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USSOCOM hosting small business roundtable April 21st

March 16, 2021 By Andrew Smith

The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is hosting a Virtual Small Business Roundtable on 4/21/2021 from 2:00 pm-4:00 pm ET.

Government participants will be the USSOCOM Acquisition Executive, Director of Procurement, and Director of the Office of Small Business Programs.  This session will be hosted virtually.  Connection details will be provided upon selection to attend.

Intent of these meetings:

SB Roundtables are intended for USSOCOM to assess the state of its SB program and to allow small businesses to discuss barriers to doing business with USSOCOM, provide input as to what USSOCOM is doing well, and provide suggestions for ways to make doing business with USSOCOM easier.  These roundtables are not meant to be an opportunity for firms to present their capabilities to USSOCOM, or to receive a forecast of upcoming requirements.

USSOCOM would like to have participation from all socio-economic categories and a variety of industries.  Space is limited to 75 individuals; therefore, participation is restricted to one connection per small business.

Expected of attendees:

We are actively soliciting your comments/feedback.  Please be willing and prepared to engage/discuss.

When discussing barriers or ways to do business easier, please provide examples of issues and possible solutions.

TO REQUEST AN INVITATION:

If interested in participating, please send the following information to osbp@socom.mil.  Please provide all information requested, and only provide the information requested.  Other information provided will not be considered.

NOTE:  Failure to provide all information may result in your request not being considered for an invitation:

1.  Company name:

2.  Company CAGE code:

3.  Socioeconomic status(es), if any (SB, SDB, WOSB, HUBZone, VOSB, SDVOSB):

4.  2-3 sentence description of the products/services provided (please limit to a total of 100 words or less):

5.  Name of person attending (please include title – Mr. or Ms.):

6.  Position title (CEO, Business Development, Account manager, etc:

7.  Contact phone number:

8.  Contact email:

9.  Contracts with USSOCOM (Contract and Order Numbers only):

Even if you requested an invitation to a previous roundtable but were not selected to attend, you must respond to this notice in order to be considered for this roundtable.

The criteria considered when selecting attendees (in no particular order and not listed in order of importance)

– Socioeconomic status (we would like representation from each socioeconomic category (SB, SDB, WOSB, HUBZone, VOSB, and SDVOSB)

– Products and/or services provided (we lean more towards firms that provide what we buy, but want a variety of industries represented)

– Experience with USSOCOM (we would like a mix of experienced and inexperienced firms)

– The last time your firm has attended a SB Roundtable (we want to afford all firms an opportunity to attend a roundtable)

– When your request to attend was received; and

– Where your firm is located (we would like a mix of local and non-local firms).

Responses are due by 8:00:00 AM local time on 3/22/2021.  Invitations for those selected to attend will be sent out no later than the close of business on 3/26/2021.  You may still submit a response after the due date.  However, late submissions will be accommodated on a space-available basis.

If not selected for this event, or if your response is received after the due date, your contact information will be added to the list of companies interested in attending future events.

For more information, visit:  https://beta.sam.gov/opp/eccd19cb7fb846d89485cdb3f41dc186/view

Filed Under: GTPAC News Tagged With: USSOCOM

GTPAC hosts ‘Creating the Next: Defense Innovation Conference’

February 9, 2019 By Andrew Smith

The Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center (GTPAC) recently sponsored an event where 200 small innovative tech companies learned about special funding opportunities and programs that are available to small businesses at the Department of Defense (DoD), including the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

“The goal of the January 14th conference was to help small companies, especially small technology companies and innovative manufacturers, learn about how they can do business with the Defense Department and its various components,” explained Andrew Smith, GTPAC’s program manager.  “We wanted to have an event where we could educate the small business community about DoD opportunities.”

GDX connects Georgia businesses with each other and with DoD contract opportunities.

The event featured numerous prominent speakers.  Khai Edouard, the co-founder of the technology consulting firm The Simple Vue, spoke about the Georgia Defense Exchange (GDX), a technology platform that was built for the Georgia Department of Economic Development that helps government defense contractors network with other contractors and find contracting opportunities with DoD.  Contractors can access the Georgia Defense Exchange at https://gdx.georgia.org

The National Security Technology Accelerator prospects, vets, and develops technology.

Tim Greeff, the founder, and CEO of the National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL), which prospects and develops innovative technology for the Department of Defense, spoke about Other Transaction Authority (OTA) contracts, and how DoD utilizes OTAs to fund research and prototype development.

Adele Navarrete, senior corporate counsel for the Logistics Management Institute, a major not-for-profit defense contractor, provided attendees with insights and advice on how to win business with the Department of Defense.  Ms. Navarrete later joined an industry panel with Raven Smith, senior regulatory compliance analyst with Lockheed Martin, and John Roman, senior vice president at Huntington Ingalls Industries – Technical Solutions.  They discussed the important attributes and qualities defense contractors look for in subcontractors.

Panelists, representing defense industry giants, provided attendees with subcontracting insights.
Lisa R. Sanders with U.S. Special Operations Command discussed technology problems she’s counting on industry to solve.

The keynote address was delivered by Lisa R. Sanders, the director of science and technology for the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).  As a defense intelligence senior leader, Ms. Sanders is responsible for all research and development funded activities for the U.S. Special Operations Forces at MacDill Air Force Base.  Ms. Sanders gave an overview of USSOCOM’s technology and purchasing priorities, and the difficult technology problems Special Operations Forces needs industry to solve.  Ms. Sanders also gave an overview of how industry could engage and do business with the USSOCOM.

After the keynote speech, attendees were able to network with one another and forge potential business relationships.

Four concurrent workshops were also held in the afternoon sessions that covered a variety of topics of interest to government contractors, including how to develop successful bids and proposals and how to comply with DoD cybersecurity requirements.

“Overall, I’m very proud of the event and how industry and government came together to provide such excellent information and training to our attendees,” said Mr. Smith.  “I think everyone came away learning a lot about how to best engage the Department of Defense if you are a small technology company or manufacturer with the next great product or idea.  I firmly believe Georgia Tech can help connect the next great idea to those in DoD who need that idea and solution — and that is going to keep our nation safe.”

Copies of all presentations made at the Jan. 14, 2019 event — along with related resource materials — can be downloaded from: https://gtpac.org/training-video/

 

Filed Under: GTPAC News Tagged With: Defense Innovation Conference, DoD, GDX, Georgia Defense Exchange, Georgia Tech, GTPAC, industry, innovation, National Security Technology Accelerator, NSTXL, OTA, other transactional authority, SBIR, STTR, subcontracting, technology, USSOCOM

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