SAME Charleston Small Business Workshop 2012

Thursday, February 16, 2012, 8:30 am until 4:30 pm
Charleston Area Convention Center
North Charleston, SC


Links below pull up program presentations.
7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Registration / Networking
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Welcome and Pledge of Allegiance
Jen Hayes, PE, LEED AP, ARCADIS US, Inc
Anna Lucas, The LPA Group, A Unit of Michael Baker Corporation

Welcome / Introduction
Lt. Col. Aaron Altwies, SAME Charleston Post President
Commander, 628th Civil Engineer Squadron, Joint Base Charleston

LTC Ed Chamberlayne, SAME Charleston Post 1st Vice President
Commander, USACE, Charleston District
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Federal Procurement
Steve Taylor, Procurement Specialist
Charleston Small Business Development Council (SBDC)
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. New Small Business Act
John "Mike" O'Neill, Lead Business Development Specialist
U.S. Small Business Administration, Columbia, SC
Link to changes in Small Business definitions
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Responding to Market Research
Rose M. Smalls, Contracting Officer
USACE, Charleston District
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Performance Assessments
David Dodds, Chief, Construction Branch
USACE, Charleston District
10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Panel - Source Selection, Proposals
Candice Borden, NAVFAC
William Wallace, USACE, Charleston District
11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Testimony of Small Business
Kenneth B. Canty, P.E., Freeland Construction Co.
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Break
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Program, Networking

Invocation

Bathymetric LiDAR Presentation
Rupert Forester-Bennett, Pelydryn LLC

Post 2011 Year in Review

1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Subcontracting Opportunities (bold questions)
Military & Federal Construction Co. Jacksonville, NC (Melissa Leifheit)
PENTACON, LLC. Catoosa, OK. (Jordan Karr)
MACTEC/AMEC, Atlanta, Ga. (Holly Hutson)
2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Matchmaking Sessions
SB appointed 15 minute sessions with agencies
See schedules posted on boards for appointed time

LBs hosting tables (main)
Contractor tables (hallway)
SBA table (main)
SC Dept of Commerce table (main)
Minority Business Development Agency, US Dept of Commerce (main)
4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
4:30 p.m. Board Meeting
List of attendees