SBC Encore Virtual Sessions

How important are Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) to your business?  Here is your chance to tell someone! Each business doing business with the Federal Government receives CPARS ratings – some good, some not so good.  But each rating your business receives can make or break your business’ future working with the Government.  As part of an ongoing SAME Industry-Government Engagement project, the project team is working to develop the perspectives of the various Industry and Government organizations within SAME.  This session will not only present the work and perspectives already developed , but more importantly ask the attendees their perspectives through a series of polls and discuss these results in context.  The results of these polls will inform the joint Industry Government team in developing their recommendations for the education and reform of the CPARS system.

 

Get the ‘behind the scenes’ details on SBA Pending Rules  covering HUBZone, WOSB, SB Size (Average Annual Receipt Calculations), 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Program, Small Business Subcontracting Plans and others. This session is applicable to federal agencies, small businesses, and large businesses. Whether you are already doing business with the federal government or thinking about entering this market, you want to understand this changing landscape.
 

This session will focus on contracting opportunities for small businesses with the General Services Administration, featuring insights from leadership within the agency's Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization.
 

This session will present information on overseas construction opportunities through the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations with an emphasis on Embassy projects, and updates on the State Department’s worldwide facilities operations and maintenance requirements.
 

An informal discussion with SBA Administrator, the Honorable Isabella Guzman.
 

Introduction to reorganization of NCO22 and presentation of how our area is arranged and overview of upcoming projects for New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California (San Diego, Greater Los Angeles, Loma Linda and Long Beach) regions.

This session will discuss the Air Force’s pending updates to the agency’s environmental impact analysis procedures and program adjustments that have occurred to accommodate new National Environmental Policy Act regulatory guidance promulgated in 2020 and 2021 by the President’s Council on Environmental Quality. It will present desired outcomes, current shortcomings, and requested improvements in the field of environmental impact analysis.
 

Introduction to reorganization of NCO22 and presentation of how our area is arranged and overview of upcoming projects for New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California (San Diego, Greater Los Angeles, Loma Linda and Long Beach) regions.

On September 9, 2021, President Biden issued two Executive Orders requiring federal employees and federal contractor employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Following this, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued guidance implementing the EO with respect to federal government contractors, and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council issued a contract clause requiring contractors and subcontractors at any tier to comply with the guidance published by the Task Force. Therefore, covered contractors must immediately be prepared to implement the Task Force Guidance. This expanded version of the presentation summarizes the top takeaways for government contractors and will include a focus on employment law in this rapidly developing area.