Linda M. Anderson

Want some fresh ideas for your building and site lighting needs but still have to tow the energy code line? Lighting Language & Design is a consulting firm with over 25 years of building-related experience. We will balance your space’s personality with lighting task needs, energy codes and other design criteria requirements.  We do not sell lighting products but will specify the best lighting products for each project, selecting from thousands of lighting products crafted by reputable manufacturers.

We are reliable, prompt and attentive to the needs of architects, design build firms, interior designers, engineers, owners and governmental agencies.  Some of our services include lighting design concepting, CAD design, electric lighting and daylighting point-by-point calculations, detailed renderings, LEED templates, complete product specifications and details, cost estimating, existing lighting system analysis, mock-ups, site testing, luminaire aiming, construction administration and other services related to lighting.

Located in North Carolina’s Triangle area, Lighting Language & Design is a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) firm and 100% woman owned.  Linda Anderson, Lighting Language & Design’s principal, is Lighting Certified by the National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP) and holds the LEED AP credential. She also serves on the board of the Raleigh section of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.

For additional information, please visit our website at www.lightinglanguage.com  or contact firm principal Linda Anderson at linda@lightinglanguage.com or call (919)605-3372.

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.

FAYETTEVILLE, NC – May 17, 2013 – Fayetteville Technical Community College (FTCC) will hold a ribbon cutting and open house on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, to dedicate the opening of their office at the Bragg Training and Education Center (BTEC).  The dedication is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and is open to the public.

Following the ribbon cutting, FTCC staff members will conduct information briefings about FTCC curriculum programs, Credit for Prior Military Learning, MyCAA, and other educational opportunities at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.  Soldiers, family members, veterans and other interested parties are invited to attend.

FTCC moved from the Fort Bragg Soldier Development Center to the BTEC, Building 1-3571, F Wing, in April 2013, where it provides on-post admissions, testing, registration, and advising services to soldiers and their family members, daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information about FTCC curriculum programs, unit classes and Credit for Prior Military Learning degree programs, contact Cynthia Crisostomo-Rivera at (910) 678-1050 or Phillip Raines at (910) 678-1051 or email at Fortbragg@faytechcc.edu.

SmartPay Update

David Shea, Director of the Office of Charge Card Management, FSA, GSA discusses the state of the government charge card, SmartPay(tm).
If you have an interest in the government charge card program, listen to this show. Here is the link:    http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=45
During the hour long show Mr Shea shared the following:
- during 2012 the card was used for $29.3 billion (this includes purchases, travel and fleet). Of that, $18.1 billion was on the purchase card.
- 2013 year-to-date (first two quarters reporting): $18.1 billion
- Top agencies using the SmartPay cards:
- VA
- DOD
- DOJ
- HHS
- DHS

- top merchant categories (a merchant category is how the credit card companies categorizes vendors):
- Miscellaneous retail
- Dental, pharmaceutical
- Industrial supply
- Office supplies;
- Education/colleges;
- Business services not elsewhere categorized;
- Health practice;
- Government services;
- Computer/IT.

- Level 3 processing on cards is required for all Strategic Sourcing Initiatives on the GSA Schedules;
- 20% of the purchase card activity in 2012 was over $10,000 per purchase, well above the “micro-purchase” level;
- There are approximately 280,000 purchase cards in use;
- Due to travel restrictions, there is a migration of charge card training programs to virtual training events.
Advice for vendors from Mr Shea includes:
- shop around for your acquirer (card processor) to get the best rates;
- make certain you get the proper merchant (MCC) category when setting up your account;
And much more.
You can find more information on the SmartPay program at
http://smartpay.gsa.gov

Diana Potts

CEO- G & E Advisors

Managing Partner- G & E Partners

Export control reform will mean changes for many US firms, as well as more export sale opportunities for the US aerospace industry.  This webinar will provide an overview of when to engage with the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and what the forthcoming export control reform changes will mean for your company.

Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Time: 2:00PM Eastern

Venue: At your desk!

Register Now:

https://emenuapps.ita.doc.gov/ePublic/event/e

ditWebReg.do?SmartCode=3Q7R
For more information contact: Andrew Anderson;
316‐263‐4067

The Association of the US Army (AUSA) Institute of Land Warfare presented a two-day symposium May 8-9, 2013 on Army 2020 Global Logistics.  Panels discussed the Army’s current logistical state and the way ahead for the Army as its logisticians look towards 2020.

Key speakers and panel members included LTG Raymond Mason, Army G-4; LTG Keith Walker, Deputy Commanding General, Futures/Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center US Army Training and Doctrine Command; VADM Mark Harnitchek, Director Defense Logistics Agency; MG Larry Wyche, Commanding General US Army Combined Arms Support Center and the Sustainment Center of Excellence (Fort Lee, Va); MG Gustave Perna, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics/Operations, US Army Material Command; BG Edward Daly, Commandant US Army Ordnance School, COL(P) John O’Neil, Commandant US Army Quartermaster School, and s host of retired general officers.

Take aways from the speakers and panel discussions included:

•           the Army is still in transition, this time from a deployed wartime Army, to an Army that will be 85% based in the continental United States

•           there will be a continued needed for contractors as the Army resets it equipment and reissues it to units.  This effort is expected to be funded at $9.8 Billion thru 1st quarter FY 2017

•           78% of the Army’s logistical units are in the Reserves and National Guard

•           the Army will be going back to a prewar logistical model, to include maintenance of equipment

•           soldiers will need to relearn, if not learn skills that have not been needed due to the nature of the current war.  Specific examples cited include jumping the Brigade Support Area; conducting refueling operations on the move (ROM), conducting rolling logistical packages and conducting multi-echelon maintenance operations

For more information, contact Jeff Gowen directly at the NCMBC, at 910-678-0049 or gowenj@ncmbc.us

IBM X-Force Research and Development is one of the most renowned commercial security research and development teams in the world. This group of security experts researches and evaluates vulnerabilities and security issues, develops assessment and countermeasure technology for IBM products and educates the public about emerging Internet threats.  On-Wire and Avnet Services are recognized as industry leading solutions providers in the security realm.

On-Wire and Avnet will be hosting an upcoming webinar to discuss these threats and routes to more secure enterprise.    We will discuss the “IBM X-Force Trend and Risk Report”, which helps customers and the public at large understand the nature of the threat.   We will discuss finite steps to address the threat and help secure your environment.

If you would like to sign-up to receive additional information or attend one of our upcoming webinars, please send an email request to mandy@onwireco.com.

*This blog post was provided by OnWire Consulting Group. 

Saturday, June 1, 2013
Methodist University, Fayetteville, NC

$25 advanced registration

Register today!
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Proceeds benefit USO of NC Fort Bragg

FEDCON SUMMIT TICKETS WILL BE RAFFLED OFF! 

You could win a FREE FEDCON Summit Ticket.  You must be present to win.  This year’s FEDCON Summit will be held in Wilmington, NC on October 16-17.

When.  May 22, 2013 from 9:30 am – 1:30 pm.

Where.  Wake Tech Community College – Main Campus, Student Services Building – Conference and Events Center, 9101 Fayetteville Road, Raleigh, NC

Purpose. The 2^nd Annual Consolidated Federal Construction Teaming Forum will be held on May 22^nd, 2013 at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh. This FREE Event will provide North Carolina general and specialty trade contractors, suppliers and designers an opportunity to connect with the current federal large and small business prime contractors to include single project general contractors, Multiple Award Construction Contract (MACC/MATOC), Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Architectural-Engineering, Facility Maintenance and Military Housing Management contractors doing millions of dollars of federal construction and facility maintenance work  on  the 5 military installations in NC. Many of these federal contracts will include project awards in neighboring SC, GA, VA and FL. Businesses from around the state should leverage this unique opportunity to meet with multiple prime contractors to build teaming relationships with North Carolina subcontractors for current and future projects at the five military installations within the state at this half day event.   Throughout the Forum, both out-of-state and North Carolina Federal Contract holders will be available at designated networking tables to discuss subcontractor performance needs and teaming opportunities with companies in attendance.  Small business companies are encouraged to attend.

Last year the event saw representation of over 400 North Carolina contractor attendees and 30 major prime construction and multiple-award construction contract holders participating.

Testimonies from 2012 Consolidated Federal Construction Teaming Forum:

“As a prime contract holder, we appreciated the opportunity to meet hundreds of specialty subcontractors at this event. The relationships we established will help us meet our requirements for subcontractors on current and future contracts.”

- Gary Ferguson of East Carolina Mechanical of Jacksonville, NC.

                                                  NAVFAC Camp Lejeune & Cherry Point Mechanical MACC Contractor

“Our relationship with the North Carolina Military Business Center has been an important part of our efforts to locate and utilize small disadvantaged businesses within the local community. These relationships have helped to grow our subcontractor database, as well as assist us with successful outreach events.”

-Brenda Furst of Mortenson Construction of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 Multiple NAVFAC MACC and ACOE MATOC Holder

Confirmed Large and Small Prime Contractor Participation (as of 5/2/2013):

We are currently in MATOC Contract No. W912HN-10-D-0058, GA & SC MATOC – and are looking for all qualified subs of all sizes and classifications.Richard Brady & Associates, Inc.All subcontractors and tradesSeymour Johnson AFB
Camp Lejeune
Cherry PointSEPI Engineering & ConstructionTBATBASfL+a ArchitectsAll subcontractors and trades, geotechnical testing, commissioning, TAB Sundt ConstructionTBATBATurner ConstructionAll subcontractors and trades Tyler Construction CompanyAll subcontractors and trades WalbridgeTBATBAWECC, Inc.TBATBAWhiting-TurnerAll subcontractors and tradesMACCs with NAVFAC Mid Atlantic and NAVFAC Washington DCW M Jordan CompanyMEP, Masonry, Concrete, All TradesHampton Roads, VA Navy General Construction MAC
Norfolk, VA Army District MATOC

Contacts.

• General Contractor and NC Business Point of Contact: Sue Kranes at kraness@ncmbc.us or Paulanne Page at pagep@ncmbc.us.
• Registration, Venue Information:  Courtney Smedick at smedickc@ncmbc.us.

Sponsorship.  Sponsorship opportunities are available.  For more information contact Sue Kranes at kraness@ncmbc.us or Paulanne Page pagep@ncmbc.us.

Additional Information.

For more information or to register, visit: http://www.ncmbc.us/2013CTF.php

On May 9, 2013, the Defense Logistics Agency Energy (DLA Energy), in close coordination with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF), released a Request for Proposal (RFP) to procure solar energy from a photovoltaic Renewable Energy Generation System (REGS) located on Fort Irwin in California. The government estimates the size of the system at 15 megawatts, subject to final specification by the selected developer. The Solicitation, SP0600-13-R-0412, is posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website at www.fbo.gov.

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=934ceb02d5d1193c5f1c80d9dd174749&tab=core&_cview=0

This is an open RFP for Fort Irwin to procure renewable energy through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for up to 25 years. The selected contractor will finance, design, build, operate, own and maintain the REGS. Under the PPA, the Army will only purchase the energy that is produced; no generation assets will be acquired. All interested companies are encouraged to prepare a response to the solicitation, which closes on July 1, 2013.

A pre-proposal event is planned for June 6, 2013 in Barstow; CA. Details regarding this event will soon be posted on the EITF’s web site at www.armyeitf.com. The pre-proposal event will provide attendees with a better understanding of the general procurement process for the project, specific contract considerations and include a tour of the potential project site.

Diana Potts

CEO- G & E Advisors

Managing Partner- G & E Partners

The Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCT) is holding a pre-solicitation meeting on May 14, 2013, for a planned Hydrogen Storage Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) (expected for FY14 funding, subject to appropriations). The meeting will be from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and is being held in conjunction with the 2013 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting (AMR) in Arlington, Virginia. During the pre-solicitation meeting, FCT representatives will present the initial plans and seek questions and comments from the public on the draft FOA topics. Review of the FOA material prior to the meeting is recommended. Feedback received will help finalize the intent and scope of the final FOA. The meeting will start at 6:15 p.m. in Salon V of the Crystal Gateway Marriott hotel. Questions will be taken during the meeting and via email prior to the meeting. Questions can be sent to H2Storage@go.doe.gov and must be received by 5:00 p.m. EDT on May 10, 2013. Following the meeting, questions and answers will be posted.

Diana Potts

CEO- G & E Advisors

Managing Partner- G & E Partners

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