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Northeast Regional Council Matchmaker Conference

Killington, Vermont

June 2-3

Pre-Registration Required

Registration Is Now Closed

 

* Hotel Accommodations*

It is the responsibility of all registrants to arrange their own hotel accommodations.  There are plenty of hotel rooms available in the resort area in which this conference is located.  Click Here to Access the VT Travel Planner.      (Select the Town of Killington from the menu)

 

 

If you are a small business, you are at the right page.  Welcome!  If you are not sure you are a small business, please go to the SBA site that defines small businesses.   

If you are a federal prime contractor (if you have to perform a small business plan - usually for contracts exceeding $550,000) or you are with a government agency, please link here

What this Event Offers You

Meet with as Many as 90 Prime Contractors and Federal Agencies in One Day

(For a list of those who attended our last Matchmaker Link Here)

Network Informally with Prime Contractors and Govt. Agencies

Attend Special Govt. Contracting Training for Small Businesses

Obtain Assistance from the Small Business Development Center

Get Special Assistance and Training in Advance from Your Procurement Technical Assistance Center

Agenda

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June 2.  9:00 AM - Noon.  Round Table Discussion for Veteran Owned and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses.  Meet with the Veteran's Administration Center for Business Enterprise, your PTAC Programs, the Small Business Development Center, the Small Business Administration and other representatives from federal agencies and federal prime contractors to discuss the challenges and solutions of pursuing government business as a prime contractor or subcontractor.  

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June 2.  1:00 PM - 4:00 PM.  Doing Business with Government and Government's prime contractors.  This is a special training class for small businesses.  Space is limited to the first 150 registrants.  Registration is on a first come, first serve basis.

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June 2.  5:30 PM to 7:30 PM.  Networking Reception with federal prime contractors and government agencies.  Space is limited to the first 250 registrants.   Registration is on a first come, first serve basis. 

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June 3.  8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.  Meet with federal prime contractors and government agencies in a structured format of 10 minute sessions.  The number of small business participants will be capped so as to assure a productive day for all and this event historically sells out.  Detailed information will be provided in advance so that participants can plan their sessions.  Sign up for the sessions will be available on the morning of the event, an hour before the event starts. See how to do a matchmaker.          

Those that have signed up as of 5/30 are:

Analog Devices, Inc.; AMEC; BAE Systems; BBN Technologies; Bluefin Robotics; Carleton Technologies; Case New Holland; Charter Environmental, Inc.; Cobham, Continental Microwave Division; DEW Construction Corp.; Dresser-Rand; DRS Technologies / C3Systems, Inc.; Dubois & King, Inc.; Dynamic Research Corporation; ECC; Elbit Systems-Merrimack (formerly known as Kollsman, Inc.); Fincantieri Marine Systems North America; General Dynamics; General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works; GE Global Research; Gentex Corporation; Giddings & Lewis; Goodrich Aerospace - Sensors & Integrated Systems; Goodrich Aerostructures; Goodrich - Aircraft Wheels and Brakes; Goodrich - Cargo Systems - Interiors; Goodrich - ISR Systems; Hardigg Industries; Harris Corporation, RF Communication Div.; Insight Technology; Kaman Aerospace Corporation; Kollmorgen Corporation; L-3 Communications; Lightolier, Phillips Group; MIT, Lincoln Laboratory; Navistar; New Hampshire Ball Bearings; Northrup Grumman; PAR Government Systems Corp.; Raytheon Company; Rolls-Royce Naval Marine, Inc. Sensors Unlimited Inc., a Goodrich Corporation; Teradyne, Inc.; Tetra Tech EC; Textron Systems Corporation; Twin Disc, Inc.; Tyco Electronics Corp. (M/A-COM); Ultralife Batteries, Inc.; Universal Propulsion Company - Goodrich; US Army Corps. of Engineers, Cold Regions Research Laboratory; US Army Corps. of Engineers, New England District; US Army, Natick Soldier Systems; US Dept. of the Army, Watervliet Arsenal; US Dept. of the Navy, Naval Undersea Warfare Center; US Dept. of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Center; US Forest Service, Green Mtn. National Forest; US General Services Administration, GSA Schedules; US General Services Administration, Buildings; US Property and Fiscal Office for Rhode Island (purchasing  & contracting for National Guard); US Property and Fiscal Office for Vermont (purchasing & contracting for National Guard); US Veterans Administration Medical Center, White River JunctionVeyance Technologies, Inc.; State of Vermont, Agency of Transportation (VTrans); State of Vermont, Department of Buildings and General Services (Purchasing); State of Vermont, Department of Buildings and General Services (Facilities) State of Vermont, Department of Public Safety; Weston Solutions, Inc; Zero Manufacturing

There will be government small business assistance programs there to help you as well, namely the US Small Business Administration, the VT Small Business Development Center, and Procurement Technical Assistance Centers from the New England States and New York.   

 
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June 3.  8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.  All day breakout sessions will be available to Small Businesses with regard to small business assistance.  Staff from the VT Small Business Assistance Center will run this program.  

 

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Last modified: 07/14/08