Gain an in-depth understanding of the basic framework and core principles governing federal procurements, from the issuance of the solicitation to contract closeout. This course is specifically tailored for procurement professionals who desire both a strong overview of federal contracts, including GSA Schedules, and a current and in-depth understanding of the legal, policy, and performance issues associated with government contracts. You will...

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...

Federal IT leaders face quite a dilemma: how to continue delivering the same or higher levels of mission critical IT services to your constituents while managing with fewer resources and dollars. Negotiating agency-wide enterprise agreements with large IT manufacturers (e.g. Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, and VMware) for IT hardware, software, and/or support has proven an effective, albeit difficult approach for you and your peers. Many Federal IT...

The fourth quarter is nearly here. That means federal agencies are gearing up for the annual challenge of efficiently and effectively getting their remaining budget dollars on to contracts ahead of the September 30 deadline. At this critical time, agencies and contractors need to prudently–and innovatively–manage taxpayer dollars with the latest procurement methods. Bloomberg Government and the Coalition for Government Procurement...

Overview: In the spirit of NASA’s two decade tradition of providing networking opportunities for small businesses and prime contractors through an annual event, this 2nd annual Industry Day will bring together small businesses, large businesses, prime contractors and government agencies, including NASA centers and large commercial companies, for the purpose of discussing current procurement strategies and opportunities in the aerospace a...

Some of the topics covered at the conference will be: Exploring your GSA Contract, how the buyers see it, how they search and how you are displayed to the buyers. We will view your competitors, what have they got that you don’t have, who is getting the sales and why. This segment will include viewing GSA Advantage, using Sales Queries on the Vendor Support Center site and learning how to use this information for marketing. What can you d...

Even though the official holiday season is over, there is still one more gift-giving day on the horizon - Valentine's Day. And we all know buying the perfect present doesn't come easy. You oftentimes have to fight crowds of shoppers, wait in long lines, and pay extra for gift wrapping. The cloud – four years ago it was the buzzword heard around government, now the cloud is in many ways the norm, but buying the cloud is still a bit trick...

Some of the topics covered at the conference will be: Exploring your GSA Contract, how the buyers see it, how they search and how you are displayed to the buyers. We will view your competitors, what have they got that you don’t have, who is getting the sales and why. This segment will include viewing GSA Advantage, using Sales Queries on the Vendor Support Center site and learning how to use this information for marketing. What can you d...

Please join us as Jennifer Schaus & Associates with Pepper Hamliton LLP present a workshop on The GSA Schedule Proposal Learn how the GSA Schedule can be an asset or liability to your company; Advantages and Disadvantages of using it; How it affects your pricing and margins; Staying compliant with the Terms/Conditions; Passing GSA "inspections"; Meeting GSA sales quotas; and more... Learn how to Comply, Compete and Win! Coffee and Breakfa...