Our Government & Social Media

Lara Coffee hit a homerun at the Mount Vernon-Lee District Chamber of Commerce Government Procurement Relationship Committee meeting yesterday.

Here are the links to her presentation http://bit.ly/kYxJT5 and www.csci-va.com. There are some great hyper links in it as well.

Thanks Lara!

Government Procurement Relations Committee Meeting Friday--May 6th @ 9AM

The Government Procurement Relations Committee meets Friday, May 6th @ 9AM. Guest speaker: Lara Coffee, VP of Communications and Marketing with CSCI. Lara is excited to join us on Friday to discuss marketing to the government using social media. She has a fantastic presentation ready.

Kick-off your Friday morning at the chamber office— networking, making contacts, building our contracting community, and learning how to secure that next government opportunity (breakfast refreshments served). Location: 6911 Richmond Hwy, Ste 320 Alex, VA 22306

In Court Longer Than Some Marriages

We are approaching the 20th anniversary of the A-12 stealth attack aircraft litigation between the Navy and McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamic.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a limited appeal of the government’s 1991 default termination of the A-12 stealth attack aircraft. This litigation has lasted longer than many marriages. Will it make the Guinness Book of World Records?

Set-Asides for Women-Owned Small Businesses

This month SBA has made Women-Owned Small Businesses qualified for contract set-asides. WOSB are eligible for set-asides for less than $3 million for most contracts or $5 million for manufacturing. http://www.bpwfoundation.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=5682

On November 10 @7:30AM attend the Winning Army Contracts event to ask questions about the Small Business Programs for WOSB set-asides with the Army. Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber invites you to join them at Belle Haven Country Club.

BRAC 133

The Belvoir Eagle reports that BRAC 133 facility located in the City of Alexandria will house approximately 6,400 Department of Defense (DoD) personnel. The site selection process by the Army was very competitive, but how well the City of Alexandria has planned for the traffic flow of 6,400 DoD personnel flowing into the site is yet to be determined. This is a terrific problem for small businesses to solve.

Distinguish Panel

Wednesday, November 10th @ 7:30AM
Join our distingush panel for ways your company can win US Army contracts.

Mr. Edward Harrington
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Procurement)
“Small business Contracting in Afghanistan - Wartime Contracting”

Ms. Tracey Pinson
Director of the Office of Small Business ProgramsSecretary of the United States Army
“US Army Small Business Contracting Worldwide”

COL Mark Moffatt
Deputy Garrison Commander for Transformation and BRAC at Fort Belvoir
“Wrap-up of the BRAC and What It Means for Fort Belvoir”

Ms. Alice Williams-Gray
Associate Director, Office of Small Business ProgramsUS Army Contracting Command, Fort Belvoir
“Belvoir Installation Small Business Contracting Opportunities”

Register at: http://www.inkwellduck.com/contacts-4-contracts.html

Hard Summer of Social Reality

After a summer of funerals and family reunions, it is time to return to the work at hand. The work at hand is social media for the next Contact-for-Contracts event. The next event is November 10, 2010 at 7:30AM at the Belle Haven Country Club.

We have an amazing line-up of Department of Defense Army Procurement Officials to inform us of the best way to win Army contracts. The next couple of blogs will also wrap-up some of the first event questions as well. Stay Tune