When. June 6, 2012
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Where.  Ben Craig Center
8701 Mallard Creek Road
Charlotte, NC 28262

Presolicitation Notice:   W912PM-12-B-0006

Title: Repair of the Masonboro Inlet South Jetty, New Hanover County, North Carolina

Due Date for Response: July 12, 2012

Type of Competition: Total Small Business

Synopsis:  This construction project is for the repair of Masonboro Inlet South Jetty, New Hanover County, North Carolina.

The work consists of placement of Granite Armor Stone. An estimated 24000 Tons of various stone will be required to repair the current damage.

The magnitude of this project is $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. The Solicitation is 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The Solicitation issued will be Firm Fixed Price.

Solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be posted on the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) website at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/. In order to receive notification of any amendments to this solicitation, interested parties must REGISTER AS AN INTERESTED VENDOR on the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. If you are registered, the Government is not responsible with providing you or your company with notification of any changes to this solicitation.

You shall be registered in the Central Contractor Registration in order to be eligible to receive an award from the solicitation. The web site is http://www.ccr.gov. You also must be registered in Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) in order to receive an award from this solicitation. The ORCA website is located at http://orca.bpn.gov.

NAICS Code is 237990, size standard is $33.5 Million.

For additional information or assistance please contact Danny Kissam, Contract Specialist, 910-251-4424, fax 910-251-4454.

Contracting Office Address: USACE District, Wilmington, CESAW-CT, 69 Darlington Ave, Wilmington, NC 28403-1343

Place of Performance: USACE District, Wilmington CESAW-CT, 69 Darlington Ave, Wilmington NC 28403-1343

Point of Contact(s): Danny Kissam, 910-251-4424 – USACE District, Wilmington

The entire solicitation is available at the following website: 

https://www.fbo.gov/notices/0a2dd876d27ba8c42bbb7df7027969e5

For any assistance or questions contact:

Rick Gilmore

North Carolina Military Business Center Triad Region

Office: 336-334-4822 ext. 62002

Cell:    336-549-8727

www.ncmbc.us

www.MatchForce.org

The geopolitical changes in today’s world have an enormous impact on your security at home and at work.

It’s a brave new world.  Nobody holds the internet hostage for ice cream anymore.  The bad guys are all bad but they all have different motives.   From state-sponsored cyber-terrorism, to malware like Stuxnet that attacks physical infrastructure, to potential insider threats against national security such as Wikileaks, it’s clear that we’re entering a new world of security threats. They are not just after the Pentagon anymore.  They are after ANY target.

Politics and technology have created a nexus of bad guys and a criminal network of strange bedfellows targeted at common goals-mainly anything in the United States.

It’s not hopeless.  Protection doesn’t have to cost a fortune either.  Government organizations and the companies that support them can leverage education, situational awareness, information sharing forums, process, and technology to more effectively protect themselves against threats.  Fortalice®, LLC helps companies and individuals improve their overall security.  Call us today at 704.749.3131 and let our experts customize a package to meet your security needs and your budget.  Visit our website at www.FortaliceSolutions.com

Fortalice, LLC proudly supports Operation Homefront NC and is interested in hiring veterans with cybersecurity skills as we win contracts.  If you are interested, please inquire at our offices at 704.749.3131.

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If you would like your company to be featured in the business spotlight section, please email your content to Courtney Smedick at smedickc@ncmbc.us.

*The NC Military Business Center, the NC Community College System, and the State of North Carolina do not officially validate, warrant or endorse events, companies or activities listed on this website. These items are posted strictly for the information and convenience of NCMBC customers.

Presolicitation Notice:  W912QR-12-R-0040

Title: Design & Construction of an Army Reserve Center (ARC) facility located in Greensboro, North Carolina

Due Date for Response: June 21, 2012 (11:00 AM EDT.)

Type of Competition: HubZone

Synopsis:  This project will consist of the Design and Construction of an Army Reserve Center (ARC) facility located in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Primary facilities include an approximately 77,000 square foot Army Reserve training building, approximately 3,850 square foot Vehicle Maintenance Shop (VMS), approximately 3,940 square foot of unheated storage building, approximately 7,500 square yards of organizational parking, a Deployable Medical Systems (DEPMEDS) site, antiterrorism measures and building information systems. Buildings will be of permanent construction with reinforced concrete foundations, concrete floor slabs, structural steel frames, masonry veneer walls, standing seam metal roof, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems, plumbing, mechanical systems, security systems, and electrical systems. Supporting facilities include land clearing, paving, fencing, general site improvements, and extension of utilities to serve the project. Accessibility for the disabled will be provided. Physical security measures will be incorporated into design including maximum standoff distance from roads, parking areas, and vehicle unloading areas. Berms, heavy landscaping, and bollards will be used to prevent access when standoff distances cannot be maintained. Comprehensive building and furnishings related interior design services are required. Sustainable Design and Development (SDD) and Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct05) features will be provided.

The project will contain the following options:

1) Photovoltaic Panel System to provide 50 kW of Renewable Energy

2) Photovoltaic Panel System to provide 100 kW of Renewable Energy;

3) Photovoltaic Panel System to provide 150 kW of Renewable Energy;

4) Asphalt Pavement MEP in lieu of Gravel;

5) Wash Platform;

6) CFCI OMAR Funded Equipment Items

7) CFCI “Bona Fide Need” OMAR Funded Equipment Items.

Furniture is NOT included in this contract.

All Offerors are invited to attend a Pre-Proposal Meeting and Site Visit scheduled for Wednesday, 23 May 2012 at 1:00 p.m. Meeting details will be provided in the solicitation – Section 00100.

The Estimated Price Range is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. This is a single phase procurement following the Tradeoff (Best Value) approach. The technical information contained in the proposal will be reviewed, evaluated, and rated by the Government. The proposal for this procurement at a minimum will consist of the following: Relevant Experience and Past Performance of the Prime Contractor and Designer; Technical Information (Renderings, Design Drawings, Design Narrative); Management Plan; Safety Information; Price; and Pro Forma Information. All evaluation factors, other than cost or price, when combined, are equal to cost or price. The solicitation will be available by download from the Internet only. NAICS code is 236220. Size Limitation is $33.5M. This is a HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE competitive procurement. Contract duration for design and construction is 525 days.

Approximate issue date is 15 May 2012 and approximate due date for proposals is 21 June 2012 at 11:00 a.m. Louisville time (EDT).

This announcement serves as the Advance Notice for this project. Documents are available for download only through the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOps) website at http://www.fbo.gov. Amendments will be available from the FedBizOps website by download only.

General questions may be addressed to Tom Dickert at tom.e.dickert@usace.army.mil or call (502) 315-6177.

Contracting Office Address: USACE District, Louisville, 600 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Place, Room 821, Louisville, KY 40202-2230

Place of Performance: Greensboro, NC

Point of Contact(s): Tom Dickert, (502) 315-6177 – USACE District, Louisville

The entire solicitation is available at the following website: 

https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA27/W912QR-12-R-0040/listing.html

For any assistance please contact:

Rick Gilmore

North Carolina Military Business Center Triad Region

Office: 336-334-4822 ext. 62002

Cell:    336-549-8727

www.ncmbc.us

www.MatchForce.org

Working Together to Improve Veteran Employment

Skills & Qualities:  Our nation’s military and veterans have acquired a wealth of knowledge, skills, and competencies through practical workforce experience.  Some of the key skills of veterans and service members include:

* Mature & Respectful

* Unique team-building skills

* Work effectively within multi-cultural diverse environments

* Disciplined

* Strong work ethic

* Developed technical skills in areas of critical importance

* Able to overcome stress and adversity

* Have (and leverage) advanced technical training

* Proven leadership abilities.

Veterans and service members are accountable, for example: VA-guaranteed home loans have had the lowest foreclosure rate for the last 15 quarters and the lowest serious delinquency rate for the last 12 quarters.

Veterans know the value of hard work, getting to work, staying until the job is complete.

Financial incentives.

* The VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 provides tax incentives for companies that hire eligible veterans (veterans.house.gov/vow).

-$2400 for veterans unemployed for less than 6 months in the year before being

-$4800 for service‐connected disabled veterans hired within 1 year of discharge

-$5600 for veterans unemployed for at least 6 months in the year before being hired, and

- $9600 for service‐connected disabled veterans unemployed for at least 6 months in the year before
being hired

• The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides incentives to companies that hire service‐connected disabled veterans who face extraordinary obstacles to obtaining employment. VA reimburses up to 50% of the veteran’s salary for 6 months (www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre).

Paid Training and Education. 

• The VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (veterans.house.gov/vow) provides: – Paid training through a new Veterans Retraining Assistance Program for 99,000 unemployed veterans between the ages of 35 and 60

-An additional 1 year of Montgomery GI Bill benefits to allow unemployed veterans to develop skills for high‐demand jobs – 1 year of additional Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment benefits for disabled
veterans
• In the initial 2 ½ years of the Post‐9/11 GI Bill, VA has served almost 700,000 beneficiaries (www.gibill.va.gov). In addition to typical tuition, books and housing allowance to student in instituts more opportunities, including:
- On‐the‐job training

-Technical training
- Vocational training

• VA’s Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service provides on‐the‐job training for service‐connected disabled veterans (www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre).

**Provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Visit our event web pages for updates! We look forwarded to seeing you this year!

NC Federal Environmental Symposium (June 13, 2012 – Fayetteville, NC), click here

NC Federal Advanced Technology Symposium (July 21-22 – Chapel Hill, NC), click here

NC Aerospace Supplier Conference (August 14 – High Point, NC), click here

11th Annual North Carolina Defense and Economic Development Trade Show, click here

NC Federal Construction (FEDCON) & Infrastructure Summit (October 10-12 – Wilmington, NC), click here

If you are interested in sponsoring one or more 2012 NCMBC events, please contact Courtney Locus at locusc@ncmbc.us.

WHO: Representatives from the US Small Business Administration, North Carolina Military Business Center, and the Procurement Technical Assistance Center at East Carolina University

WHAT:
This seminar is for those small businesses seeking to gain competitive advantage in developing strategic operational and marketing processes for contracting opportunities with the US Federal Government and at all North Carolina US military installations

WHERE Craven Community College, Bosch and Siemens AMC Room 102

WHEN:
May 17, 2012
1PM to 4PM

REGISTER
Fully funded, offered to you at no charge.

HOW TO REGISTER:
Advance registration is required for this event. Register at this https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDFBcUZUMjBvdWJyU0tzdUl4OExSMEE6MQSBC

Or contact Cindy Blot at 252-638-1166 blotc@cravencc.edu

Carolyn Bunting has served as a Business Development Specialist with the North Carolina Military Business Center since May 2005. She worked out of the Jacksonville office for five years but is now located at Carteret Community College and serves businesses in Carteret County. A big proponent of the tools of technology, she is also currently serving the NCMBC as MatchForce administrator.
The job of the Business Development Specialist is to assist North Carolina businesses in winning Federal Business opportunities and thereby growing their companies. To reach that goal, she is responsible to identify, engage, preposition and assist North Carolina companies to win contracting opportunities; and help small businesses in the state to develop and win subcontracting opportunities. She specifically identifies US Army Corps of Engineers business opportunities being procured by the Savannah District, Wilmington Office. The opportunities mainly deal with our NC waterways, InterCoastal waterway (ICW) and ports.
Carolyn also offers Matchforce assistance to clients. She makes sure that the business profile is current and applicable to the types of opportunities the business is seeking, that it is working the best it can for them.

Carolyn’s experience in contracting includes time spent in federal, state and local government. Carolyn has served as a Procurement Auditor for the defense contractor, Unisys Corporation, in Colorado. She served as the Procurement liaison to the Defense Contract Audit Agency for Unisys’ annual Contractor’s Procurement System Review (CPSR). After her husband’s retirement from the US Army and their return home to Eastern NC, she worked as a Contract Administrator for a National Institute of Health telemedicine research contract at Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University.  Before joining the NCMBC, she was employed as a Contract Specialist for the City of Jacksonville, NC.

When. June 19, 2012 from 11:45 am – 1:00 pm

Where.  Fayetteville Tech Community College
2201 Hull Road
i3D Room in Neill Currie Building
Fayetteville, NC 28303

Campus Map.  Click here.

Fee.  $15 and includes lunch. Only cash can be accepted at the door.

Program.

DCAA/DCMA oversight continues to strain government contractors and the impacts of an inadequate accounting system can be extensive…

• Ineligibility for new awards
• Incorrectly priced proposals due to not fully knowing and understanding the costs
• Delayed payments on a contract
• Suspension of a contract

If your organization is using a generic accounting solution, spreadsheets, and other various systems to manage and report on your operations, you may be vulnerable to the risk of failing a DCAA audit. 

Don’t miss this excellent opportunity to learn “What Makes an Accounting System Compliant”

After this workshop, you will be knowledgable in:

• Separation of Direct and Indirect Costs
• Identification of Direct Costs by Project / Task
• Identification of Indirect Costs by Pool
• Separation of Unallowable Expenses
• Recording Costs as Proposed / Billed
• Traceablility of Transactions Through Accounting System

Presenter:

Laura Davis, MAcc, CPA

President of Strategic Consulting Solutions, Inc.

Laura founded Strategic Consulting Solutions in 2004 after consulting with government contractors for several years.  Laura holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Lincoln Memorial University and a Master of Accountancy Degree from the University of Tennessee. In August 2008, Laura completed her Master’s Certificate in Government Contracting from George Washington University. She is the Treasurer for the local chapter of NCMA and is a member of several accounting organizations. Laura is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Registration.  To register for this event, click here.

Contact.  For information regarding refunds, concerns, and program cancellation policies, please contact:
Strategic Consulting Solutions
info@scsconsults.com
865-220-0051

Governor Beverly Perdue today unveiled the military and veteran initiatives in her FY2013 budget proposal.  Those initiatives include restoring funding for the North Carolina Military Business Center (NCMBC) to the level in the State’s FY2011 budget.

The NCMBC, a statewide component of the NC Community College System, provides business development services to help businesses identify, compete for and win federal contracts.  Businesses in 98 counties won over $5.9 billion in federal prime contracts in federal fiscal year 2011, including over $4.0 billion in defense prime contracts (a 13% increase over FY2010).  Since 2005, businesses notified and/or assisted by the NCMBC with specific business opportunities have won over 1,200 federal contracts, worth a minimum of $2.8 billion.  Funding for the NCMBC at the FY2011 budget level would allow the NCMBC to re-establish full services at 13 locations across the state and to provide services to businesses in all 100 counties.

The NCMBC sincerely appreciates the support of the General Assembly, Governor Perdue and the North Carolina Community College System.  Their commitment since 2004 has enabled the NCMBC to serve North Carolina businesses statewide, which are the real engines to grow jobs, expand our tax base, grow our economy and improve quality of life for everyone in our state.

Clients with questions about the FY2013 budget should feel free to contact Scott Dorney, NCMBC Executive Director, at 910-678-0190 or dorneys@ncmbc.us.  Thank you for your support for the NCMBC.