[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 31303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15373]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Vendor Outreach Workshop for Small Businesses in the Capital 
Region (Washington, DC) of the United States

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of 
the Department of the Interior is hosting a Vendor Outreach Workshop 
for small businesses in the national capital region of the United 
States that are interested in doing business with the Department. The 
bureaus within the Department of the Interior are partnering in this 
exciting event that will promote small business contracting 
opportunities across the board. This workshop will review market 
contracting opportunities for the attendees. Business owners will be 
able to share their individual perspectives with Contracting Officers, 
Program Managers and Small Business Specialists from the Department. 
Following the workshop, businesses will also participate in a 
roundtable discussion and breakout work sessions that will allow them 
to talk with departmental representatives and prime contractors.

DATES: The workshop will be held on July 9, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 
p.m. Doors open at 7:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Renaissance Washington, DC 
Hotel, 999 9th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20001. Register online at: 
http://www.doi.gov/osdbu.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Oliver, Director, Office of Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 1849 C Street, NW., MS 2252 
MIB, Washington, DC 20240, telephone 877-375-9927.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    In accordance with the Small Business Act, as amended by Public Law 
95-507, the Department has the responsibility to promote the use of 
small and small disadvantaged business for its acquisition of goods and 
services. The Department is proud of its accomplishments in meeting its 
business goals for small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), woman-owned, 
HUBZone, and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses. In Fiscal Year 
2008, the Department awarded 55 per cent of its $2.6 billion in 
contracts to small businesses. This fiscal year, the Office of Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization is reaching out to our internal 
stakeholders and the Department's small business community by 
conducting several vendor outreach workshops. The vendor outreach 
session for the southeast region was held in Atlanta, Georgia, on 
February 11, 2009, at the Georgia International Convention Center and 
another session was held in Portland, Oregon, on May 13, 2009, at the 
Portland Convention Center. The Department's presenters will focus on 
contracting and subcontracting opportunities and how small businesses 
can better market services and products. Over 4,000 small businesses 
have been targeted for this event. If you are a small business 
interested in working with the Department, we urge you to register 
online at: http://www.doi.gov/osdbu and attend the workshop.
    These outreach events are a new and exciting opportunity for the 
Department's bureaus and offices to improve their support for small 
business. Additional outreach events will be held scheduled from FY 
2010 around the country. Dates, time and locations have yet to be 
determined.

Mark Oliver,
Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.
[FR Doc. E9-15373 Filed 6-29-09; 8:45 am]
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