BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20191108T150000Z DTEND:20191108T163000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Hub Huddle: How the SBA Can Help You Compete for Federal Procurement Opportunities DESCRIPTION:Hub Huddles are an opportunity for manufacturing leaders to share\, on a peer-to-peer basis\, best practices for growth and strategies to overcoming challenges.\n \nHow the SBA Can Help You Compete for Federal Procurement Opportunities\n\nPresented by:\n\nMr. Steven Szalo \n\nProcurement Center Representative\, Small Business Administration \n\n \n\nMr. Steven A. Szalo is the Procurement Center Representative (PCR) for contracting activities in Area IV of the Small Business Administration (SBA)\, which includes Army Contracting Command-Rock Island\, US Army Corp of Engineers-Rock Island\, Army Sustainment Command\, Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center Rock Island\, Veteran's Hospital Iowa City and the National Guard in Des Moines. He is responsible for assuring that small business concerns have a fair and equitable opportunity to compete for Federal procurement opportunities and that a fair proportion of the total sales of government property is made to small business concerns. \n\n \n\nJoin him at this educational session to learn about local areas of focus\, including:\n\n\n Building a small business base capable of sustaining competition among contractors to keep contracting dollars local\n Credit card buys to local small businesses for JMTC and RIA Garrison\n Subcontracting opportunities for small businesses to work for Prime Contractors having large dollar government contracts\n Building local prime contractors to compete for Simplified Contracts set aside for small businesses.\n Developing local small businesses to compete for large dollar government contracts\n Develop small local small businesses to joint-venture or teaming with entry-level small businesses to learn the ropes of government contracting\n\n\n \n\nPrior to becoming the PCR at the Rock Island Arsenal\, Mr. Szalo was a DAWIA Level III Contract Specialist for Eagle Contracting at Army Contracting Command-Rock Island. \n\nMr. Szalo graduated with a Master of Business Administration from Liberty University and is a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer.\n\n\n \n\n Time will be provided for Q & A and networking with other attendees.\n\n \n\nThis event is free to attend. Please register at quadcitieschamber.com.\n\n\n\n**NOTE: Free on-street\, two-hour parking is available in downtown Davenport\, or there is a parking garage one block south of the Quad Cities Chamber office at the corner of Ripley & 2nd Streets (enter from Harrison). Pay at the Parkmobile kiosk PRIOR to coming into the building.**\n\n \n\n\n \n \n This program is presented by the Quad Cities Chamber's Quad Cities Manufacturing Innovation Hub and the Defense Industry Adjustment Program. \n \n \n\n\n \n\nLeading Organizations:\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nAcknowledgment:This content was prepared as part of the Illinois Defense Industry Adjustment Program\, a partnership between the University of Illinois System\, the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce\, and the Voorhees Center at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)\, with financial support from the U.S. Department of Defense\, Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA). It reflects the views of the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce and does not necessarily reflect the views of the OEA. For more information\, please visit www.IllinoisDIA.org. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Hub Huddles are an opportunity for manufacturing leaders to share\, on a peer-to-peer basis\, best practices for growth and strategies to overcoming challenges.\n
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How the SBA Can Help You Compete for Federal Procurement Opportunities
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Presented by:
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Mr. Steven Szalo \;
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Procurement Center Representative\, Small Business Administration \;
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Mr. Steven A. Szalo is the Procurement Center Representative (PCR) for contracting activities in Area IV of the Small Business Administration (SBA)\, which includes Army Contracting Command-Rock Island\, US Army Corp of Engineers-Rock Island\, Army Sustainment Command\, Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center Rock Island\, Veteran'\;s Hospital Iowa City and the National Guard in Des Moines. He is responsible for assuring that small business concerns have a fair and equitable opportunity to compete for Federal procurement opportunities and that a fair proportion of the total sales of government property is made to small business concerns. \;
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Join him at this educational session to learn about local areas of focus\, including:
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Prior to becoming the PCR at the Rock Island Arsenal\, Mr. Szalo was a DAWIA Level III Contract Specialist for Eagle Contracting at Army Contracting Command-Rock Island. \;
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Mr. Szalo graduated with a Master of Business Administration from Liberty University and is a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer.
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​\;Time will be provided for Q &\; A and networking with other attendees.
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\nThis event is free to attend. Please register at quadcitieschamber.com.
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\n**NOTE: Free on-street\, two-hour parking is available in downtown Davenport\, or there is a parking garage one block \;south of the Quad Cities Chamber office at the corner of Ripley &\; 2nd Streets (enter from Harrison). \; Pay at the Parkmobile kiosk \;PRIOR to coming into the building.**
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This program is presented by the Quad Cities Chamber'\;s Quad Cities Manufacturing Innovation Hub and the Defense Industry Adjustment Program. \;
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Leading \;Organizations:
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Acknowledgment:This content was prepared as part of the Illinois Defense Industry Adjustment Program\, a partnership between the University of Illinois System\, the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce\, and the Voorhees Center at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)\, with financial support from the U.S. Department of Defense\, Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA). \; It reflects the views of the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce and does not necessarily reflect the views of the OEA. For more information\, please visit \;www.IllinoisDIA.org. \;  \;  \;
\n LOCATION:Quad Cities Chamber Arconic Room 331 W. 3rd St. Davenport\, IA UID:e.2843.16900 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260506T143356Z URL:http://dev2.quadcitieschamber.com/events/details/hub-huddle-how-the-sba-can-help-you-compete-for-federal-procurement-opportunities-16900 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR