SADBOC_Flier_v2.pdf

The 16th Annual SADBOC PrOCurement FAir

Thursday April 30, 2015 9 A.M. - 3 P.M.

Earle Brown Heritage Center 6155 Earle Brown Drive Brooklyn Center, MN

Sponsored by the Federal Executive Board of Minnesota

Get a piece of the action!

Small businesses interested in doing business with government agencies and prime contractors are encouraged to attend this trade fair.

Coupling education with marketing strategies, this event will provide small businesses an opportunity to meet with representatives from federal, state and local departments, commercial/prime contractors, and nonprofit organizations.

The 16th Annual SADBOC Government Procurement Fair is sponsored by the Federal Executive Board’s Small and Disadvantaged Business Opportunity Council, in cooperation with MN Procurement Technical Assistance Center and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Matchmaking Small businesses have the opportunity to be matched with a government or corporate buyer interested in their particular product/ service (by appointment only).

Online registration for a 10 minute appointment begins April 1, 2015.

Click here or go to www.sba.gov/mn and click on the events calendar.

Matchmaking will close April 24, 2015.

Matches will be emailed to you and posted on the SBA the website on April 28 at -www.sba.gov/mn

This event is sponsored by the Federal Executive Board of Minnesota, in cooperation with MN Procurement Technical Assistance Center and U.S. Small Business Administration.

http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event%3Foeidk%3Da07eamonit80b58223a%26llr%3Dhrphyzbab www.sba.gov/mn www.sba.gov/mn www.sba.gov/mn

Agenda 8:30 a.m. Registration 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Trade Fair 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Workshops 12:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. Matchmaking

Federal 133rd Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve 934th Airlift Wing, Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Labor – Wage and Hour Division, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), General Services Administration (GSA), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Indian Health Service (IHS), Small Business Administration (SBA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), USPFO- Camp Ripley, VA Medical Center Minneapolisasdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfdfdfsdfsdfdfdfd

State/Local City of Minneapolis, City of St. Paul, Hennepin County, Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC), Metropolitan Council, Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA), MN Dept. of Admin

– Materials Management, SMG, MN Dept. of Transportation, MN Trade Office, Ramsey County, Minneapolis Public Schools, University of Minnesotasdfsdfsdfsdfs

Commercial/Prime Contractors 3M, Adolphson and Peterson, Armament Systems, Cargill, Fastenal, HGA, Industrial Contract Services, JE Dunn, Kraus-Anderson, Knutson Construction, LHB, Medtronic, Mortenson Construction, MTS Systems, Noridian, PaR Systems, PCL, Redwing Shoe Company, Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH), Stanley Consulting, Toro, United Health Group, UTC Aerospace Systems, Veit Companies, Xcel Energy

Nonprofit Organizations Association of the United States Army (AUSA), Association of Women Contractors (AWC), Diversity Information Resources, MN American Indian Chamber (MAICC), MN Black Chamber of Commerce, MN SBIR, Meda, Midwest Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC), MN Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC), National Association of Purchasing Managers (NAPM), Native Diversification Network PTAC, North Central Minority Supplier Development Council (MMSDC), Small Business Development Centers (SBDC), SCORE Association, Women’s Business Development Center – Minnesota (WBDC-MN)sdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfssdfsdf-sddf

Exhibiting Organizations

Workshops The Basics of Selling to the Government Minnesota Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC )

Government Contract Law 101 Eckland & Blando, LLP

Understanding the GSA Federal Supply (FSS) Schedule Program General Services Administration (GSA)

Doing Business with the Veterans Administration Medical Center VA Medical Center

Doing Business with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

EPA

Doing Business with HUD: Introducing the Small Contractor Initiative

HUD

Doing Business with the VA

VAMC

Doing Business with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA)

EPA

Selling to the State of Minnesota MN Department of Administration

Successful Contractor Panel - Tips and Tools to be Successful College Recruiters, Erickson Builders, Pro-West & Associates

Finding Contracting Opportunities MN Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)

Certification Requirements for Ownership and Control Meda

Federal Certifications

SBA

CERT and Section 3 Certification City of St. Paul

To Debrief or Not to Debrief?

Morrison Sund PLCC, Attorneys at Law

Davis Bacon and Service Contract Act (Wage and Hour) Requirements Department of Labor

WBDC and NCMSDC Certification Women’s Business Development Center - MN and North Central Minority Supplier Development Council

Targeted Group and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Certification State of Minnesota and Metropolitan Council

Veteran Verification Process MN Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)

Significant New Business Opportunities for Small Business Contractors The Law Office of Tim Connelly, PLLC

Research Funding for Innovative Ideas with Commercial Potential

MN SBIR

Prime Contractor Panel – Are You Ready for Prime Time?

Kraus-Anderson Companies

General and registration information Registration: click here to register or visit http://conta.cc/1AiZ6gk (registration is FREE) Questions:

Sherri Komrosky (MN PTAC): 612.259.6565 or skomrosky@mnptac.org - www.mnptac.org Randy Czaia (SBA): 612.370.2314 or randall.czaia@sba.gov - www.sba.gov/mn http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=hrphyzbab&oeidk=a07eamonit80b58223a http://conta.cc/1AiZ6gk