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Baton
Rouge, LA – The Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
will hold its annual "Connecting Businesses with Contracts"
Procurement Conference on Thursday, April 4. The event will kick-off with
registration at 7:30 a.m. in the Smith-Brown Student Union on the Southern
University A&M College campus, 500 Jesse N. Stone Avenue, in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana 70813.
The
conference fosters partnerships between all small businesses including small
disadvantaged, woman-owned, veteran-owned, Hubzone, Federal, State and Local
Government Agencies and major prime contractors. This event is free and open to
all current and potential small business owners, contractors and the public. However, pre-registration is required. The registration deadline for conference
participants is March 29.
Now
in its 9th year, this annual Procurement Conference has become the
premier event for small businesses throughout the state of Louisiana. Attendees will receive information on developing effective
marketing strategies and capability statements, pricing, contracting with
federal, state and local government agencies, methods of financing, licensing
laws and consumer protection issues. Participants will also be able to network
with other small business owners and contracting agents.
Representatives
from the United States Small Business Administration will be available to
discuss Small Business Administration programs and services, loan guarantees,
certification process, government contracting opportunities and surety bonds.
The Louisiana State Contractors License Board, Louisiana Economic Development
and Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office will also be available to answer
questions from individuals and business owners.
The
conference is being hosted by the Center for Rural and Small Business
Development at the Southern University Ag Center, the U.S. Small Business
Administration, Louisiana Small Business Development Centers of Baton Rouge and
Lafayette, Louisiana Economic Development and the Louisiana Procurement
Technical Assistance Center.
Please fax your participant registration form
to (337) 482-1215, ATTN: Peggy Sammons
at the Louisiana PTAC before March 29,
2013. Onsite registration will also
be available. Federal, State, Local Government Agencies and major prime
contractors are welcome to serve as exhibitors for the event. Potential exhibitors
are urged to submit an exhibitor
registration form to jo.lawrence3@sba.gov or fax to
(504) 589-2339, by April 2, 2013. For further detail, please call (504)
589-6688 or (504) 589-6690.
To obtain more information or a registration form
to serve as a participant or exhibitor, contact Gloria London, Director of the
Center for Rural and Small Business Development, at (225) 771-4107; Eual Hall,
Business Development Specialist, at (225) 771-4105; or LaKeeshia Giddens,
Program Director – E-Learning Center, at (225) 771-2160.
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Contact:
Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
LaKeeshia
Giddens assisted with this press release.
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