. Agencies place orders directly with MAS contractors. More than $40B flows through GSA MAS contracts every year and in
FY12, approximately 10% of government needs were procured through the GSA MAS contracts;
Getting a schedule does not guaranty sales – it does give you a “LICENSE TO SELL” 

Presented by Bob Broderick, President and CEO
North American Marketing, Inc.Bob Broderick is President and CEO of North American Marketing, Inc (NAM), a consulting firm providing advocacy for companies that strive to enhance their position for contracting to the Federal government through the General Services Administration. Broderick founded NAM in 1996 and currently manages 32 GSA contracts for companies offering a variety of services and products to government customers through the GSA Multiple Awards Schedules.
 

SAME Small Business Expo

March 12 - 13, 2014 - Northbrook, IL

This year’s SAME Small Business EXPO will host regional Federal and State agency representatives including the US Army Corps of Engineers, EPA, FAA, NAVFAC Midwest, US SBA and others. 

Even with fluctuating budgets and priorities at the Federal level, the Federal government will be spending over $450 billion dollars on goods and services.  Of these dollars, the Federal government has established a goal of 23% to be awarded to small businesses.  In addition, large Federal contractors are also required to subcontract a portion of their dollars to small businesses.  This conference will provide attendees both the opportunity to learn more about the technical requirements as well as the opportunity to meet and network with agency representatives and large government primes.   

CLICK HERE FOR UPDATED INFORMATION

The top contracting issues in 2014  Click here for audio

Defense Department officials say the 2015 budget they will formally unveil next week won't just be about reducing the size of the uniformed military. They also intend to propose "targeted" reductions to the civilian workforce and downsize the ranks of contractor employees. All three military departments say they're mapping out ways to make do with less contractor support than they currently have.  CLICK HERE for STORY