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SUMMARY:2025 Southeast Regional Federal Construction\, Infrastructure & Environment Summit
DESCRIPTION:The Offices of US Senator Thom Tillis and US Senator Ted Budd and the North Carolina Military Business Center are pleased to announce the Southeast Regional Federal Construction\, Infrastructure & Environment Summit on April 22-24\, 2025 in Wilmington\, North Carolina. \nREGISTER. \nWHEN.\nApril 22-24\, 2025 \nWHERE.\nWilmington Convention Center\n515 Nutt Street\nWilmington\, NC 28401 \nThere is a parking lot attached to the Wilmington Convention Center.  If the Wilmington Convention Center parking deck is full additional parking is available in the PPD deck (on Front Street\, Brunswick Street and 2nd Street) which utilizes the Text2Pay station in the lobby.  Additional parking can be found at the River Place Parking deck\, located on Grace Street (14 Grace Street) and Water Street\, about 3 blocks from the venue\, next to the Cotton Exchange. On-street parking is also available.  \nPURPOSE.  “The Summit” brings together over 800+ representatives of the Corps of Engineers\, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command\, Fort Liberty\, Marine Corps Installations East\, Seymour Johnson AFB\, other Army\, Air Force\, Navy and Marine Corps installations\, US Coast Guard\, Department of Veterans Affairs\, General Services Administration\, other federal agencies\, general and specialty contractors\, designers and construction suppliers from throughout the Southeast of the United States. \n\nATTENDANCE. Attendance is encouraged for: \n\nGeneral and specialty contractors that work in VA\, NC\, SC\, GA and FL.\nDesign firms that work in VA\, NC\, SC\, GA and FL.\nConstruction supply firms that work in VA\, NC\, SC\, GA and FL.\nCompanies that provide facility-support contracts in VA\, NC\, SC\, GA and FL.\nCurrent federal contractors seeking partners and suppliers\n\n\nWHY ATTEND THE SUMMIT? \n\nThe Summit is the premier\, best-established and most-recognized federal construction event in the Southeast– businesses who are already engaged or want to perform in the federal market need to be there!\n“Program and Requirements Dialogues” address future projects and acquisition strategies\, contractor experiences\, teaming and supplier opportunities and other issues related to acquisition and execution of projects at military bases and government throughout the Southeast.  These sessions also include information on federal opportunities in environmental engineering and remediation\, energy and horizontal infrastructure (including roads and intersections\, water\, wastewater\, natural gas and other utilities)\nOther Summit sessions address critical and timely topics\, including supplier\, service contract and public-private opportunities\, small business programs and utilization\, budget impacts\, contracting processes and pre- and post-award legal issues for federal contractors\nSummit networking and trade show activities allow businesses to market their services and products to over 800+ general contractors\, specialty contractors\, engineers\, architects and suppliers\nIn addition\, pre-Summit networking opportunities include a golf event hosted and organized by the Cape Fear Post of the Society of American Military Engineers  and an evening Summit Social at the Embassy Suites in downtown Wilmington – a huge hit from for the past several years!\n\n\nEVENT CANCELLATION POLICY.  If the need to cancel occurs\, please notify NCMBC in writing to courtney@ncmbc.us 30 days prior to the event for a full refund. Refunds will not be provided to those who cancel 30 days from the event. Refunds will not be provided for “No Shows” the day of the event.
URL:https://www.ncmbc.us/event/2025-southeast-regional-federal-construction-infrastructure-environment-summit/
LOCATION:Wilmington Convention Center
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SUMMARY:MCAS CHERRY POINT INDUSTRY DAY
DESCRIPTION:This event is postponed from February 19th due to winter weather to April 22nd.  \nJoin the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and the North Carolina Military Business Center for an Industry Day covering business opportunities that exist at the installation and upcoming requirements. \nWhen: April 22\, 2025 from 12:00 – 2:30 pm. \nWhere. Wilmington Convention Center\, Room 106/107\n515 Nutt Street\, Wilmington\, NC \nTopics will include: \n\nIntroduction to NAVFAC and NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic\nNAVFAC Marine Corp Air Station Cherry Point portfolio\nHow to do business with NAVFAC/NAVFAC Cherry Point\nUpcoming opportunities & requirements\n\nRegistration is closed.  \nPlease note: this event is rescheduled due to winter weather and will be held in conjunction with the Summit which requires a separate registration and fee to attend\, for more information on the Summit visit: http://summit.ncmbc.us. \nAs a separate event\, the MCAS Cherry Point Industry Day will remain at no charge. \n 
URL:https://www.ncmbc.us/event/mcas-cherry-point-industry-day/
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SUMMARY:Department of Defense SBIR/STTR Program and Proposal Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Defense provided over $2 Billion in R&D Funding to small innovation businesses last year.  \nWondering if DoD funding is a fit for R&D efforts?  Tune in to find out! \nDate: April 22\, 2025 \nTime:  Noon to 4:30PM \nRegister:  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3371066811492091996.  After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar \n  \nKey Take-Aways: \nHow to communicate with technical points of contact before a solicitation is released\, in the hope that a fitting solicitation will be offered in the future \n\nIdentification of the appropriate DoD agency—drill down to the operational unit\nIdentification of individuals within the operational unit—background research and outreach\nHow to maximize the opportunity to speak to an End User 1:1\n\nHow to identify solicitations when they are released \n\nThe DoD solicitation cycle is new for 2025—15 releases\nHow to vet these topics in a timely manner—is there a topic of interest?\n\nCommunication during pre-solicitation period. \n\nBackground research prior to contacting the topic author—if the topic author is noted\nQuestions to ask the topic author\nHow to proceed when no topic author is identified\nCritical to speak to an End User to learn more about the operational Use Case\n\nProposal guidance—what is DoD looking for in strong proposals and how does this compare to other SBIR/STTR funding agencies.  \n\nHow to scope your Technical Objectives and Statement of Work to stimulate interest at the agency\nEfficient proposal preparation process—save time and money while submitting a compliant and compelling proposal\nWrite to the Evaluator—make it easy for them to score your proposal\n\nCommercialization discussion – what does this look like in a DoD proposal. \n\nHow to assess commercialization potential—versus fundamental research\nHow to research the “as-is” versus the “to-be”—and use this information to improve your win probability\nHow to source and obtain a technology transition partner—and what to expect of them in Phase I\nHow much market research is needed for the commercialization section of the proposal\n\nGuidance on open topic opportunities at DoD \n\nUnderstand the win rate for open topics versus focused topics\nHow to improve the chances of winning an open topic\n\nQuestions:  Email John Ujvari at jujvari@sbtdc.org
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