SPECIAL NOTICE
69 -- 2016 Department of Defense (DOD) Mentor-Protégé Training Week
- Notice Date
- 4/15/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 333318
— Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - Orlando (W900KK), 12211 Science Drive, Orlando, Florida, 32826-3224, United States
- ZIP Code
- 32826-3224
- Solicitation Number
- DOD-2016-MENTOR-PROTEGE-TRAINING-WEEK
- Archive Date
- 6/5/2016
- Point of Contact
- Pam Wallace, Phone: 7036844880
- E-Mail Address
-
pwallace@llbenterprisesllc.com
(pwallace@llbenterprisesllc.com)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 2016 Department of Defense (DOD) Mentor-Protégé Training Week Location: Sheraton Atlanta 165 Courtland Street Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (404) 659-6500 Industry Partners, The Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) is pleased to announce the 2016 DOD Mentor-Protégé Training Week (MPTW16). Training events will take place at the Atlanta Sheraton in Atlanta, Georgia from Tuesday, May 31, 2016 through Friday, June 3, 2016. Sponsored by DoD OSBP, this unique training event with Industry and Academia is designed to increase collaboration with Defense and Intelligence Community (DoD/IC) mission partners to increase small business participation in DoD/IC procurements. 2016 DOD Mentor Protégé Training Week (MPTW16) workshops are designed to facilitate open-forum discussions for Service or Agency Component Programs and the DoD Mentor Protégé Program (MPP) as a whole. MPTW16 will serve as an opportunity to learn best practices and solve challenges faced by all DoD components in their administration, governance and execution of the program. Signed into law November 5, 1990 (Public Law 101-510), the department's Mentor-Protégé program recently celebrated its 25th anniversary milestone. On November 25, 2015, Public Law 114-92 reauthorized the department's Mentor-Protégé program through September 30, 2018. This national initiative continues to encourage and incentivize prime defense contractors to increase development of suppliers and enhance technical capabilities of small businesses and non-traditional mission partners. The agenda will include: - Keynote speeches from senior Government officials - Panel discussions with aerospace and defense industry experts - What's new for Industry, Academia, and the department's Mentor-Protégé program - Tailored matchmaking sessions designed for small businesses to meet with large businesses, DoD procurement representatives, colleges, and universities - Annual DoD Nunn-Perry Awards honoring DoD's top performing Mentor-Protégé teams for FY15 Presenters include: Mr. Kenyata L. Wesley, SES, Acting Director, OSD Office of Small Business Programs Ms. Lisha Adams, SES, Executive Deputy to the Commanding General (EDCG), Army Materiel Command (AMC) Brigadier General Michael D. Hoskin, Commander U.S. Army Expeditionary Contracting Command (ECC) Mr. Robert S. Stewart, Jr., DOD MPP Program Manager, OSD Office of Small Business Programs Registration: To register, visit: https://www.regonline.com/MPTW16. The deadline for MPTW16 registration is Monday, May 2, 2016. The department's registration deadline for matchmaking sessions is Wednesday, May 4, 2016. Primary Point of Contact: Ms. Pam Wallace pwallace@llbenterprisesllc.com (703) 684-4880 | (703) 684-4871 | (800) 580-4182 DOD OSBP MPP Office Address: Office of the Secretary of Defense OSD AT&L Office of Small Business Programs 4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 15G13 Alexandria, Virginia 22350 Primary Point of Contact: Robert S. Stewart, Jr. dodmpp@osd.mil Phone: (571) 372-6312
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