Arkansas Procurement Assistance Center
What's Happening
Special events related to Government Contracting
May 15. National Contract Management Association offers a live
90-minute audio seminar, "Contract
Law Basics ("The Cats and Dogs Session")" for $179 per site (multiple
participants can share one connection). For details and registration, visit
NCMA's education page at
http://www.ncmahq.org/education/audio.asp , or call 1-800-775-7654.
You can order Audio CDs after the event; ask for pricing on each one.
May 16. Third Annual Veteran Business Conference at
El Paso Community College, Administration Services Center Auditorium, 9050
Viscount Bldg A, El Paso TX. From 7:30 to 3:00 lunch included, all for free.
Contact Pablo Armendariz at 915-831-7747 or
pabloa@epcc.edu for details.
May 17-18. Fort Smith Regional Air Show. Nothing
to do with government contracting, just an outstanding opportunity to have a
good time. Contact the Fort Smith Regional Air Show at P.O. Box 11467, Fort
Smith AR 72917, or contact the Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce.
May 20. APAC Goes On the Road to Harrison,
presenting a workshop, Serving and Supplying Public Agencies During and After
a Disaster, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the Community First Bank, 220
East Ridge in Harrison. The workshop is free and open to the public but please
Register Online since space is limited. The instructor will hold office
hours following the workshop, for those needing assistance with government
contracting issues.
May 20. Central Arkansas Chapter of National
Association of Women In Construction meets the third Tuesday of each month at
the Wyndham Hotel in North Little Rock. Dinner is served at 6:00, with the
chapter meeting and a program following. Reservations are essential. Call
Denise Cunningham at 501/791-1775 for
information.
May 21. APAC Goes On the Road to Wynne, presenting
a free workshop, Serving & Supplying Public Agencies During and After a
Disaster, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the board room of the Cross County
Chamber of Commerce, located at Technology Center of the Delta, 1790 North Falls
Blvd., in Wynne. The workshop is free and open to the public but please
Register Online since space is limited. The instructor will hold office
hours following the workshop, for those needing assistance with government
contracting issues.
May 21. Louisiana PTAC presents the SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA MATCHMAKER at the Civic
Center in Lake Charles LA. An opportunity for small businesses
to network with large businesses as well as with local, state, and federal
government agencies. Contact: Diane Rathbun at Small Business Development
Center - McNeese State University, phone (337) 475-5529 or email to
la-ptac@louisiana.edu for more information.
May 21. The Internal Revenue Service hosts a free
national phone forum for small businesses on "Calling All First Time Schedule C
Filers". It is presented three times that day, at 9:00 am, 12:00 noon, and 3:00
pm, all Central Time. For details and to sign up for the time you prefer, go to
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=166814,00.html . This
session will focus on common pitfalls for new small businesses to avoid. To
sign up for a free subscription to e-News for Small Businesses, use that same
link but change the word "article" to "content" and replace the numbers after
id= with 154826,00 then on the information page it takes you to, hit the "subscribe" link and fill in the little form that appears.
May 21. Noon to 1:30 pm our time. A live
international audio-conference, "Secrets of Win-Win Contracts: Negotiating and
Contracting Tips from the Tech Transfer Experts". Cost $197 can be shared by a
group on one speaker phone. If you want participate in this and share the cost,
contact APAC at 501-337-5355 by May 21st and we will arrange to have
it in our classroom in Malvern.
May 22. National Contract Management Association offers a live
90-minute audio seminar, "Pricing Basics (Work
Design and Analysis)", for $179 per site (multiple participants can share
one connection). For details and registration, visit NCMA's education page at
http://www.ncmahq.org/education/audio.asp , or call 1-800-775-7654.
You can order Audio CDs after the event; ask for pricing on each one.
May 22-23. Procurement Matchmaking Symposium &
Power Conference at El Paso Community College, Administration Services Center
Auditorium, 9050 Viscount Bldg A, El Paso TX. From 7:30 to 3:00 lunch included,
all for free. Contact Pablo Armendariz at 915-831-7747 or
pabloa@epcc.edu for details.
May 26. All offices closed for Memorial Day. Help
us honor our fallen heroes who did their job for us to be free.
May 27. SBA presents information on 8(a), SDB, and
HUBZone programs, 2:00 to 3:15 at 2120 Riverfront Drive, Little Rock. For
information, call Wanda May at 501/324-7379 ext 294.
May 28. APAC Goes On the Road to Magnolia,
presenting a workshop, Serving & Supplying Public Agencies During and After a
Disaster, from 10:00 to noon, at the Farmers Bank and Trust, in the Trust
Building, 217 East Union, Magnolia. The workshop is free and open to the public,
but please
Register Online since space is limited. The instructor will hold office
hours following the workshop, for those needing assistance with government
contracting issues.
June 6. The government contracting seminar at
SBDC-Fayetteville was rescheduled to June 13.
June 11. All APAC offices closed from 10:00 to 2:00
for monthly staff meeting.
Contact us by e-mail or leave message at 501/337-5355.
June 11. The feds will be performing monthly
maintenance on the Business Partner Network system (http://www.bpn.gov/).
The system will be unavailable between 9:00 pm and midnight. BPN includes
Central Contractor Registration (CCR), Online Reps & Certs (ORCA), Past
Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Excluded Parties List, and
other databases.
June 11. Arkansas Highway & Transportation
Department bid letting and Commission meeting. Call AHTD to confirm time. Find
bidding details at
http://www.arkansashighways.com/ and schedule of availability of documents
on the Calendar page from that link.
June 12. National Contract Management Association offers a live
90-minute audio seminar, "FAR
Overview (Parts 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23)" for $179 per site (multiple
participants can share one connection). For details and registration, visit NCMA's education page at
http://www.ncmahq.org/education/audio.asp , or call 1-800-775-7654.
You can order Audio CDs after the event; ask for pricing on each one.
June 12. Arkansas Chapter of National Contract
Management Association meets at 6:00 p.m., Room 107, Cooperative Extension
Service State Office, 2301 South University, Little Rock (1/2 mile north of
UALR, look for the blue roofs). Speaker will address a topic related to
management of acquisition contracts. For information, contact Sue Coates, NCMA
Fellow, at 501-337-5355.
June 13. The Small Business Development Center at
Fayetteville presents an all-day government contracting seminar with two
topics. The speaker is Sue Coates, Instructor and Program Director of the
Arkansas Procurement Assistance Center. The morning topic from 10:00-12:00 will
be an introduction to Small Business Innovation Research contracts, and
the afternoon topic from 1:00-4:00 will be What It Takes To Be A Government
Contractor. People may register separately for each session and need not
attend both. The event will be held on U of A campus in Walker Hall, Room 203.
Registration information and other details are available online at
http://www.asbdc.ualr.edu/training/fayetteville.asp .
June 17. Central Arkansas Chapter of National
Association of Women In Construction meets the third Tuesday of each month at
the Wyndham Hotel in North Little Rock. Dinner is served at 6:00, with the
chapter meeting and a program following. Reservations are essential. Call
Denise Cunningham at 501/791-1775 for
information.
June 17-18. Unique Identification (UID) & eBusiness
Forum will be held at the Sacramento Convention Center in Sacramento, CA. The
forum is designed to provide practical guidance to help educate military program
managers and DoD contractors achieve successful UID and eBusiness Systems
implementation. PTAC clients will receive a 20% discount off of the regular
registration fee. When registering online enter the code "PTAC" in the discount
code field. For information and registration go to
http://www.UIDforum.com.
June 18. The Small Business Development Center
presents Residential Communities Initiative Subcontractor Seminar.
This is a vendor forum conducted by
Mr. Gary Bertrand for Picerne Military Housing, which is one of several
professional property management and development companies that are
participating in the nationwide Military Housing Privatization Program. The
purpose of this seminar is to acquaint prospective new subcontractors with PMH's
program and with its procedures to become a qualified PMH subcontractor. The
event will be 2:00 to 4:00 at the UALR College of Business. Any company
interested in subcontracting opportunities on military housing projects, private
or public, may contact APAC for procurement technical assistance and active
clients in good standing receive a discount on this seminar fee by requesting a
coupon from our office. Details and online registration link at
http://www.asbdc.ualr.edu/training/littlerock.asp#current (scroll half way
down to find it).
June 19. National Contract Management Association offers a live
90-minute audio seminar, "Contract
Administration Basics (Contract Closeout)" for $179 per site (multiple
participants can share one connection). For details and registration, visit
NCMA's education page at
http://www.ncmahq.org/education/audio.asp , or call 1-800-775-7654.
You can order Audio CDs after the event; ask for pricing on each one.
June 24. SBA presents information on 8(a), SDB, and
HUBZone programs, 2:00 to 3:15 at 2120 Riverfront Drive, Little Rock. For
information, call Wanda May at 501/324-7379 ext 294.
June 30. State and local fiscal year end. Happy
New Year!
July 1. Day #1 of The Government Contracting
Course. Today's topics are "What It Takes To Be a Government Contractor" and
"Marketing To Public Agencies" along with introductory information for
students. Information about the course is at the bottom of our Education web
page at
http://www.arcommunities.org/APAC/education.htm . All classes are held at
our training facility in Malvern, which is ADA-accessible and has free parking.
Register Online or by phone at 501-337-5355.
July 4. All offices closed for Independence Day.
Help us celebrate America's birthday.
July 7-10. The 4th Annual National Veteran Small
Business Conference and Expo will occur at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, 3570 Las
Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89109. For conference and exhibit details and
registration, go online at
http://www.nationalveteransconference.com/index.aspx .
July 8. Day #2 of The Government Contracting
Course. Today's topics are "Fun With Fine Print" and "Cyberdealing". All
students must have registered the previous week.
July 9. All APAC offices closed from 10:00 to 2:00
for monthly staff meeting.
Contact us by e-mail or leave message at 501/337-5355.
July 9. The feds will be performing monthly
maintenance on the Business Partner Network system (http://www.bpn.gov/).
The system will be unavailable between 9:00 pm and midnight. BPN includes
Central Contractor Registration (CCR), Online Reps & Certs (ORCA), Past
Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Excluded Parties List, and
other databases.
July 10. Arkansas Chapter of National Contract
Management Association meets at 6:00 p.m., Room 107, Cooperative Extension
Service State Office, 2301 South University, Little Rock (1/2 mile north of
UALR, look for the blue roofs). Speaker will address a topic related to
management of acquisition contracts. For information, contact Sue Coates, NCMA
Fellow, at 501-337-5355.
July 15. Central Arkansas Chapter of National
Association of Women In Construction meets the third Tuesday of each month at
the Wyndham Hotel in North Little Rock. Dinner is served at 6:00, with the
chapter meeting and a program following. Reservations are essential. Call
Denise Cunningham at 501/791-1775 for
information.
July 22. Day #3 of The Government Contracting
Course. Today's topics are "Teaming With the Big Guys" and "Got the Order, Now
What".
July 22. SBA presents information on 8(a), SDB, and
HUBZone programs, 2:00 to 3:15 at 2120 Riverfront Drive, Little Rock. For
information, call Wanda May at 501/324-7379 ext 294.
July 29. Day #4 of The Government Contracting
Course. Today's topics are "Unlocking the GSA Schedules Program" and a hands-on
solicitation analysis lab.
July 30. Arkansas Highway & Transportation
Department bid letting and Commission meeting. Call AHTD to confirm time. Find
bidding details at
http://www.arkansashighways.com/ and schedule of availability of documents
on the Calendar page from that link.
August 4. Watch for announcement of Annual Minority
Business Opportunity Fair, planned for the first week of August, presented by
Arkansas Mississippi Minority Supplier Development Council.
August 13. All APAC offices closed from 10:00 to
2:00 for monthly staff meeting.
Contact us by e-mail or leave message at 501/337-5355.
August 13. The feds will be performing monthly
maintenance on the Business Partner Network system (http://www.bpn.gov/).
The system will be unavailable between 9:00 pm and midnight. BPN includes
Central Contractor Registration (CCR), Online Reps & Certs (ORCA), Past
Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Excluded Parties List, and
other databases.
August 14. Arkansas Chapter of National Contract
Management Association meets at 6:00 p.m., Room 107, Cooperative Extension
Service State Office, 2301 South University, Little Rock (1/2 mile north of
UALR, look for the blue roofs). Speaker will address a topic related to
management of acquisition contracts. For information, contact Sue Coates, NCMA
Fellow, at 501-337-5355.
August 19. Central Arkansas Chapter of National
Association of Women In Construction meets the third Tuesday of each month at
the Wyndham Hotel in North Little Rock. Dinner is served at 6:00, with the
chapter meeting and a program following. Reservations are essential. Call
Denise Cunningham at 501/791-1775 for
information.
August 26. SBA presents information on 8(a), SDB,
and HUBZone programs, 2:00 to 3:15 at 2120 Riverfront Drive, Little Rock. For
information, call Wanda May at 501/324-7379 ext 294.
September 1.
All offices closed for Labor Day. Help us honor America's workforce.
September 3. Arkansas Highway & Transportation
Department bid letting and Commission meeting. Call AHTD to confirm time. Find
bidding details at
http://www.arkansashighways.com/ and schedule of availability of documents
on the Calendar page from that link.
September 10. All APAC offices closed from 10:00 to
2:00 for monthly staff meeting.
Contact us by e-mail or leave message at 501/337-5355.
September 10. The feds will be performing monthly
maintenance on the Business Partner Network system (http://www.bpn.gov/).
The system will be unavailable between 9:00 pm and midnight. BPN includes
Central Contractor Registration (CCR), Online Reps & Certs (ORCA), Past
Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Excluded Parties List, and
other databases.
September 11. Arkansas Chapter of National Contract
Management Association meets at 6:00 p.m., Room 107, Cooperative Extension
Service State Office, 2301 South University, Little Rock (1/2 mile north of
UALR, look for the blue roofs). Speaker will address a topic related to
management of acquisition contracts. For information, contact Sue Coates, NCMA
Fellow, at 501-337-5355.
September 16. Central Arkansas Chapter of National
Association of Women In Construction meets the third Tuesday of each month at
the Wyndham Hotel in North Little Rock. Dinner is served at 6:00, with the
chapter meeting and a program following. Reservations are essential. Call
Denise Cunningham at 501/791-1775 for
information.
September 23. SBA presents information on 8(a),
SDB, and HUBZone programs, 2:00 to 3:15 at 2120 Riverfront Drive, Little Rock.
For information, call Wanda May at 501/324-7379 ext 294.
September 30. Federal Fiscal Year End. Happy New
Year!
October 8. All APAC offices closed from 10:00 to
2:00 for monthly staff meeting.
Contact us by e-mail or leave message at 501/337-5355.
October 8. Arkansas Highway & Transportation
Department bid letting and Commission meeting. Call AHTD to confirm time. Find
bidding details at
http://www.arkansashighways.com/ and schedule of availability of documents
on the Calendar page from that link.
October 9. Arkansas Chapter of National Contract
Management Association meets at 6:00 p.m., Room 107, Cooperative Extension
Service State Office, 2301 South University, Little Rock (1/2 mile north of
UALR, look for the blue roofs). Speaker will address a topic related to
management of acquisition contracts. For information, contact Sue Coates, NCMA
Fellow, at 501-337-5355.
October 15. The feds will be performing monthly
maintenance on the Business Partner Network system (http://www.bpn.gov/).
The system will be unavailable between 9:00 pm and midnight. BPN includes
Central Contractor Registration (CCR), Online Reps & Certs (ORCA), Past
Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Excluded Parties List, and
other databases.
October 21. Central Arkansas Chapter of National
Association of Women In Construction meets the third Tuesday of each month at
the Wyndham Hotel in North Little Rock. Dinner is served at 6:00, with the
chapter meeting and a program following. Reservations are essential. Call
Denise Cunningham at 501/791-1775 for
information.
October 28. SBA presents information on 8(a), SDB,
and HUBZone programs, 2:00 to 3:15 at 2120 Riverfront Drive, Little Rock. For
information, call Wanda May at 501/324-7379 ext 294.
November 11.
APAC offices are open all day to serve our veterans and the public. We will
take a day in December in lieu of this holiday.
November 12. All APAC offices closed from 10:00 to
2:00 for monthly staff meeting.
Contact us by e-mail or leave message at 501/337-5355.
November 12. The feds will be performing monthly
maintenance on the Business Partner Network system (http://www.bpn.gov/).
The system will be unavailable between 9:00 pm and midnight. BPN includes
Central Contractor Registration (CCR), Online Reps & Certs (ORCA), Past
Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Excluded Parties List, and
other databases.
November 13. Arkansas Chapter of National Contract
Management Association meets at 6:00 p.m., Room 107, Cooperative Extension
Service State Office, 2301 South University, Little Rock (1/2 mile north of
UALR, look for the blue roofs). Speaker will address a topic related to
management of acquisition contracts. For information, contact Sue Coates, NCMA
Fellow, at 501-337-5355.
November 18. Central Arkansas Chapter of National
Association of Women In Construction meets the third Tuesday of each month at
the Wyndham Hotel in North Little Rock. Dinner is served at 6:00, with the
chapter meeting and a program following. Reservations are essential. Call
Denise Cunningham at 501/791-1775 for
information.
November 19. Arkansas Highway & Transportation
Department bid letting and Commission meeting. Call AHTD to confirm time. Find
bidding details at
http://www.arkansashighways.com/ and schedule of availability of documents
on the Calendar page from that link.
November 25. SBA presents information on 8(a), SDB,
and HUBZone programs, 2:00 to 3:15 at 2120 Riverfront Drive, Little Rock. For
information, call Wanda May at 501/324-7379 ext 294.
November 27.
All offices closed for Thanksgiving Day.
November 28.
All offices closed if Governor declares a holiday.
December 10. All APAC offices closed from 10:00 to
2:00 for monthly staff meeting.
Contact us by e-mail or leave message at 501/337-5355.
December 10. The feds will be performing monthly
maintenance on the Business Partner Network system (http://www.bpn.gov/).
The system will be unavailable between 9:00 pm and midnight. BPN includes
Central Contractor Registration (CCR), Online Reps & Certs (ORCA), Past
Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Excluded Parties List, and
other databases.
December 11. Arkansas Chapter of National Contract
Management Association meets at 6:00 p.m., Room 107, Cooperative Extension
Service State Office, 2301 South University, Little Rock (1/2 mile north of
UALR, look for the blue roofs). Speaker will address a topic related to
management of acquisition contracts. For information, contact Sue Coates, NCMA
Fellow, at 501-337-5355.
December 16. Central Arkansas Chapter of National
Association of Women In Construction meets the third Tuesday of each month at
the Wyndham Hotel in North Little Rock. Dinner is served at 6:00, with the
chapter meeting and a program following. Reservations are essential. Call
Denise Cunningham at 501/791-1775 for
information.
December 24.
All offices closed for Christmas Eve.
December 25.
All offices closed for Christmas Day.
December 26.
All offices closed in lieu of Presidents' Day/Daisy Gatson Bates Day. Our
offices were open on the traditional holiday in February.
December 29.
All offices closed in lieu of Veteran's Day. Our offices were open on the
traditional holiday in November.
December 30.
All offices closed in lieu of employees' birthdays.
December 31.
All offices closed for mandatory annual leave to complete the winter holiday
break.
January 1.
All offices closed for New Year's Day holiday.
January 2.
All offices reopen, weather permitting.
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