On September 18, 2014, the NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) will host the Marshall Small Business Alliance Meeting at the Davidson Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Event will begin with registration at 7:00 a.m., and adjourn at 12:30 p.m. (agenda enclosed). At this exciting event, those in attendance will be afforded opportunity to network with NASA and MSFC key managers, NASA prime contractor representatives, NASA Office of Small Busine...

The Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum (SECAF) today announced its next Executive Briefing – Fiscal 2015: Are You Looking at the Right Business Opportunities? As this fiscal year is quickly coming to a close, the organization will host a panel discussion on trends in government spending and the areas that small and emerging businesses should consider when investing their business development budget dollars. Specific topics to...

Learn the essentials about enforceable teaming agreements so that your risks are minimized and oppressive clauses are avoided. This is a practical, understandable guide to the formation and enforcement of teaming agreements in Federal procurements. This course is for the subcontractor, and the prime contractor, leading to win-win strategies for both. Non-disclosure agreements are also discussed. Attendees leave with agreement templates and exp...

Businesses (Small/Minority/Women/Veteran-Owned) are welcome to participate with our monthly series that is supporting the businesses within the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. Our subject for September 2014 - Simplified Acquisition with the Federal Government agencies. This is an opportunity on how to gain access to the Federal Government via Purchasing that does not require a formal RFP/RFQ/RFI. To be prepared for this event we are asking t...

Ethical Stalking for Government Contractors™ If your business model includes finding, pursuing and winning federal contracts and subcontracts, this two-part workshop is the first step to changing your understanding of how to look for, look at and use information and raw data to achieve results. Alumni of this program tell us: "After many years in the industry I wasn’t convinced I was going to learn anything I didn’t already k...

Open to all. In this course, you will learn how Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) leverage an ordering activity's buying power in taking advantage of quantity discounts, saving administrative time, and reducing paperwork. One (1) CLP credit.

The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) offers free training sessions for procurement teams who purchase information technology products, services and solutions. Each attendee earns 2 CLPs when you learn about our Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs): ECSIII for products, CIO-SP3 for services/solutions and CIO-SP3 Small Business for services/solutions with socioeconomic set-asides. NITAAC is only OMB...

Procurements made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures are one of the easiest ways for Government agencies to purchase supplies and services including construction and research and development and they obligate billions of dollars every fiscal year when using this method. Obtaining an understanding of how government agencies make these purchases can be a great way to develop relationships and business opportunities to grow your government c...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) presents its latest e-Training Core Course, ESPCs: Five Phases to Success! This training provides an introduction to the fundamentals of an Energy Saving Performance Contract (ESPC), an alternative financing vehicle that allows Federal agencies to complete energy-savings projects without up-front capital costs and special Congressional appropriations by partnering wit...