**90-Day Report**

**AMES Research Center**

**Oct 23-24** **Govlink 2007 Conference.**

**Location:** Sacramento, CA

**Principal Participants:** ARC Small Business Specialist

**Type of Event:** Procurement Conference

**Potential Media Coverage:**

**Expected Outcome:** Identify potential small business vendors for ARC
requirements.

**POC:** Lupe M. Velasquez/650-604-4522

**Nov 6** NASA Small Business Advocates Awards Agency Level Individual
Awards at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

> **Principal Participant:** NASA Employees

**Type of Event:** NASA Small Business Advocates Awards Agency Level
Individual Awards

**Potential Media Coverage:** None

**Expected Outcome:** The NASA Small Business Advocates Awards.
Sponsored by the Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP), this annual
awards program acknowledges the contributions made by NASA personnel
throughout the agency.

**POC:** Truphelia Parker **(**202) 358-2088

**Nov 6-8** **NASA Small Business Specialists Council at NASA Dryden**

**Location:** Lancaster, CA

**Principal Participant:** Lupe M. Velasquez, ARC Small Business
Specialist

**Type of Event:** Quarterly SBS meeting for updates and exchange of
information.

**Potential Media Coverage:** None

**Expected Outcome:**

**POC:** 202/358-2088

**Nov 8 ARC Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) Tech Expo**

**Location: Moffett** Field, CA

**Principal Participant:** Aida Villagracia

**Type of Event:** Outreach

**Potential Media Coverage:** None

**Expected Outcome:** Identify potential vendors for ARC requirements

> **POC:** Aida Villagracia 650/604-5082, Dennis O'Neill, FBC, Inc.
> 800/247-6353

**Dec TBD**

**Jan TBD**

**90-Day Report**

**Glenn Research Center**

**October 31     Procurement Opportunities Fair 2007**

> This is a one-day business event sponsored by California University of
> Pennsylvania and Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.  .

**                        Location:** Four Points Sheraton Hotel,
Cranberry Twp., PA

> **            Principal Participants:** Supplier Diversity
> Specialists**,** GRC Small Business Officer, large businesses, and
> numerous small businesses

**                        Type of Event:** Procurement Opportunities
expo

**                        Potential Media Coverage:** Unknown

**                        Expected Outcome:** Identification of new
potential small and large business firms

> **Point of Contact & Telephone No:** Contact: Carl Silski (216)
> 433-2786
>
>  

**November 29 Veteran Owned Business Symposium**

> This conference -- the 5th annual \-- will continue to cover topics of
> interest to small veteran-owned businesses.  Topics will be presented
> by Supplier Diversity officials from various State and Federal
> agencies.  This event is sponsored by the SBA, PTAC, and Lorain
> National Bank

**                        Location:** Lorain County Community College,
Elyria, OH

> **            Principal Participants:** Supplier Diversity Specialists
> from the Federal government**,** the NASA GRC Small Business Officer,
> large businesses, and numerous small businesses

**                        Type of Event:** Procurement Event

**                        Potential Media Coverage:** Unknown

**                        Expected Outcome:** Identification of new
potential small veteran-owned business firms

**                        Point of Contact & Telephone No:** Contact:
Carl Silski (216) 433-2786

 

**Dec. 4-6          Michigan Tour**

> This is a 3-day, 3-city-stop tour that is customarily organized and
> hosted by the Michigan PTAC's.  The PTAC's will invite ***a*** Federal
> Agency to make half-day presentation to area businesses on three
> consecutive days.  Typically, this will include a stop in the Detroit
> area, followed by Lansing, and then a third city.  Should this tour
> again be organized this year, GRC has been slated to solely do the
> "circuit" presentations. 

**                        Location:** Detroit, Lansing, and another city
TBD

> **            Principal Participants:** the NASA GRC Small Business
> Officer, a hosting PTAC, and area businesses

**                        Type of Event:** Procurement Event

**                        Potential Media Coverage:** Unknown

**                        Expected Outcome:** Educating regional
businesses on doing business with NASA

**                        Point of Contact & Telephone No:** Contact:
Carl Silski (216) 433-2786

 

 

[Other Items of Note:]{.underline}

 

-   Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio's Ninth Congressional District
    (Northwest Ohio, Toledo, etc.) has requested a briefing by the
    Center on upcoming business opportunities expected from NASA GRC.  A
    meeting with the Congresswoman (and perhaps some of her
    constituents) is tentatively set for November 26 in the Toledo
    area.  The Center Director, the Procurement Officer, and the Small
    Business Officer are intending to support this request.

**90 Day Report**

**GSFC**

October 24 **Maryland Hispanic Business Conference**

**Location:** Baltimore, MD

**Principal Participants:** Hispanic Entrepreneurs, Gilberto DelValle

**Type of Event:** Business Conference/Outreach

**Potential Media Coverage:**

**Expected Outcome:** Identify Hispanic Businesses for GSFC Requirements

**POC:** Veronica Cool/ (410)486-8698

November 2 **Strengthening the Mid-Atlantic Region for Tomorrow (SMART)
PROC 07 Conference**

**Location**: Frederick, MD

**Principal Participants:** Maryland area businesses, Federal Government
Agencies, Gilberto DelValle

**Type of Event:** Procurement Conference

**Potential Media Coverage:**

**Expected Outcome:** Build and foster stronger relationships, teaming
opportunities among industry, community and government; identify
potential small businesses for GSFC requirements

**POC:** Rory Duncan/Dycon Government Solutions, Inc.

\(301\) 745-3994

November 6-8 **NASA Small Business Specialists Council**

**Location:** Edwards Air Force Base

**Principal Participants:** OSBP and Center Small Business Specialists

**Type of Event:** Quarterly Meeting

**Potential Media Coverage:** None

**Expected Outcome:** Training and Information Sharing

**POC:** OSBP/ (202) 358-2088

November 16 **2^nd^ Annual Alliance Procurement Fair**

**Location:** Baltimore, MD

**Principal Participants:** Small Businesses, Gilberto DelValle **Type
of Event:** Outreach

**Potential Media Coverage:**

**Expected Outcome:** Procurement Opportunities for small businesses

**POC:** ShoWorks, Inc/Alliance Fairs/ (509) 838-8755

**90-Day Outreach Report**

**JPL Business Opportunities Office**

**Oct 24 GovLink 2007 Conference**

**Location:** Sacramento, California

> **Principal Participants:** Workshop Panelist, Thomas May, Manager

**Type of Event:** Outreach

**Potential Media Coverage:** None

> **Expected Outcome:** Educate small business attendees by providing an
> overview of the federal contracting process and doing business with
> JPL
>
> **Point of Contact & Telephone No:** (866) 382-7822

**Oct 30 Annual SBA Training Seminar for JPL Acquisition Personnel**

**Location:** Pasadena, California

**Principal Participant:** Training provided by Leonard Manzanares, SBA
Procurement Center Rep. (PCR)

> **Type of Event**: Seminar topics include an Overview of a PCR's Role
> and Responsibilities; Small Business Recertification; Market Research
> Tips; and Review of Subcontracting Plans
>
> **Potential Media Coverage:** None
>
> **Expected Outcome**: Knowledgeable Acquisition Personnel
>
> **Point of Contact & Telephone No:** Mary Helen Ruiz; (818) 354-7532

**Nov 5-8 California Space Authority: Transforming Space 2007**

**Location:** Los Angeles, California

> **Principal Participants:** Small Business Specialist

**Type of Event:** Conference

**Potential Media Coverage:** None

> **Expected Outcome:** Attendees will gain knowledge of current
> business opportunities in civil, commercial and national security;
> hear discussions of space policy; and network with California's space
> leaders.
>
> **Point of Contact & Telephone No:** (805) 349-2633, Ext. 114

**Nov 6-8 NASA Small Business Specialists Council**

**Location:** NASA Dryden at Edwards AFB, California

> **Principal Participants:** Martin Ramirez & Mary Helen Ruiz, Small
> Business Specialists

**Type of Event:** Quarterly meeting

**Potential Media Coverage:** None

> **Expected Outcome:** Provide up-to-date information and best
> practices to Small Business Specialists serving at NASA centers.
> Discuss issues that affect the agency and NASA Centers.
>
> **Point of Contact & Telephone No:** (202) 358-2088

**Nov 9 SBA Veteran Small Business Matchmaking Conference**

**Location:** Sacramento, California

> **Principal Participants:** Thomas May, Manager

**Type of Event:** Outreach

**Potential Media Coverage:** None

> **Expected Outcome:** Identify potential Veteran/Service Disabled
> Veteran suppliers for JPL requirements
>
> **Point of Contact & Telephone No:** Mary Conway-Jepsen
>
> \(916\) 930-3712

**Nov 15 Veterans Economic & Business Development Summit**

**Location:** Riverside, California

> **Principal Participants:** Thomas May, Manager

**Type of Event:** Outreach

**Potential Media Coverage:** None

> **Expected Outcome:** Contracting and bidding opportunities for
> Veteran/Service Disabled Veteran companies
>
> **Point of Contact & Telephone No:** Deborah Slayton, (951) 571-6475

**Dec 12 DoD Western Regional Council Meeting**

**Location:** Sparks, Nevada

> **Principal Participants:** Small Business Specialist

**Type of Event:** Quarterly meeting

**Potential Media Coverage:** None

> **Expected Outcome:** Small business awareness and exchange of small
> business-related issues and information for Council members
>
> **Point of Contact & Telephone No:** Deborah Slayton, (951) 571-6475

**90 Day Input**

**JSC**

**October-January** **JSC Small Business Liaison Officers Roundtable
Meeting**

> Meet to discuss issues, concerns, and lessons learned from primes
>
> to help the small business community
>
> **Location:** JSC and Prime Contractor Facilities
>
> **Principal Participants**: JSC Small Business Specialist and Prime
>
> Contractors
>
> **Type of Event:** Monthly Meeting
>
> **Potential Media Coverage:** N/A
>
> **Expected Outcome:** Better working relationship with the Small
>
> Business Community
>
> **Point of Contact**: Cheryl Harrison (281) 483-3734

**October 24& 31 Women Business Enterprise Alliance On-line**

**Certification Training**

Training will be conducted on-line to provide updates to the

Certification team.

**Location:** Houston, TX

**Principal Participants**: Women Certification Team

**Type of Event**: N/A

**Potential Media Coverage:** N/A

**Expected Outcome**: To certify more women owned businesses

**Point of contact:** Cheryl Harrison (281) 483-3734

**October 27-31 National Minority Supplier Development Council
Conference**

**and Business Opportunity Fair**

The event this year is Building the Global Economy of Tomorrow

Today.

**Location:** Miami Beach Convention Center, Florida

**Principal Participants**: Small Business Specialist

**Type of Event**: Outreach and Business Development

**Potential Media Coverage**: unknown

**Expected Outcome:** To provide a direct link between corporate

America and minority-owned business owners.

**Point of Contact:** Charles Williams (281) 483-5933

**October 29 Small Business Administration Veteran Matchmaking**

**Face-to-Face Event**

Business Matchmaking offers opportunities for veteran owned

businesses to participate in opportunities offered by government

agencies.

**Location:** Hilton San Antonio, TX Airport

**Principal Participants:** Government agencies

(Contracts and Small Business Specialist)

**Type of Event:** Business Matchmaking

**Potential Media Coverage:** Unknown

**Expected Outcome:** To provide education and training knowledge,

Face-to-face matchmaking meeting with procurement representatives

from government agencies

**Point of Contact:** Monica Craft (281) 483-4134

**October 30 NASA-JSC Small Business Roundtable (NASA-JSC SBR)**

> Quarterly Meeting held at NASA JSC open to all small businesses that
> have an interest in doing business with NASA. This meeting will
> increase small business opportunities while expanding the pool of
> small businesses from which NASA can buy its goods and services.
>
> **Location:** NASA JSC Gilruth Recreation Center, in the Lone Star
> Room from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

**Principal Participants:** Small businesses and NASA officials

**Type of Event:** Business networking and informational meeting

**Potential Media Coverage:** None

> **Expected Outcome:** To provide a forum for small businesses to share
> ideas and to engage in the NASA community.

**Point of Contact:** Monica Craft (281) 483-4134

**November 1 Small Business Administration Matchmaking and
Face-to-Face**

> **Event**
>
> The Business Matchmaking Southwestern Regional Face-to-Face Event. The
> event will bring together 800+ small business representatives who will
> meet in pre-scheduled face-to-face meetings with 150 procurement
> representatives. Participating procurement representatives include
> your colleagues from such organizations as NASA/JSC, FedEx, Aflac,
> Lockheed Martin and among U.S. Departments of Homeland Security,
> Veterans Affairs, Army, Navy, and Department of Defense, to name a
> few. Business Matchmaking offers opportunities for small owned
> businesses.

**Location:** Dallas Convention Center located in Dallas, TX,

**Principal Participants:** Government agencies

(Contracts and Small Business Specialist)

**Type of Event:** Business Matchmaking

**Potential Media Coverage:** Unknown

**Expected Outcome:** To provide education and training knowledge,

Face-to-face matchmaking meeting with procurement representatives

from government agencies

**Point of Contact:** Monica Craft (281) 483-4134

**November 8 WBEA Recognition Luncheon**

This event honors women owned small business owners

**Location**: Aquarium Restaurant, Houston, TX

**Principal Participants:** Women Owned Business Owners,

Government and Corporations that support the WBEA

**Type of Event:** Award Luncheon

**Potential Media Coverage:** unknown

**Expected Outcome:** Helping more women business owners become

certified through the Women's Business Enterprise Alliance

**Point of Contact:** Cheryl Harrison (281) 483-3734

**November 14** **Houston Minority Business Council- Emerging Ten (E-10
Awards**

**Networking Luncheon**

**This event is** "Overcoming Challenges and Celebrating Success"

**Location:** J. W. Marriott Hotel Grand Ballroom, Houston, TX

**Principal Participants:** Small Business Specialist

**Type of Event:** Awards Recognition Luncheon

**Potential Media Coverage:** Unknown

**Expected Outcome:** To inspire you to see how these businesses

emerged to become experts in their industry, gained the necessary

expertise to excel, and as the continued their upward mobility how

they learned that giving back to the community energized their

company.

**Point of Contact**: Monica Craft (281) 483-4134 or Cheryl Harrison

\(281\) 483-3734

**December 5 2007 Bexar County & City of San Antonio Small, Minority
and**

**Women Business Owners Conference**

**Location:** Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center, San Antonio, TX

**Principal Participants**: Minority and women owned businesses

**Type of Even**t: Small, Minority and Women Owned Business

Owners Conference

**Potential Media Coverage:** unknown

**Expected Outcome:** Helping women business owners to network,

and market their business to various entities for potential business

opportunities.

**Point of Contact:** Cheryl Harrison (281) 483-3734 or Monica

Craft (281) 483-4134

**90-Day Report**

**NSSC Procurement Division**

10/2007 **Small Business Administration (SBA) Partnership Agreement
Training**: This course is targeted to all Contracting Officers and
Small Business Specialists

> **Location**: NASA Shared Services Center (replay of SBA's video-taped
> seminar)
>
> **Principal Participants**: As of October 10, 2007, 54 percent of the
> Contracting Officers/Contract Specialists stationed at the NSSC has
> completed the required training
>
> **Type of Event**: Video-taped seminar
>
> **Potential Media Coverage**: None
>
> **Expected Outcome**: Increase knowledge relative to the MOU between
> NASA and SBA

11/15/2007 **Small Business Forum (SSC/NSSC/Industry)**: The NSSC plans
to participate in the next Small Business Forum.

**Location**: Stennis Space Center

**Principal Participant**: Sandy Presnell

**Type of Event**: Forum

**Potential Media Coverage**: None

**Expect Outcome**: Finalize establishment of a Quarterly Small Business
Forum

**90-Day Report**

**Stennis Space Center**

Oct 23 **Mississippi Veterans Opportunity Summit**

> SBA is hosting the Mississippi Veterans Opportunity Summit. The
> NASA/SSC Small Business Specialist has been requested to speak briefly
> on contract opportunities at NASA. SSC will also have a booth at this
> conference.

L**ocation:** Jackson State University e-Center, Jackson, MS

**Principal Participant:** SSC Small Business Specialist (Richard Mann)

**Type of Event:** Conference

**Potential Media Coverage:** None

**Expected Outcome:** Increased sources of Veteran-owned and
Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses

> **POC:** Richard Mann/ 228-688-3977