Local councils work with a wide variety of private sector suppliers and partners to deliver essential public services to their communities. However, the way that councils are governed and controlled, how decisions are made and where the finance comes from is very different from the private sector. Therefore, a solid understanding of such matters is essential for any private sector organisation seeking to do business in the local government mar...

NCMA’s new SubCon Training Workshops (SubCon) event is designed to provide targeted subcontracting training by industry and government instructors and practitioners. We held the first SubCon in March 2017 in Dulles, Virginia, and it was a huge success, so we’re bringing it to the west coast for round two! SubCon consists of two concurrent full-day workshops. Choose to attend one of the following: WORKSHOP A—SUBCONTRACT PROPOS...

Meet the new SAM.gov! The System For Award Management is changing how you access the Federal contracting system. Two other systems are going away: The Federal Procurement Data System, and FedBizOpps. Join us to check out their successor systems, new features inside the SAM portal, and whole lot more. What changes will you see? How is the new system different? When are the old systems going away? Discover what you'll need to know to: - Renew an...

The agenda has been released for SMi’s 12th annual Defence Exports Conference which takes place on the 27th and 28th September 2017. For the first time in the history of the conference series, the event will be hosted in Italy, a nation with vast presence in the arms trade. Featuring 27 presentations, 4 workshops, and an exclusive panel discussion, Defence Exports 2017 will provide essential briefings on best practices for complying with...

Does your business have what it takes to step up when disaster strikes? Join us for this special webinar to learn the “Five W’s” to be an emergency response supplier. The Challenge It’s tough enough to provide flawless service or delivery to the federal government on time, at a reasonable price, and following the specific protocols of the ordering agencies. But on top of that, only a few dozen contractors are in the rig...

Federal business comes from relationships before RFP's. Need to get in front of buyers earlier? These LinkedIn tactics can cut your sales cycle in half and connect you with buyers and partners! Discover how you can use LinkedIn to: - Find your target customers faster - Reduce your sales cycle by 50% - Strengthen your team My special guest: Mike Shelah specializes in LinkedIn optimization and prospecting, sales process, sales strategy and netwo...

Are you ready to move to the cloud but looking for practical guidance? Buying cloud computing services takes different skills and strategies than buying traditional IT. Our experts at AWS have helped many government IT leaders select the right acquisition approach for their agency. Register today for our webinar: How to Buy Cloud Computing Services for Your Agency. In this recorded webinar, you will learn: - How to manage a traditional price l...

Designed especially for federal technical staff and federal contractors with custodial/janitorial contracts, this course will familiarize you with categories of biobased products relevant to the cleaning function, resources helpful in the selection of biobased products, and suggestions for conducting a pilot to test biobased products prior to adoption. Course Objectives: After completing this module, you will be able to: Explain mission-orient...

Designed especially for federal technical staff and federal contractors with responsibilities for facility operations and maintenance, this course will familiarize you with categories of biobased products relevant to the O&M function, resources helpful in the selection of biobased products, and ideas for overcoming obstacles to the adoption of biobased products. Course Objectives After completing this module, you will be able to: list biob...

Learn about Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement and how we can assist your federal IT acquisition with the latest IT product solutions. On Thursday, June 22, 2017, from 8:00am - 3:00pm, SEWP will be hosting two training sessions. Please use link to register for SEWP morning session from 9:00am - 11:00am and afternoon session from 1:00pm - 3:00pm. NASA SEWP is a government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC) that provides the latest IT prod...