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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
"A Place at the Table for S.C. Small Business" - Government Contracting
Government Contracting
July 11 Prime Contracts -- 8:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
July 12 Set-asides Small Business -- 8:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
$50 Each Day; $75 Both Days
UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTH CAROLINA
Darla Moore School Of Business
Lumpkin Auditorium, 8th Floor
1705 College St.
Columbia, S.C. 29208
$50 for Each Day $75 for Both Days
Reserved FREE Parking
Register: http://uscregionsbdc.com/columbia_seminars.php
Day 1 - Working with Primes
8:30 Welcome -- Michele Abraham, SC SBDC State Director
8:35 Opening Remarks -- Scott Adams, VP, Prysmian Group, NA
8:45 Contracting Principles - Scott H. Bellows
- Fair and Reasonable
- Responsive and Responsible
9:45 Finding Work Opportunities - Sherry Pittinger
- Prime Contracting & Subcontracting
10:30 Break
11:00 Working with the Prime Contractor Community
- Introduction by Mr. Butch Wallace, Cong. Joe Wilson's Office
- Moderated by Greg Davis: S.C. Department of Commerce
- Prime Contractors : Brad Burton, Shaw Construction Group;
- Scott Spigener, M.B. Kahn Construction Co., Inc.
- In the context of government contracting, how does your subcontracting program work?
- What are some do's and don'ts for subcontractors seeking work with your company?
- For those who have been awarded contracts with your company, what makes some stand out and others fade into the background?
- What is your anticipation of government buyer needs (next year and beyond) and how might this affect the subcontractors you work with?
Day 2 - Set-asides for Small Business
8:30 Welcome & Opening Remarks -- Michele Abraham, SC SBDC State Director; Daulton Tresvant of Congressman James Clyburn's Office
8:35 An Overview of Set-aside Programs - Steve Taylor
- Set-aside Implementation, a Matter of Consideration
8:50 Where and How to Apply - Steve Taylor
- Identifying Set-asides
- Marketing to the government - Role of the Small Business Specialist, Corporate Profiles
- Fair & Reasonable, Responsive & Responsible
- Pre-solicitations and Sources Sought
- Networking (and timing), Website, etc.
- Mentoring-Protege agreements
Enhancing performance (and support services),
James Giffin
10:00 Prime and Sub-contracting (for the certified vendor) -- Scott H. Bellows
- Finding Primes to Work with
- The Small Business Prime Contractor
- Prime Work Requirements (as a percentage)
- Non-manufacturer's Rule, Teaming Agreements
11:00 Set-asides and Working with Your Government
Introduction by Eric Bedingfield, Deputy Congressman Mulvaney
Moderated by Greg Davis
Panelists: James Giffin, Linda Blanton; Cecil Hannibal, OBO Administrator, City of Columbia;
Chappelle Broome, Director of HR/DBE Liaison Officer, CAE Airport; Brenda Parnell, SC DOT Certification, SC Dept. of Transportation; Keith Friot, Pre-award Division Chief, Ft. Jackson; Randall May, Dir. of Bus. Oper. & Small Bus. Specialist, Shaw AFB
The panel will field, first-hand, questions from the audience along the following lines:
- Describe your procurement operations and what you feel that you do to identify and bring on first-time contractors?
- Describe what, if anything, you do to encourage your prime contractors to bring on new sub-contractors?
- How do small businesses learn about smaller contracting opportunities that are not published in SCBO, FedBizOpps, etc.?
Sponsored by:
in Partnership with
UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTH CAROLINA
Monday, June 25, 2012
Walbridge-Mashburn Joint Venture
Interested subcontractors are invited to attend a subcontractor Outreach Event on June 27, 2012 from 4:00 – 5:30pm at
Central Carolina Technical College
Health Sciences Center – Iris Room
133 South Main St.
Sumter, SC 29150
• Gain info. about Continental Tire plant construction project in Sumter
• Learn about current/upcoming bid packages
• Receive instructions on Contractor Pre-Qual. Forms
• Hear an overview of Walbridge and Mashburn’s MBE/DBE efforts
• Meet the Construction Management team and network with other interested contractors
For more information, contact
Eliza Buxton at 803.774.2160 abuxton@sumter-sc.com
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Is the economy getting better? Take a look...
Before you allow yourself to get "down," thinking that economic recovery hasn't even begun ...... you need to read this, because it's not only begun, but it's creeping in quite steadily. Recovery via small business job creation is well und...er way, and faster than during the last (and smaller) recession in 2001. Naysayers get our "ears," but numbers are a better measure of where we are. Every time a small business hires someone, things get a little better. (Or is that "Every time you hear a bell ring, an angel gets his wings"?) Actually, it may be a bit of both -- that every time a new job is created, someone is touched by an angel. :-)
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-26/small-business-job-creation-is-stronger-than-we-think
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Free Workshop!
4 sessions to get your FB marketing off to a good start! 4 steps to achieving business success with facebook, check it out.
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