12/21/2016
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
Free workshops Jan. 11 in Twin Falls and Jan. 12 in Hailey show how to do business with the government
BOISE - Learn basic guidelines for doing business with the government at free half-day workshops in the second week of January in south-central Idaho. The workshops are schedule from 8:30-12:30 as follows:
Jan. 11 - SBDC at the College of Southern Idaho, Applied Technology and Innovation Center, Room 134, 315 Falls Ave, Twin Falls.
To register, visit www.ptassist.com/services/ptac_register.php?id=F56CE48916.
Jan. 12 – College of Southern Idaho Outreach Center, Room 401, 1050 Fox Acres Road, Hailey.
To register, visit www.ptassist.com/services/ptac_register.php?id=C8EB448917.
The 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 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 Mountain Home Air Force Base.
Participants will learn how to find government projects 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 program; 8(a) Business Development, HUBZone, Women-Owned Small Business and other business certifications; and where to go for free assistance.
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.