The Alliance Northwest Opportunities for Small Business Conference will be held 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 15 at the Puyallup Fairgrounds in Puyallup.
This conference is designed for businesses to network and learn about procurement opportunities through agencies and prime contractors.
Keynote speaker will be Andre J. Gudger of the Office of Small Business Programs Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.
Gudger serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense on small business matters.
Kicking off the conference will be Kate Oliver from General Services Administration Integrated Acquisition Environment who will present an overview of the consolidation of eight federal procurement systems/websites and the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance into one new system — the System for Award Management to be released in May.
This year’s agency partners include the Navy’s Combined Naval Surface Warefare Center Port Hueneme Division and Corona Division, the General Services Administration, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of Navy, the Department of Army, the Air Force, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the Small Business Administration.
Other agencies attending include Boeing, the Pacific Northwest Defense Coalition, the Center for Advanced Manufacturing Puget Sound, Impact Washington, Washington State Department of Transportation, PCL Construction Leaders, Kiewit, Advanced Technology Construction, Stantec, Lacy & Par and Manson Construction.
Last year, the conference included over 96 booths filled with local, state, and federal agencies as well as small businesses and fortune 500 corporations.
The 2011 conference attracted over 750 attendees from over 400 businesses and the Alliance team anticipates a larger turn out for 2012.
Cost to attend the conference, is $99 per person; $125 on March 14 and 15.
For more information, go to www.AllianceNWconference.org. Or call Marnie Tyson, 425-248-4217.
Register online or send a check to: WA PTAC - Alliance 2012, Attention Marnie Tyson, 728 134th St. S.W., Suite 128, Everett, WA 98204-5322.
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