Introduction:
8th Annual National Small Business Federal Contracting Week
The National Association of Small Business Contractors (a national council of The American Small Business Chamber of Commerce) and the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce are pleased to announced the 8th Annual National Small Business Federal Contracting Week to be held March 27 - 29, 2012 in Washington, DC.　This important meeting provides much needed business connections and information for America's small business contractors.
We have a very strong line up of federal agencies and prime contractors confirmed for attendance, presentations and one-on-one meetings with small businesses providing an excellent forum for connections and information about opportunities and how to position your firm for success as a small business supplier.
REGISTRATION & ATTENDANCE OPTIONS
This year's National Small Business Federal Contracting Week includes three separate sessions: Small Business Summit, WOSB Women's Business Summit, and a special Women Veterans Day. Businesses may register and attend all three meetings or each meeting individually.
Agencies and primes confirmed for our 2012 meeting included: Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), General Services Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, U.S. Dept of Education: Professional Services, U.S. Dept of Energy, Office of Environmental Management (EM), Sandia National Laboratories, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, U.S. Dept of Homeland Security, TSA, FEMA, U.S. Dept of Justice, U.S. Dept of Labor, U.S. Dept of State, U.S. Dept of the Air Force, U.S. Dept of the Army, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Electronics Life Cycle Management Command, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM), National Capital Region Contracting Center, National Guard Bureau, U.S. Dept of the Interior, U.S. Dept of the Navy, NAVFAC, NAVAIR, U.S. Dept of Transportation, FAA, U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Postal Service, APTIMA, BAE Systems, IBM, Bechtel, Wellpoint
In addition to informational sessions provided by a wide array of agencies and key contacts during the Small Business Summit, we will be providing our much requested "Industry Day" which provides one-on-one meetings between businesses, agencies and prime contractors. Businesses just getting involved with Federal Contracting will have a special pre-conference session as well.
POSITION YOUR BUSINESS FOR GROWTH THROUGH FEDERAL CONTRACTING
Small business federal contractors are vital to our nation's competitiveness bringing flexibility, diversity, innovation, and strong performance. As all Americans focus on rebuilding our financial vitality, we encourage you to actively position your business for success in the federal contracting marketplace.
PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING: While many of our summit attendees are already active in federal contracting, we understand that many strong, experienced businesses from the commercial sector are seeking new opportunities as federal contractors. To help these businesses, we are providing a pre-conference training session aimed at helping these firms to be well prepared for the presentations and one-on-one sessions.
The date for this pre-conference training session will be announced shortly. All registrants for the Small Business Summit will receive access information for this web/tele/conference.