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SUMMARY:8th Annual SBA - Southern California Small Business and Government Contracting Conference
DESCRIPTION:Southern California's Largest Business Development and Procurement Event of the Year. Join SBA and its partner network for an exciting day of presentations\, workshops\, matchmaking and business development opportunities.\nConfirmed matchmaking participants include:\n\nDepartment of General Services\n\nDepartment of General Services (GSA) received a rating of A from SBA's FY2016 Small Business Procurement Scorecard.  GSA exceeded all of their small business goals for the year which amounted to $1.6B in small business contracts and another $19B in subcontracts. GSA implemented the "Making It Easier" initiative to offer a more efficient and straightforward process for small business and companies new to the federal market. GSA also launched the GSA Forecast Tool\, a GSA-engineered product\, to make it easier for small business vendors to find potential contracting opportunities with the Federal Government.\n\nU.S. Army Corps of Engineers   Los Angeles District\n\nThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) fully supports the government's policy of placing a fair proportion of our contracts with qualified small\, small disadvantaged\, woman owned\, HUBZone\, veteran owned and service disabled veteran owned business concerns. The USACE surpassed 4 of the 6 small business goals in FY 2016 which amounted to $1.4B in prime contracts awarded to small business. The Los Angeles district had a budget of $483M in 2016.\n\n\n\nLast year's conference attracted more than 36 corporate and government sector buyers and drew more than 450 attendees. This year's event is expected to be even bigger and better!
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Southern California&#39\;s Largest Business Development and Procurement Event of the Year. Join SBA and its partner network for an exciting day of presentations\, workshops\, matchmaking and business development opportunities.\n<p><strong>Confirmed matchmaking participants include:</strong><o:p></o:p></p>\n\n<p><strong>Department of General Services</strong><o:p></o:p></p>\n\n<p>Department of General Services (GSA) received a rating of A from SBA&rsquo\;s FY2016 Small Business Procurement Scorecard.&nbsp\; GSA exceeded all of their small business goals for the year which amounted to $1.6B in small business contracts and another $19B in subcontracts. GSA implemented the &ldquo\;Making It Easier&rdquo\; initiative to offer a more efficient and straightforward process for small business and companies new to the federal market. GSA also launched the GSA Forecast Tool\, a GSA-engineered product\, to make it easier for small business vendors to find potential contracting opportunities with the Federal Government.<o:p></o:p></p>\n\n<p><strong>U.S. Army Corps of Engineers &ndash\; Los Angeles District</strong><o:p></o:p></p>\n\n<p>The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) fully supports the government&rsquo\;s policy of placing a fair proportion of our contracts with qualified small\, small disadvantaged\, woman&#8208\;owned\, HUBZone\, veteran&#8208\;owned and service&#8208\;disabled veteran&#8208\;owned business concerns.&nbsp\;The USACE surpassed 4 of the 6 small business goals in FY 2016 which amounted to $1.4B in prime contracts awarded to small business.&nbsp\;The Los Angeles district had a budget of $483M in 2016.<br />\n<br />\nLast year&#39\;s conference attracted more than 36 corporate and government sector buyers and drew more than 450 attendees.&nbsp\;This year&#39\;s event is expected to&nbsp\;be even bigger and better!<br />\n<o:p></o:p></p>\n<br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Irvine Marriott 18000 Von Karman Avenue Irvine\, CA 92612
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URL:https://nocchamber-gzcms.preview.gochambermaster.com/events/details/8th-annual-sba-southern-california-small-business-and-government-contracting-conference-17761
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