Southwestern Oregon Community College’s Small Business Development Center (Southwestern SBDC) is pleased to offer a workshop entitled Government Contracting Opportunities. Federal, state and local government agencies spend billions of dollars every year purchasing goods and services from the private sector. In this workshop participants will delve into the federal proposal submission process. This workshop will show business owners how to approach government solicitations, prepare and submit winning proposals. In this workshop participants will learn to address the pre request for proposals (RFP) process. They will find out about pre-proposal procedures and learn proposal development tips and strategies. They will also hear about how the proposal evaluation process works. Our instructor is J. Rick Evans – Mr. Evans is the Executive Director of the Organization for Economic Initiatives, Inc. (OEI) an Oregon private non-profit corporation that administers GCAP and other defense-related grants and contracts. In 1986, Rick was hired as the first Director of Oregon’s Procurement Technical Assistance Program and has helped grow GCAP into a multi-office, statewide program. Rick is a Certified Contracting Assistance Specialist (CCAS), a recipient of the APTAC’s Fellow Award and Member Achievement Award, and a national trainer and speaker on procurement related issues. A fee of $20 per person will be charged. A generous sponsorship from GCAP allowed the price reduction from $55. Seating is very limited, only the first 25 registrations will be accepted. Preregistration at http://www.socc.edu/sbdc is required to insure seating availability and materials. The workshop will be held at Southwestern Oregon Community College, Stensland 206 from 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm on Tuesday, April 18th. Contact the Southwestern SBDC at 541-756-6866 or email Mary Loiselle at mloiselle@socc.edu for more information.
