Government Cloud Brokerage: Who, What, When, Where, Why? Presented by FedInsider, WTOP, and Federal News Radio 1500 AM, this complimentary one-hour video training webinar will explore the Administration’s establishment of the Cloud First policy and how agencies are taking full advantage of cloud computing in order to maximize capacity utilization, improve IT flexibility and responsiveness, and minimize cost. As agencies seek to combine d...

Winning Federal Business Seminars The Winning Federal Business workshop guides small businesses through the procurement process to compete for federal contracts. This intensive, full day program provides strategies, solutions and real-life examples of doing business with the federal government so your company can get a significant leg-up on the complicated and often laborious government contracting process. Learn all the insider tips and trick...

Our Doing Business with GSA series is designed to provide you with an in depth look at partnering with our agency. Part I of our series will set the foundation for accessing opportunities in our agency. It is the best training to get you started and is a compliment to the additional training options. In this session, Part IV Sustainability in Procurement, we will: - Define Sustainability - Discuss GSA Drivers and Goals - Learn about Current Gr...

Procurements made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures are one of the easiest ways for Government agencies to acquire supplies and services. For vendors, it generally does not require the award of a contract vehicle like the GSA Schedule nor the tremendous up-front investment of competing for a "hunting license.” While buys made this way account for billions in government spending every year and these streamlined acquisitions continue...

Join WBB for lunch and networking while top DHS procurement and small business executives share their insight on how businesses can increase their presence within DHS. The following topics will be covered: How to leverage Small businesses in order to win DHS contracts Challenges and opportunities faced by small businesses How to enable collaboration between Large and Small businesses Small and large business contracting and partnering strategi...

USDA has partnered with the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce helps create and maintain U.S. jobs by promoting the growth and competitiveness of minority-owned businesses. Through a national network of more than 40 business centers and a wide range of strategic partners, MBDA provides Agency clients with the technical assistance, and access to capital and contract opportunities necessary...

The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, NITAAC, is now holding free trainings for all those involved in the purchase of information technology products, services and solutions. Earn 2 CLPs as you learn about our government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs): ECS III for products, CIO-SP3 for services/solutions and CIO-SP3 Small Business for services/solutions with socioeconomic set-asides. You’ll find NITAAC GWA...

Who Should Attend: All federal users including contracting officers, program office officials, managers, and executive staff are invited to participate in these complimentary webinars to learn how Alliant can support their agency IT project initiatives. Warranted contracting officers must complete this training before requesting a Delegation of Procurement Authority (DPA), which will authorize them to issue orders against Alliant and Alliant S...

The GSA Multiple Award Schedules Program is one of the most widely used federal contract vehicles and may also be used by state and local governments to purchase commercial services and products. These contracts continue to be the go-to source for federal buying, with almost $40B in sales in FY12, and are a common point of entry for commercial and emerging companies new to federal contracting. However, many myths still exist about the Schedule...

Join us for the bi-monthly Procurement Division committee meetings. Committee meetings include those for the Contract Finance (CF), Contract & Acquisition Management (CAM), Legal, and Procurement Executive Committees (PEC). Please note that the CF Committee will conduct a pre-meeting from 1:30 - 4:30 PM on Monday, January 6, 2014 at the NDIA headquarters at 2111 Wilson Blvd, 4th Floor, Arlington, VA 22201 in addition to the regular meeting...