SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- 2007 Mississippi Business/Procurement Opportunities Conference
- Notice Date
- 3/22/2007
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 519190
— All Other Information Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, NAVFAC Southeast, ROICC Gulfport, 100 Annex Road Suite 101, Biloxi, MS, 39531, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-228-374-2970
- Response Due
- 5/10/2007
- Archive Date
- 5/25/2007
- Description
- The Mississippi Contract Procurement Center announces their 2007 Mississippi Business/Procurement Opportunities Conference and Trade Fair to be held in Vickburgs, MS, May 8 - 10, 2007. The worlds of private business, government and commercial purchasing will connect on May 8 -10, 2007, at the Mississippi Business/Procurement Opportunities Conference and Trade Fair 2007. Expected to attract hundreds of participants to the Vicksburg Convention Center and Auditorium, this event sponsored by Mississippi Development Authority and the Mississippi Procurement Technical Assistance Program will feature seminars/workshops on the first day and a trade show on the second day. We would be delighted if you or a representative of ROICC would participate in the conference as a speaker on May 8, 2007 during the Pre-conference Workshop ?Construction Procurement Opportunities in Mississippi? and as an exhibitor at the Trade Fair on May 10, 2007. Admission to the conference and exhibitor space will be provided at no cost. The conference is designed to build partnerships between private business, particularly minority and women-owned businesses, gaming properties, government purchasing at all levels (federal, state, and local), commercial corporations and with defense contractors. The conference will also focus on procurement opportunities created by the rebuilding and recovery efforts from the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. Our last conference held in March 2005 was attended by approximately 800 business and government representatives, and included nearly 120 government and commercial exhibitors. Among the invited U. S. government agencies and defense contractors will be the Army Corps of Engineers, Small Business Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Veteran Affairs, Department of Defense (Army, Air Force, and Navy) installations, Lockheed Martin and NASA. Among the Mississippi state agencies will include Mississippi Department of Transportation, Mississippi Development Authority, Municipalities, the state?s major universities, etc. Commercial invitees include Mississippi gaming properties, Severcorr Steel, Toyota, Chevron, etc. Please visit the conference website at http://conference2007.mscpc.com for details. We again look forward to your support of this unique business outreach event. SPECIAL NOTE: THE ROICC AND BENNIE BOREN IS ONLY PROVIDING THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONFERENCE. PLEASE CONTACT MARCIA MCDOWELL AT THE MISSISSIPPI CONTRACT PROCUREMENT CENTER IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED. HER PHONE NUMBER IS 228-374-2970
- Place of Performance
- Address: South Mississippi Contract Procurement Center, 1141 Bayview Avenue, Suite 401, Biloxi, MS 39530, Point of Contact Marcia McDowell, 228.374.2970 - phone, 228.374.2973 - facsimile, mcdowell@mscpc.com - email,
- Zip Code: 39503
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 39503
- Record
- SN01257278-W 20070324/070322221717 (fbodaily.com)
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