At the meeting
Contracting Week Meetings
National Small Business Federal Contracting Week consists of three separate meetings/registrations. Select the meetings appropriate for your firm, and register for each.
The Seventh Annual National Small Business Federal Contracting Week is proudly presented by the National Association of Small Business Contractors and the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, and is held in Washington, DC.
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The three meetings
Select the meetings appropriate for your firm
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29–30MAR
The Small Business Summit
March 29 (afternoon) through March 30, 2011
The Small Business Summit is the cornerstone of National Small Business Federal Contracting Week, providing key information, education and connections with a wide array of federal agencies, prime contractors and resource providers. You'll also have access to key federal government and congressional leaders to learn about federal contracting trends and business issues.
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29MAR
The Women's Business Summit
March 29, 2011 (morning only)
This year's Women's Business Summit is very timely. Finally the SBA has launched the new Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting set-aside program. Many business owners are preparing to compete actively leveraging this new opportunity — and federal agencies small business offices are working hard to prepare Contracting Officers for use of the program.
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31MAR
Spotlight: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
March 31, 2011 (full day)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is strongly committed to small business contractors. This full day spotlight includes insights into the agency, marketing to HHS, the HHS strategic sourcing initiative (including support of the new Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting set-aside program), a review of Simplified Acquisition opportunities, building successful relationships with prime contractors, and a full afternoon of one-on-one meetings with agency and prime contractor representatives.
Session schedule
Spotlight on HHS — March 31, 2011 agenda
| Time | Session | Session facilitator |
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| 7:30 am | Registration / Networking | Coffee |
| 8:00 am | Welcome | Margot Dorfman, CEO — U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce |
| 8:15 am | HHS: Agency Overview | Debbie Ridgely, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization |
| 8:45 am | How to Market to HHS | |
| 9:15 am | HHS Strategic Sourcing Initiative | |
| 9:45 am | Simplified Acquisition | |
| 10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am | Building Successful Prime Relationships with HHS | |
| 11:00 am | HHS Opportunities Briefing | |
| Noon | Box Lunch Provided | |
| 1:00 pm | One-On-One Meetings with Agency and Prime Contractor Representatives | |
| 4:00 pm | Adjourn |
Note: Schedule subject to change.
Attendee resources
Registration, fees and what to bring
Registration options
Registration is broken into three options; please register separately for each of the meetings you would like to attend.
Spotlight on HHS fees
NASBC and USWCC members — $60 | Non-Members — $105
Capabilities statement
Bring a capabilities statement with your business details, industry codes, DUNS#, socio-economic designations, past experience, core competencies and key team members to hand to agencies and prime contractors.
Frequently asked questions
Six questions covering one-on-one meetings, industry sector sessions, membership and multiple attendees are answered on the Support page.