The St. Joe County Latin American Chamber of Commerce is hosting LCK for a presentation on Federal Contracting Small Business Set Asides.  Join us as we discuss how small businesses can leverage the various small business set-aside programs to compete for Federal contracts.

Location: 101 E. Mishawaka Ave, Mishawaka, Indiana 46545

We’re gathering a group of advanced manufacturers, tech companies and industry partners to discuss building a regional coalition of manufacturers to collaborate with the national labs, universities and commercial R&D organizations to do agile development and testing of advanced manufacturing technologies on the manufacturing floor - rather than in isolated labs.  The Federal Government spends billions on R&D efforts through the national labs, the SBIR|STTR programs and various grants.  However, commercialization of federally funded R&D is lagging.  Our hypothesis is that the Government can increase the commercialization rate of funded R&D and compress the mean time between innovation and commercialization if the technology is developed and tested on the factory floor in iterative agile sprints with live feedback from commercial industry (consortium of advanced manufacturers).

Contact Dave Temeles if you are interested in joining the conversation.

Attend this workshop to learn the essential steps to doing business with the government and find out about direct contract options with the government or how your small business can identify subcontracting opportunities with major prime contractors.  Soeakers include representatives from LaDue Curran Kuehn, PTAC, and Rob Kuehn from Silver Eagle Consulting, Inc.

Sponsored by Elevate Ventures and Startup South Bend-Elkhart.

Presenter: James Thompson, Associate Vice President for Innovation, IDEA Center at Notre Dame.

To register, please email Dave Temeles at dtemeles@lck-law.com.

Presented by Dave Temeles of LaDue Curran Kuehn.

The workshop will be held at LaDue Curran Kuehn's offices in South Bend. To register or to request a webex link, please email Dave Temeles at dtemeles@lck-law.com.

Want to sell to the Federal Government, but not sure where to begin?  Already selling to the Federal Government and want to know how to grow your sales? 

Please join Booz Allen Hamilton and LaDue Curran Kuehn at Notre Dame’s IDEA Center for a panel discussion on critical aspects of building your Federal market practice.

Agenda:

8:00-8:30 a.m. Networking

8:30-10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion:

Contracting with the Federal Government: How the Government purchase goods and services

• FAR|DFAR Defined Purchases
  • Part 8.4: Orders placed against Federal Supply Schedules (GSA Schedules)
  • Part 12: Commercial Items
  • Part 13: Simplified Acquisition Procedures
  • Part 14: Sealed Bidding
  • Part 15: Contracting by Negotiation
• Other Transaction Authority (“OTA”)
• SBIR|STTR Phase III Contracts

Identifying Opportunities

• Free Federal Resources
• Paid Resources
• Strategic Relationships

Developing Your Government Identity

• Capabilities Statement
• Past Performances
• Key Differentiators

Shaping Opportunities: Slanting a Procurement in Your Favor

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Tech Transfer (STTR) programs provide $2.8 Billion in awards for research and development for companies of 500 or fewer employees. Join LaDue Curran Kuehn and industry experts C5BDI and Parmelee Consulting Group, Inc. for the next event in our continuing series designed to help you navigate the intricacies of doing business with the Federal Government. Together with several prior SBIR|STTR awardees from our region, they will discuss how your business can leverage federal funding to drive innovation and commercialization. 

Please join panelists from Booz Allen Hamilton, AM General, LaDue Curran Kuehn and others for a panel discussion on the keys to building a federal market practice.