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| Set-up of Vendor Exhibits | 9:00 - 4:00 |
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| Continental Breakfast | 7:30 - 8:30 |
| Concession Area |
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| Opening Ceremony | 8:30 - 9:00 |
| Conference Center |
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| The OSDBU Directors' Town Hall | 9:00 - 10:30 |
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| The Town Hall session is an open forum opportunity for conference attendees to provide feedback and ask questions to several top Federal officials on various federal small business programs. Panelists will engage in a candid discussion on how to improve opportunities for small businesses. |
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| Exhibit Floor Open | 9:00 - 3:30 |
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| Procurement Matchmaking | 9:00 - 3:30 |
| Conference Center |
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| How to do Business with the Government | 10:45 - 12:15 |
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This seminar will apprise those individuals, who have not had the opportunity to do business with the federal sector (and their primes), or are fairly new to the "process" - to understand the "predetermined-order-of-success" in doing so!
Session attendees will learn about 1) time lines, 2) their responsibility, 3) the government's responsibility, and 4) the applicable programs and standards in-place to help them succeed in helping the agency. This information in this session will help companies to "first" to secure their mission and then secondly, to have the opportunity to "compete" for a contract, with the specific agencies, that they have targeted. A panel of experts, each in their (particular) field, will be on hand to answer any relevant questions, after this very worthwhile seminar! |
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| Lunch | 11:30 - 1:00 |
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| Government Contracting Vehicles (GSA Schedules, IDIQ, etc.) What They Are & How to Market Them. | 12:30 - 1:45 |
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| Learn about the various government contracting vehicles available to small business such as Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) and Multiple Award Schedules Program Contracts. Find out the process for obtaining these contracts, criteria to participate, which is eligible to use them, how to market and how they benefit you and your customer. |
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| How to Make Subcontracting Work for You. | 2:00 - 3:15 |
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| This session will define subcontracting (Federal Acquisition Regulations); how to use agencies' resources to identify subcontracting opportunities; and how to market your company's services and products to a Federal prime contractor. The session will conclude with a few successful small business stories. Participants in this session will include representatives from the Small Business Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and large and small business representatives. |
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