Join us for 1-day IN-PERSON retirement benefits workshops for Federal Government Employees. Check-in at 8:30 AM, enjoy some complimentary coffee and a light snack, and then get ready to begin promptly at 9. From a local “federal benefits guru,” Ed Zurndorfer- you will be learning about the mechanics and intricacies of the Federal Government’s benefits package for its employees. We provide lunch, and the sessions are typically...

Join us for 1-day IN-PERSON retirement benefits workshops for Federal Government Employees. Check-in at 8:30 AM, enjoy some complimentary coffee and a light snack, and then get ready to begin promptly at 9. From a local “federal benefits guru,” Ed Zurndorfer- you will be learning about the mechanics and intricacies of the Federal Government’s benefits package for its employees. We provide lunch, and the sessions are typically...

Participants will learn basic elements required to develop a cost proposal including the basis of cost, types of cost proposals, cost definitions, how to establish direct labor rates and indirect rates and how to apply these cost to the cost proposal. Also rules for developing a cost proposal will be covered including other direct cost (ODCs). Participants will receive hands on instruction on how develop a cost proposal. *Calculators and or co...

Join us for the next GovConnects Education Series where Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market, LLC will cover: Strategic advantages of being a prime contractor in some cases and a subcontractor in othersHow the SBA's new All Small program is opening up JV opportunities for small and large businesses alikeThe characteristics of high performing federal contracting teams

GovConnects Education Series - Protests Contract award protests are becoming more and more common, but they can also be complicated. Join us for our next GovConnects Education Series on Protests. Bryan King with Offit Kurman and Bill Hasler from Edwards Performance Solutions will discuss when and how to file a protest, and what to do if a contract you have been awarded is protested.

Join us for the first GovConnects Educaton Series of 2018 with Denise Merritt, Public Relations Outreach Coordinator for the Maryland Department of Transportation's (MDOT) Office of Small and Minority Business Policy. MDOT is Maryland's official certification agency for the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Program, the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program and Small Business Enterprise Program (SBE).

Join the top Women-Owned Government Contracting firms in the Central Maryland region for a day of idea sharing, networking, and leadership development. This one-day conference provides an opportunity for large and small group discussion of best practices. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions of women who excel in leadership and who have played a role in establishing best practices for women in business.

Connect at the next of our distinctive receptions featuring the top Federal Government contractors in the Central Maryland region. With only four privately held programs taking place each calendar year, participants experience valuable dialogue with men and women who have built, grown, and sold companies. Executive level reception attendees establish and cultivate new and existing relationships while obtaining knowledge and exploring new busin...

If a company is growing and profitable as a Government subcontractor, the natural progression is to begin thinking of becoming a Government prime contractor. While the benefits may be financially rewarding, an emerging firm has lots to consider. One needs to understand the regulations, responsibilities, and the increasingly competitive Government contracting marketplace before making the leap from subcontractor to prime contractor. While there...

The October meeting will be at the Howard County Chamber of Commerce and the facilitator will be Rebecca Kehoe, a government contracts attorney with Cohn Reznick specializing in development of teaming agreements, nondisclosure agreements, subcontract cost/price analysis, time and cost negotiations, and administration of Multiple Agency and Government Wide (GWAC) FFP, CPFF, CPIF, CPAF, labor hour, and T&M type contract agreements and small...