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SUMMARY:DOT Blatnik Bridge Project Bonding Education Program
DESCRIPTION:The Bonding Education Program’s mission is to increase small businesses’ economic competitiveness. The program includes the following: \n\nBuilding an Effective Capability Statement\nImproving your credit and access to capital\nBidding & Estimating\nDavis Bacon Payroll Requirements\nDBE Contract Compliance\nBonding 101\nPRIME Lead session: What do primes look for in a subcontractor?\n\nClass Schedule: \n\nKickoff- August 26\, 2025 – 12:00 – 12:30PM CST\n\nSession times – 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CST \n\nSeptember 04\, 2025\nSeptember 09\, 2025\nSeptember 11\, 2025\nSeptember 16\, 2025\nSeptember 18\, 2025\nSeptember 23\, 2025\nSeptember 25\, 2025\n\nFor more information\, click here. \n 
URL:https://www.wispro.org/event/dot-blatnik-bridge-project-bonding-education-program-08-26-25/
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SUMMARY:DOT Blatnik Bridge Project Bonding Education Program
DESCRIPTION:The Bonding Education Program’s mission is to increase small businesses’ economic competitiveness. The program includes the following: \n\nProject specific workshops in cooperation with Primes\, SBA\, MBDA\, and other local agencies\nA variety of topics are covered by industry experts\nA closing workshop focused on networking\nOne-on-one interactions with local surety bond producers who volunteer to help small businesses\n\nThis event will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays from March 4 – 27\, 2025. \nFor more information\, click here. \n 
URL:https://www.wispro.org/event/dot-blatnik-bridge-project-bonding-education-program/
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SUMMARY:U.S. Department of Transportation - 4th Annual Women's Small Business Transportation Summit
DESCRIPTION:In observance of Women’s History Month\, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) will host the 4th Annual Women’s Small Business Transportation Summit on Tuesday\, March 12\, 2024 from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm ET. \nThe purpose of this virtual event is to celebrate women entrepreneurs and provide an opportunity to learn about technical assistance resources\, capacity building\, access to capital\, and upcoming USDOT initiatives\, including Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) opportunities. \nThroughout the morning\, subject matter experts will discuss topics including: \n\nNavigating Resources for WOSB: Local programs\, Technical Assistance\, and Capital\nWOSB and Federal Contracting: Challenges and Opportunities\nWhat’s Next? USDOT Programs\, Initiatives\, and Upcoming Projects\n\nThe remainder of the event will be dedicated to one-on-one business matchmaking via the Connections MarketPlace (CMP) platform. Business matchmaking will include USDOT’s procurement specialists\, federal partners\, state\, and local technical assistance specialists\, financial resources\, prime contractors\, and other stakeholders for matchmaking. \nThough the event will focus on WOSB firms\, all small businesses and socioeconomic groups are welcome to attend. \nFor more information\, click here.
URL:https://www.wispro.org/event/u-s-department-of-transportation-4th-annual-womens-small-business-transportation-summit/
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SUMMARY:Connections MarketPlace: Buyer Side Chat - FAA
DESCRIPTION:On behalf of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)\, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)\, we would like to invite you to participate in our Connections MarketPlace. During this Buyer Side Chat roundtable session you will be hearing on how to do business with the USDOT Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) \nAttendees will be able to: \n• Find out how to market your services as a small business to FAA \n• Learn about how other small businesses are currently contracting with FAA \n• Gain insight into how to effectively maximize your small business status  \n• New opportunities for small businesses in FAA \n\nDate & Time: May 23\, 2023 at 1:00pm EST \nFor any questions\, please contact our office at 202-366-1930 or email us at dot-osdbu@dot.gov. Visit our website to find more about OSDBU\, upcoming events\, and available technical assistance: www.transportation.gov/osdbu
URL:https://www.wispro.org/event/connections-marketplace-buyer-side-chat-faa/
CATEGORIES:WPI Partner Events
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SUMMARY:U.S. Department of Transportation Webinar on Preparing for Upcoming DOT Discretionary Grant Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Join staff from across the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) in this webinar to highlight several resources created to help potential grant applicants navigate different funding opportunities. Click here to register! \nThis session will dig into some of the tools available on the DOT Navigator – the Department’s one stop shop for technical assistance\, including the upcoming funding opportunity calendar\, tools for identifying Federal disadvantaged community areas\, and which programs provide non-Federal match flexibility. The session will also spotlight several funding opportunities at USDOT that are currently accepting applications to expand transportation opportunities to urban\, rural\, and Tribal communities. Click here to read more. \nSpeakers: \nAmit Bose\, Administrator\, Federal Railroad Administration\, USDOT \nAndrea Jacobsen\, RAISE Grants Program Manager\, US DOT Office of the Secretary \nLynda Tran\, Director of Public Engagement\, US DOT \nVeronica McBeth\, Senior Advisor\, Federal Transit Administration\, USDOT \nMariia Zimmerman\, Strategic Advisor for Technical Assistance and Community Solutions\, USDOT
URL:https://www.wispro.org/event/u-s-department-of-transportation-webinar-on-preparing-for-upcoming-dot-discretionary-grant-opportunities/
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