The Federal Procurement Conference is a national conference fostering business partnerships between the Federal Government, its prime contractors, and small, minority, service-disabled veteran-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, and women-owned businesses. We are expected to have over 600 exhibitors and 3500 attendees. This unique one-day event attracts more than 3,000 people including: •Over 500 government attendees representing 50 Federal, S...

WORKSHOP "UNDERSTANDING GOVERNMENT SOLICITATIONS (RFP) AND THE FAR" $350 for this workshop or $500 for both workshops This class can be used as a FAC-COR & P/PM Level II or III elective This is a course every federal employee should take This Washington, DC class on Understanding Solicitations (Requests for Proposals) and a FAR Overview is intended for employees in both industry and government desiring a greater understanding of how to rea...

DON'T MISS THIS GREAT WORKSHOP AND CHANCE TO LEARN ALL YOU CAN ABOUT: PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT DEVELOPMENT FOR $350 OR if you really want to SAVE take both days for $500. This class can be used as a FAC-COR & P/PM Level II or III elective This is a course every federal employee and industry BD sepcialist should take This class on the development of Performance Work Statements (PWS) and is intended for employees in both industry and gover...

For more than three years, Federal agencies have been encouraged to consider the Cloud First. Although cloud computing is expanding across government enterprises, there are a few fundamental considerations that surface in nearly every discussion on the topic. As with most new technology implementations, security is an over-arching concern, and the cloud is no exception to this norm. There is another area, however, that often gives agency prof...

Meet the new Director of Small Business at Department of Interior: Mark Teskey Oversees $7 billion in Contracting Opportunities in 2014 The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), the nation's principal conservation agency, offers about $7 billion in contracting opportunities of all sizes across the nation. The DOI is responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and natural resources and the administration of programs re...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: Brief federal contractors/industry representatives on DHS S&T Explain S&T priority areas, recent successes with industry partners Provide insights into how industry can best work with S&T, where S&T is going THEMES & MESSAGES: S&T 101 Game Changers & hot challenges Innovation Looking to the future – how industry can help How to work in current financial environment Importance of industry par...

USDA has partnered with the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce helps create and maintain U.S. jobs by promoting the growth and competitiveness of minority-owned businesses. Through a national network of more than 40 business centers and a wide range of strategic partners, MBDA provides Agency clients with the technical assistance, and access to capital and contract opportunities necessary...

Join us for the bi-monthly Procurement Division committee meetings. Committee meetings include those for the Contract Finance (CF), Contract & Acquisition Management (CAM), Legal, and Procurement Executive Committees (PEC). Please note that the CF Committee will conduct a pre-meeting from 1:30 - 4:30 PM on Monday, January 6, 2014 at the NDIA headquarters at 2111 Wilson Blvd, 4th Floor, Arlington, VA 22201 in addition to the regular meeting...

Luncheon Speaker Series: Hot Issues in Federal Contracting One on One with Thomas A. Sharpe, Jr. who is the Commissioner for the U.S. General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service Thomas Sharpe was appointed Commissioner for the U.S. General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service, effective February 10, 2013. In this position, he oversees the delivery of more than $50 billion of products, services and...

This intensive, one day training workshop teaches the basics of utilizing the General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) program. Over the course of the workshop you will learn how to obtain and manage your GSA schedule, market GSA contracts, comply with Federal procurement requirements, follow policy changes, and prepare for MAS audits. A highlight of the course is training on GSA’s electronic tools including e...