Take part in the 2023 National Veterans Small Business Engagement! This engagement is one of the most significant business-networking events for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and firms in other socio-economic categories. This highly requested event will occur at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center (approximately 21 miles south of Orlando). The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) forecasted contract prospects in facilities su...

The General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Small Business Utilization is hosting this 30-minute webinar for all small businesses looking for additional information and guidance on GSA and our opportunities. The webinar will include an overview of the GSA Multiple Award Schedule Program, Public Buildings Service, Federal Acquisition Service, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, the Forecast of Contracting Opportunities, the Small Bus...

Learn the ends and outs of a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) so you don't get stung by a QASP! NOTE: this session is part of the "Acquisition Training for the Real World" series. Questions/feedback? Contact ryan.williams@gsa.gov or andrea.azarcon@gsa.gov

You Need Government Friendly Branding Materials (Branding Lab) REGISTER HERE https://www.govassociation.org/event-5464584 Classes are awesome, but Labs are even better. Come join us weekly as we train and prepare you to capture government contracts. These Lab sessions are designed to prepare CCM students with the hands-on support through your government contracting journey. Also, these labs sessions are open to all GCA members, partner members...

DESCRIPTIONThe Service Contract Act (SCA) and the regulations implementing SCA are some of the most challenging requirements for contractors and for contracting agencies involved in federal contracts for services. If you are competing for the award of a service contract, or performing a service contract and administering your responsibilities under SCA, this two-day course is critical to understanding SCA and ensuring fair competition and full...

Join the ITVMO’s IT Buyers Community of Practice (ITBCoP) - Emerging Technology Working Group on November 7th for a morning filled with panel discussions on how emerging technology is helping improve government procurement. Hear leaders from across the government discuss the current and future landscape of emerging technologies such as AI, and the opportunities they present for IT, Acquisition, and other government professionals to catal...

Check out our information-packed panel to learn what you need to know to avoid dangerous missteps in the mentor protégé space. A wise person learns from the mistakes other people make. Come hear critical pieces of information that got missed during the dating phase and how you can avoid doing it wrong. Learn what clues and red flags to listen for. Also hear about happy successful marriages and how great mentor protég...

Public Law (PL) 100-656, the Business Opportunity Development Reform Act of 1988, amended the Small Business Act to emphasize acquisition planning and require agencies to prepare a forecast of expected contract opportunities, including those that small businesses can perform. The Forecast of Contracting Opportunities Tool provides information on anticipated federal contracting opportunities for several agencies. The General Services Administra...

A review of the Document Library on BUY.GSA.GOV and all of the helpful sample, templates, and tips you can find to build a better acquisition. NOTE: this session is part of the "Acquisition Training for the Real World"series. Questions/feedback? Contact ryan.williams@gsa.gov or andrea.azarcon@gsa.gov

GSA Personal Property Management is hosting a series of virtual training sessions on various aspects of the program. The topic of this FREE virtual training will be Acquiring Excess Personal Property directly from Federal Management Regulation (FMR) 102.36. This training will provide you with information as to who can acquire excess personal property, whether we pay for it or not, how to acquire the property via a live demonstration and more....