2/16/2016
Free workshops in southeastern Idaho Feb. 25-26 show how to do business with the government
BOISE - Learn
basic guidelines for doing business with the government at free workshops in Preston
and Pocatello Feb. 25-26. The workshops are detailed below.
Thursday, Feb. 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Preston
City Hall, 70 W. Oneida Street, Preston. To register, visit www.ptassist.com/services/register.php?id=AEE8346728.
Friday, Feb. 26, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Small Business Development Center,
SBDC 921 South 8th Street, Pocatello. To register, visit www.ptassist.com/services/register.php?id=C486846729.
These half-day
workshops will provide participants with an overview on bidding with the Idaho
Transportation Department (ITD), requirements for bidding as a federal
contractor, and available resources and services, such as free bid-matching and
help responding to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) from the Idaho Procurement
Technical Assistance Center (PTAC). The program will feature presenters from
ITD, PTAC, the U.S. Small Business Administration, plus a federal procurement
officer from the U.S. Forest Service.
Participants
will learn how to find government projects that are out for bid, required
licenses and registrations, and the differences between state and federal
contracting.
Other topics to
be covered include: the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise (DBE) program; 8(a) Business Development, HUBZone, Women-Owned
Small Business (WOSB) and other business certifications; and where to go for free
assistance.
For more information about the workshop, call DBE Program Coordinator Liz Healas at (208) 334-8567 or email her at elizabeth.healas@itd.idaho.gov.