Acquisition Hour: Introduction to Certifications Available to Minority Owned Businesses

Minority owned business can receive advantage when selling to various Public and Private entities. In most cases, a certification process must be completed to qualify. It is important for business to understand the certification requirements and the potential benefits to their business prior to investing their time and resources in the certification process. This presentation […]

Acquisition Hour: Learning about the Surety Bond Guarantee from the U.S. SBA

Failure to provide required contract bonds can result in an offeror being excluded from competition or a contractor being terminated for default! Required contract bonds often include Bid Bonds, Performance Bonds, and Payment Bonds. The Federal Government will require that offerors provide Bid Bonds for any contract that requires Performance and Payment Bonds. Performance and […]

The Contracting Academy (TCA) – Writing Winning State and Federal Proposals – Virtual

Is Your Proposal Responsive and Effective? Writing a government proposal takes time, careful planning and a complete understanding of requirements. It must provide credible evidence that your business understands a problem, has a comprehensive solution, has the skills and experience to do the work and can provide the solution at a competitive price. Join us […]

Cyber Friday: Testing and Strengthening Your Cyber-Defenses Using Exercises

Having a plan is one thing, trusting that it is adequate may be optimistic, and waiting to see if it works against an attack is not acceptable. There are many alternatives from which a company can choose. Internal testing and using exercise scenarios is one option. This webinar will explore the use of scenario planning […]

Sales Opportunities in the Dane County and UW-Madison Government Markets – Webinar

Significant opportunities exist for small businesses to sell to State and Local governments. Please join us and learn about how to do business with Dane County and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Presentations will be followed by the opportunity for limited one-on-one meetings with Buyers. Meetings between Buyers and Registrants will be coordinated by WPI the […]

Acquisition Hour: The New Design in beta.SAM.gov

Be ready for the upcoming changes! This presentation will walk you through the design changes released on April 26, 2021. You will also have the opportunity to become familiar with the current capabilities of beta.SAM.gov in preparation for the next transition. On May 24, 2021, the SAM.gov functionalities will merge with the beta.SAM.gov environment, at […]

Cyber Friday: Corporate Acquisition, Insider threats, or Strategic Investments – All Threats to Consider

Companies have various options for developing their cybersecurity plans. A company can treat all security requirements as being equally likely to occur and having the same impact on the company's operations and security of information. Alternatively, a company can assess both the risk of occurrence and potential impact of the occurrence on an item-by-item basis. […]

Sales Opportunities in the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Public Schools and UW-Milwaukee Government Markets – Webinar

**Event Update: Waukesha County no longer presenting. City of Milwaukee now presenting. Significant opportunities exist for small businesses to sell to State and Local governments. Please join us and learn about how to do business with the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Public Schools and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Presentations will be followed by the opportunity […]

Acquisition Hour: The Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) and Wide Area Workflow (WAWF)

The Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) is the primary enterprise procure-to-pay (P2P) application for the Department of Defense and its supporting agencies and is trusted by companies reporting over $7.1 billion in spending. The PIEE suite evolves continually, and DOD contractors must understand how new features support their contract administration process. PIEE applications include: Wide […]

Doing Business with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) – Webinar

About the Webinar: In FY 2020, the US Forest Service awarded over $1.8 billion in contracts. Join us for this unique opportunity to learn directly from the US Forest Service Procurement and Property Services (PPS) about what it takes to do business with the U.S. Forest Service! You will also have the opportunity to meet […]