11/23/2016
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
Free workshops in eastern and southeastern Idaho Dec. 6-9 show how to do business with the government
BOISE – Free workshops will be held in the first full week of December in various eastern and southeastern Idaho cities. The workshops provide basic guidelines for doing business with the government.
The half-day trainings (8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) will be held as listed. Each location has a separate registration link, provided immediately following the addresses below:
Tuesday, Dec. 6 – Salmon Business Center, 803 Monroe St., Salmon.
To register, visit www.ptassist.com/services/ptac_register.php?id=C07E048857.
Wednesday, Dec. 7 – Idaho Falls, Small Business Development Center, 2300 N. Yellowstone.
To register, visit www.ptassist.com/services/ptac_register.php?id=C4C9848859.
Thursday, Dec. 8 – Soda Springs, City Council Chambers, 9 West 2nd St.
To register, visit www.ptassist.com/services/ptac_register.php?id=70F8248860.
Friday, Dec. 9 – Pocatello, Small Business Development Center, 921 S 8th St., College of Business, Building 5, Idaho State University.
To register, visit www.ptassist.com/services/ptac_register.php?id=4D0EF48861.
This half-day workshop 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 about required licenses and registrations, the differences between state and federal contracting, and other important procedures and processes.
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 more.
For more information about the workshops, call DBE Program Coordinator Liz Healas at (208) 334-8567 or email her at elizabeth.healas@itd.idaho.gov.