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Meet the Buyers Conference

  • date: 04/19/22 - 04/20/22
  • time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • location: 6705 Dodge St., Omaha, NE 68182 • maps
Add 04/19/2022 9:00 AM 04/20/2022 4:00 PM America/Chicago Meet the Buyers Conference Meet the Buyers is a two-day government contracting conference featuring training sessions, workshops, and networking. Learn from and talk to various federal, state, and local agencies and prime contractors. 6705 Dodge St., Omaha, NE 68182 false MM/DD/YYYY
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Meet the Buyers is an experience where businesses can learn directly from State/Local and Federal government agencies about how they do business AND can network their products/services directly to contracting officers and other decision-makers in the contracting world.

AGENDA

April 19th - Training and Prep Workshops (Virtual Only)

9:00-10:00: Capability Statements

10:00-11:30: "Tactics, Tools and Resources for Connecting the Dots"

12:30-1:30: Davis-Bacon Act and Service Contract Act

Presented by the U.S. Department of Labor

1:45-2:45: Proposal Writing With GSA

2:45-3:45: Panel: How to Break Into Government Contracting as a Small Business

April 20th - Meet the Buyers Conference (In-Person Only)

8:00-9:00: Check-In, Coffee, and Contacts

9:00-11:30: Agency Presentations

11:30-12:30: Lunch (Provided)

12:30-4:00: Networking

PARTICIPATING AGENCIES

  • Union Pacific
  • Kiewit
  • Nebraska Department of Transportation
  • University of Nebraska Procurement
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • General Services Administration (GSA) - Building Maintenance & Operations
  • Offutt Air Force Base
  • City of Omaha/Douglas County Purchasing
  • Nebraska National Guard
  • Small Business Administration (SBA)
  • Society of American Military Engineers
  • Nebraska Indian Community College PTAC

AND MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!

 

About NBDC

The Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) helps Nebraska businesses start, grow and develop, by strengthening Nebraska businesses for a healthy economy and prosperous communities. NBDC is a University of Nebraska at Omaha center that provides confidential consulting business development services across Nebraska to entrepreneurs and business owners for the life cycle of their business. NBDC partners with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Kearney, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Wayne State College, and Chadron State College to deliver its services statewide. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the U.S. Department of Commerce (EDA), and other federal, state and private organizations support NBDC. Visit nbdc.unomaha.edu for more information.

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