Government Contracting Network
(GovConNet)
Pathway to Growth Procurement Conference
Conference Agenda: Breakout Sessions
Track 3: Pathway to Growth
Using the New Simplified Acquisition Threshold to Your Advantage
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Room 2052
Session Description:
The New Simplified Acquisition is a game changer for informed small businesses in the federal marketplace. In 2019, all acquisitions between $10,000 and $250,000 per transaction are automatically set-aside for small business provided that government decision-makers can find the small businesses who can actually perform the work or provide the products. This will amount to millions of dollars in revenues to those companies who can adapt and plan a proactive process to pursue those opportunities under $250,000 per transaction. Attendees will learn the steps to take advantage of this new change, the tools to use for success and the decision-makers who can make these purchases.
Featured Speaker:
The New Simplified Acquisition is a game changer for informed small businesses in the federal marketplace. In 2019, all acquisitions between $10,000 and $250,000 per transaction are automatically set-aside for small business provided that government decision-makers can find the small businesses who can actually perform the work or provide the products. This will amount to millions of dollars in revenues to those companies who can adapt and plan a proactive process to pursue those opportunities under $250,000 per transaction. Attendees will learn the steps to take advantage of this new change, the tools to use for success and the decision-makers who can make these purchases.
Featured Speaker:
- Gloria Larkin, TargetGov (Confirmed)
How to Successfully Make it Down the Growth “Runway”- Lessons Learned in Successfully Transitioning from Small to Midsize and Beyond
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Room 2052
Session Description:
How rapidly growing small businesses prepare and successfully navigate the Runway from Small to Midsize and Beyond. This dynamic session will couple current and former business owners with financial, legal and strategic advisors to provide business owners with realistic options for growing beyond small while maintaining your success as a government contractor.
Moderator:
Panelists:
How rapidly growing small businesses prepare and successfully navigate the Runway from Small to Midsize and Beyond. This dynamic session will couple current and former business owners with financial, legal and strategic advisors to provide business owners with realistic options for growing beyond small while maintaining your success as a government contractor.
Moderator:
- Lisa Firestone, President and Owner, Managed Care Advisors (Confirmed)
Panelists:
- Ahmed R. Ali, Founder, TISTA Science and Technology Corporation (Confirmed)
- Michael Morehouse, Managing Partner, Grist Mill Ventures, LLC (Confirmed)
- Megan C. Connor, Partner, PilieroMazza PLLC (Confirmed)
- Erin Andrew, Managing Director, Government Contract Lending, Live Oak Bank (Confirmed)
Subcontracting (Primes) BAE Systems, CALIBRE, CACI International, Inc., Northrop Grumman Corporation, SAIC
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Room 2032
Session Description:
This session will provide information on how to be a subcontractor with industry
Moderator:
Panelists:
This session will provide information on how to be a subcontractor with industry
Moderator:
- Diane G. Dempsey, Director of Small Business Programs Intelligence & Security, BAE Systems (Confirmed)
Panelists:
- Cherlyn T. McIntee, Senior Manager, Small Business Office, CALIBRE (Confirmed)
- Wayne Pizer, Director, Small Business Office, Caci International, Inc. (Confirmed)
- Gwendolyn Tillman, Corporate Manager, Global Supplier Diversity Programs/Government Relations, Northrop Grumman Corporation (Confirmed)
- Michael A. Townsend, Senior Director, Small Business Development and Utilization Office, SAIC (Confirmed)
Teaming, Subcontracting and Negotiations: Legal and Contractual Aspects
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Room 2032
Session Description:
This session will address best practices in teaming and subcontracting agreements. You will learn what’s important to include (and what not to include). Two small business panelists will compare their actual experiences in negotiations. Recommendations from experienced legal practitioners will be provided.
Panelists:
This session will address best practices in teaming and subcontracting agreements. You will learn what’s important to include (and what not to include). Two small business panelists will compare their actual experiences in negotiations. Recommendations from experienced legal practitioners will be provided.
Panelists:
- Daniel S. Koch, Counsel, Miles & Stockbridge P.C. (Confirmed)
- Christopher S. Denny, Associate, Miles & Stockbridge P.C. (Confirmed)
- Ryan Nuessle, COO, Bravium Consulting, Inc. (Confirmed)
- Steve Flowers, COO, Knowesis, Inc. (Confirmed)
DoD Mentor Protégé/SBA All Small - What to Look for in a Relationship
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Room 3022
Session Description:
SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Programs, All Small, 8(a), and DoD’s MentorProtégé Program are valuable resources for small businesses and their mentors. These programs allow small businesses to receive assistance from their mentors, and be exempt from affiliation, in order to grow and better serve their customers. In this session, we will hear from participants in DoD’s Mentor-Protégé Program and SBA’s MentorProtégé Programs about their real-world experiences and insights. Come learn how to use these programs to win work!
Moderator: Megan Connor, Partner, PilieroMazza PLLC (Confirmed)
Panelists:
SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Programs, All Small, 8(a), and DoD’s MentorProtégé Program are valuable resources for small businesses and their mentors. These programs allow small businesses to receive assistance from their mentors, and be exempt from affiliation, in order to grow and better serve their customers. In this session, we will hear from participants in DoD’s Mentor-Protégé Program and SBA’s MentorProtégé Programs about their real-world experiences and insights. Come learn how to use these programs to win work!
Moderator: Megan Connor, Partner, PilieroMazza PLLC (Confirmed)
Panelists:
- Laurie Freeman, Vice President, Operations, American Cyber, Inc. (Confirmed)
- Gautam Ijoor, President, Alpha Omega Integration (Confirmed)
- Sharon R. Morrow, Assistant to the Director, Army Office of Small Business Programs Mentor-Protégé (MP) Program Manager (PM); Workforce Development; Small Business (SB) Liaison for Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) (Confirmed)
- Wayne Pizer, Director, Small Business Office, Caci International, Inc. (Confirmed)
