PurposeTo create a forum that fosters interaction and knowledge sharing between small businesses, government officials, industry experts, and large/ prime businesses. The aim is to equip attendees with knowledge and tools to help access government contracts, navigate regulatory demands, explore contracting, subcontracting, or teaming arrangement opportunities, and stay updated on pertinent topics important for small business growth. Objectives...

USDA Farm Product and Conservation (FPAC) shaped its portfolio-wide IT service requirements into multiple areas named for trees. Collectively, the new procurements shaped by each “tree area” addressed new and continuing IT service delivery needs previously covered by legacy contracts. FPAC shaped their strategic procurements based on thorough market research using innovative tactics and well thought out vendor communications to cre...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New Date: 10/6-10/7/2020 The most expansive explosion of innovative activity in federal acquisition in a quarter of a century is continuing to gain power as it spreads across the government, bottom to top, and side to side. Last year’s theme was “Acquisition Innovation in Action.” This year we are building on that...

Deep Dive into NASA SEWP's Acquisition Tips, Tools and Innovations Get a Deep Dive into NASA SEWP - this session starts with a quick overview of the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) contract vehicle and promptly moves to an interactive web-based demonstration with participant engagement activities. You will learn in-depth details on SEWP as an IT acquisition vehicle that provides simplified acquisitions using customer frie...

Modernize, Optimize, Visualize, Evangelize (MOVE) Forward -- On Friday, May 18th, ACT-IAC Voyagers Class of 2018 is hosting a half-day event centered on IT Modernization. To fuel discussions and harness the power of thinking across both Government and Industry, this event will feature keynote speakers, multiple panel presentations, and roundtable discussions. The panels feature distinguished guests, who accentuate the discussion by providing s...

Acquisition is a Team Sport The acquisition process has several phases: research, proposals, pricing negotiations, accounting, legal, and ultimately, the integration of two, or more, entities. No one single person can be an expert in all of these segments, so teammates engage when needed and slip out when they've successfully completed their piece. While there is never really a large group of active people working on all of the tasks together...

Agencies such as Department of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and General Services Administration are among the many that indicate they rely on the Agile approach to IT development. Additionally several agencies have recently urged their procurement offices to operate using Agile principles in addition to buying from known Agile Services vendors. As the pressure continues to mount on Federal agencies to embrace Agile development...

There is still a lot to learn about how the DATA Act will change the way you do your job. In fact, 68% of government attendees recently surveyed said the DATA Act will directly impact their role. Do you know how it will impact yours? The Act’s implementation deadline is May 2017; register for this webinar to learn about: Background and goals of the DATA Act Preparation for the DATA Act Current state of implementation Expected outcomes Re...

Join the ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance on February 17th at 1307 New York Avenue NW in Washington, DC for our half day forum on Guidance and Strategies to Developing Effective Joint Ventures, Contractor Team Arrangements (CTA), and Mentor-Protégé Relationships. The purpose of this event is to educate small businesses on the rules and regulations and advantages and disadvantages of forming joint ventures, CTAs, and Mentor-Prot...

If you are a small business looking to expand your reach in the federal market, communicating effectively with your Government customer or a large prime is absolutely critical to developing your relationships. All too often, we make poor impressions, we don’t demonstrate our value well, and we don’t come prepared to ask the right questions when participating in these discussions. This must attend event will provide you the tools, b...