To help federal and state agencies better understand your capabilities to address emergency contracting service and products, we strongly recommend that you follow these GSA requests:
Update your website by highlighting items needed for the relief effort, discounts in effect for those items, after hours point of contact, and any new emergency delivery times
Provide temporary price reductions for relief products, making sure that you keep your GSA Advantage! listings current with any changes
Check eBuy at least once a day so you can quickly answer calls for quotes for relief efforts
Handle any orders from federal agencies assisting in the relief effort as expeditiously as possible
Request how your company may assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina by directly emailing katrinasupport@gsa.gov
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
2nd National Teleconference to Address Subcontracting Needs For Katrina Disaster Relief and Reconstruction
The 2nd National Teleconference to Address Subcontracting Needs For
Katrina Disaster Relief and Reconstruction will be held on Thursday, September 29, 2005 at 2:00 to 3:00 pm EST. The reconstruction efforts will affect virtually all states and contractors throughout the US have unprecedented opportunities to become involved in the reconstruction contracting process. The reconstruction process will involve both short and long term contracting needs, so opportunities will continue to open up for many months to come, as long as you know how to open those doors.
Attend this teleconference and learn how to step up to the plate, what processes need to be followed, who is involved, how decisions are made and what you need to do to be considered for the contracting opportunities. You attend over your telephone so there is no travel time or expenses. For full details and registration information, click here. (http://www.targetgov.com/Content.asp?id=2178)
Katrina Disaster Relief and Reconstruction will be held on Thursday, September 29, 2005 at 2:00 to 3:00 pm EST. The reconstruction efforts will affect virtually all states and contractors throughout the US have unprecedented opportunities to become involved in the reconstruction contracting process. The reconstruction process will involve both short and long term contracting needs, so opportunities will continue to open up for many months to come, as long as you know how to open those doors.
Attend this teleconference and learn how to step up to the plate, what processes need to be followed, who is involved, how decisions are made and what you need to do to be considered for the contracting opportunities. You attend over your telephone so there is no travel time or expenses. For full details and registration information, click here. (http://www.targetgov.com/Content.asp?id=2178)
Sunday, September 11, 2005
The First National Subcontracting Opportunities for Katrina Disaster Relief and Reconstruction Teleconference
Date of first teleconference: September 15, 2005
Time: 2:00 to 3:00 pm EST (or check your local time zone)
Location: Attend directly over your telephone. No wasted travel time or expenses.
Cost: $119.00 includes teleconference and Contracting Toolkit as detailed below
National Expert Speakers:
Confirmed:
Department of Homeland Security: Chief of Staff and Director, Industry and Acquisition Relations, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Mui Erkun
National Marketing Expert Author and Instructor, Gloria Berthold
Invited (due to the nature of the emergency, speaker availability may change, but the information for each contractor will be provided):
US Army Corps of Engineers
Contractors: Phillips & Jordan, Ashbritt Environmental, IAP, Shaw Group, Carothers Construction
Attend this TargetGov Teleconference and learn how to:
-Find out how to participate in the Katrina Disaster Relief and Reconstruction Efforts
-Uncover subcontracting opportunities with the Prime Contractors
-Develop your best resource for building relationships with Prime Contractors
-Uncover opportunities at the Federal, state and local level
-Understand and use the compelling factors that decision-makers employ to determine the contracting and subcontracting relationships
-Plan an effective strategy to focus your efforts and be most effective
Register at www.targetgov.com
By the end of this Teleconference you will:
Know the processes needed to find the contracting opportunities in the Katrina Disaster Relief and Reconstruction efforts. This teleconference is geared to contractors already familiar with the government contracting process. But if you are new to government contracting, we will send you the connections to the resources you need to get started.
For those contractors already familiar with government contracting, you will learn how to fine-tune your efforts so that you get more opportunities for larger contracts with the federal agencies and prime contractors involved in disaster relief and reconstruction efforts.
The Katrina Disaster Relief and Reconstruction Toolkit handout includes the following information:
-Specific contacts and details relating to the disaster relief and reconstruction efforts for both short term and long term contracting opportunities.
-Listing of Federal Agencies and contact information
The Department of Homeland Security
FEMA
US Army Corps of Engineers
And others....
-Listing of State contact information for Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida
-Listing of Prime Contractors and contact information
-Subcontracting Guidelines
-Guidelines Regarding the Changes in the Acquisition Process Due to the Katrina Disaster
-Doing Business with DHS -- The Rules of the Game
-List of DHS Prime Contractors
And much more…..
Who Should Attend
If you want to find out about the rules, regulations and processes involved in participating in the Katrina Disaster Relief and Reconstruction efforts, building your business revenues through subcontracting, or you are involved in government business development this is a Do Not Miss opportunity to speak directly with the people who can help you open the door to the government procurement opportunities. Presidents, CEOs, CFO's, Business Development Managers, Government Business Specialists and Sales Representatives will find this the most effective hour ever spent in developing government business opportunities relating to disaster contracting.
Industries needed by the Katrina Disaster Relief and Reconstruction Effort:
This is an unprecedented disaster that involves every aspect of life in the Gulf States: citizen services such as food, shelter, clothing, health, mental-wellbeing, communications, debris removal and reduction, and transportation and other support issues such as police and fire responders are in great demand. It also affects business life at every level: communications, trucking, transportation, data recovery, employee training and hiring, etc. Local governments need to reconstruct their operations as well.
If you are involved in emergency services, debris removal and reduction, power supply, information technology, architecture and engineering, commodities, supplies, travel, personnel, construction, services, maintenance, energy, communications, training, accounting, legal, transportation, shipping, security, research and equipment, there are opportunities for you in either the short term or long term.
Why the TargetGov Teleconferences?
Through one-on-one interviews and instruction, your host, Ms. Gloria Berthold, gives you unprecedented access to the inner circles of government contracting. This exclusive opportunity to interact with people who know how to get business done in government agencies will help your business development processes become much more effective.
The Teleconference format allows you to attend from any telephone, anywhere. From your desk or your cell phone, you can fit this hour into your schedule - no wasted travel time to worry about.
Do you offer a Guarantee? Yes!
Every Teleconference we offer carries a money back guarantee.
That's correct, register for any Teleconference and we are so confident that you will take away valuable access and information that will be well worth the registration fee that we are giving you a money-back guarantee. If you decide that you did not receive the information as promised simply call us at 410-579-1346 within 24 hours of the Teleconference with your confirmation number and reason so that we can process your refund.
Register at www.targetgov.com or call toll-free 1-866-579-1346 for details
Time: 2:00 to 3:00 pm EST (or check your local time zone)
Location: Attend directly over your telephone. No wasted travel time or expenses.
Cost: $119.00 includes teleconference and Contracting Toolkit as detailed below
National Expert Speakers:
Confirmed:
Department of Homeland Security: Chief of Staff and Director, Industry and Acquisition Relations, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Mui Erkun
National Marketing Expert Author and Instructor, Gloria Berthold
Invited (due to the nature of the emergency, speaker availability may change, but the information for each contractor will be provided):
US Army Corps of Engineers
Contractors: Phillips & Jordan, Ashbritt Environmental, IAP, Shaw Group, Carothers Construction
Attend this TargetGov Teleconference and learn how to:
-Find out how to participate in the Katrina Disaster Relief and Reconstruction Efforts
-Uncover subcontracting opportunities with the Prime Contractors
-Develop your best resource for building relationships with Prime Contractors
-Uncover opportunities at the Federal, state and local level
-Understand and use the compelling factors that decision-makers employ to determine the contracting and subcontracting relationships
-Plan an effective strategy to focus your efforts and be most effective
Register at www.targetgov.com
By the end of this Teleconference you will:
Know the processes needed to find the contracting opportunities in the Katrina Disaster Relief and Reconstruction efforts. This teleconference is geared to contractors already familiar with the government contracting process. But if you are new to government contracting, we will send you the connections to the resources you need to get started.
For those contractors already familiar with government contracting, you will learn how to fine-tune your efforts so that you get more opportunities for larger contracts with the federal agencies and prime contractors involved in disaster relief and reconstruction efforts.
The Katrina Disaster Relief and Reconstruction Toolkit handout includes the following information:
-Specific contacts and details relating to the disaster relief and reconstruction efforts for both short term and long term contracting opportunities.
-Listing of Federal Agencies and contact information
The Department of Homeland Security
FEMA
US Army Corps of Engineers
And others....
-Listing of State contact information for Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida
-Listing of Prime Contractors and contact information
-Subcontracting Guidelines
-Guidelines Regarding the Changes in the Acquisition Process Due to the Katrina Disaster
-Doing Business with DHS -- The Rules of the Game
-List of DHS Prime Contractors
And much more…..
Who Should Attend
If you want to find out about the rules, regulations and processes involved in participating in the Katrina Disaster Relief and Reconstruction efforts, building your business revenues through subcontracting, or you are involved in government business development this is a Do Not Miss opportunity to speak directly with the people who can help you open the door to the government procurement opportunities. Presidents, CEOs, CFO's, Business Development Managers, Government Business Specialists and Sales Representatives will find this the most effective hour ever spent in developing government business opportunities relating to disaster contracting.
Industries needed by the Katrina Disaster Relief and Reconstruction Effort:
This is an unprecedented disaster that involves every aspect of life in the Gulf States: citizen services such as food, shelter, clothing, health, mental-wellbeing, communications, debris removal and reduction, and transportation and other support issues such as police and fire responders are in great demand. It also affects business life at every level: communications, trucking, transportation, data recovery, employee training and hiring, etc. Local governments need to reconstruct their operations as well.
If you are involved in emergency services, debris removal and reduction, power supply, information technology, architecture and engineering, commodities, supplies, travel, personnel, construction, services, maintenance, energy, communications, training, accounting, legal, transportation, shipping, security, research and equipment, there are opportunities for you in either the short term or long term.
Why the TargetGov Teleconferences?
Through one-on-one interviews and instruction, your host, Ms. Gloria Berthold, gives you unprecedented access to the inner circles of government contracting. This exclusive opportunity to interact with people who know how to get business done in government agencies will help your business development processes become much more effective.
The Teleconference format allows you to attend from any telephone, anywhere. From your desk or your cell phone, you can fit this hour into your schedule - no wasted travel time to worry about.
Do you offer a Guarantee? Yes!
Every Teleconference we offer carries a money back guarantee.
That's correct, register for any Teleconference and we are so confident that you will take away valuable access and information that will be well worth the registration fee that we are giving you a money-back guarantee. If you decide that you did not receive the information as promised simply call us at 410-579-1346 within 24 hours of the Teleconference with your confirmation number and reason so that we can process your refund.
Register at www.targetgov.com or call toll-free 1-866-579-1346 for details
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Hurricane Katrina Emergency Contracting Information
http://www.fedbizopps.gov/katrina.html
Due to the immediacy of emergency opportunities, it is unlikely that opportunities dealing with the hurricanes will be advertised through the FedBizOpps system.
Vendors looking to provide products or services in Alabama , Louisiana , Mississippi or Florida should contact the following resources that are coordinating the disaster relief efforts:
Please note:
In general, proposals must include the following information:
Company name
Business address
Contact information
Type of service or product offered
Type of equipment
Number of workers being provided
Cost for service or product
Whether the company is volunteering services
FEMA
For information concerning disaster contracting, please call FEMA's acquisition voice message system at:
Phone: 202.646.4006
and visit the FEMA website at: http://www.fema.gov/
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
To register with the National Emergency Resource Registery please visit the following website: http://www.swern.gov/
SWERN is the Central Repository for all Hurricane relief.
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Contractors interested in assisting should fill out the subcontractor forms on the following two websites, please go to:
For Alabama and Florida:
Phillips & Jordan, Inc. ( for cleanup in Alabama and Florida ) Phone (Toll Free): 1-800-763-4718 Website: http://disaster.pandj.com/primaries/subcon.html
For Louisiana and Mississippi:
ASHBRITT (for cleanup in Louisiana and Mississippi) Phone (Toll Free): 1-800-244-5094 Phone: 954-545-3535 Website: http://www.ashbritt.com/sub_conract.shtmlemail: mailto:info@ashbritt.com
For other disaster response work in Louisiana , call the Memphis Corps of Engineers Office at (901) 544-3117 or (901) 544-3116.
For other disaster response work in Mississippi , call the Vicksburg Corps of Engineers office at (601) 631-5814 or (601) 631-7262 or submit an email to: cemvk-ct@usace.army.mil
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Alabama
Phone: 205-280-2200 (Press 0 to speak with the operator) http://ema.alabama.gov/
If you are interested in contracting opportunities with the State of Alabama , on your Company Letterhead, list your capabilities and contact information. Fax this information to: 334-409-4663 Attention: FEMA Contract
Louisiana
Phone: 225-925-7500 http://ohsep.louisiana.gov/Note: You may experience problems calling Louisiana at this time.
Mississippi
Phone (Toll Free): 1-800-222-6362Phone: 601-352-9100Website:http://www.mississippi.gov/ Website: http://www.msema.org/Note: You may experience problems calling Mississippi at this time.
Florida
Florida County Emergency Management Contacts: Phone: 850-413-9969 Website: http://www.floridadisaster.org/County_EM/county_list.htm
Florida Disaster Contractors Network: Website: http://www.dcnonline.org/Email: mailto:dcn@dcnonline.org
Florida Home Builders Assistance at:Phone: 850-385-1414 Website: http://www.fhba.com/
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