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Riverboat Casino
Trade Fair
All of the Indiana Riverboat Casinos will be present October 13, 2006 9:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m. free admission. The event will be in the Grand Ballroom Second Floor-Pavilion, 2 Easy Street Michigan City IN 46360(if you have a particular casino you are interested in you should confirm their attendance in advance). Also IDOA will be there. Contact person is Patsy Stegemann 219-879-7711 ex 2494. This is an MBE/WBE networking opportunity.
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ARE YOU DOING BUSINESS WITH NSWC CRANE? IF NOT, LEARN HOW. IF SO, VISIT YOUR BUYER! ATTEND THE BUY INDIANA BUSINESS EXPO – ELLETTSVILLE – OCTOBER 26TH
If you’re not already doing business with NSWC Crane, and want to learn how… you should sign your business up for this year’s Buy Indiana Business Expo. The 10th annual event is being hosted by the Ellettsville Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane), and is scheduled for Thursday, October 26, 2006, at the Edgewood High School, Ellettsville, Indiana.
Not only can you learn how to do business with Crane, but you can also:
• Learn to do business with Federal, State, and Local Governments,
• Find out about ‘Small Business Loans,’
• See how using Crane’s Bankcard Purchase Program makes doing business easy.
Under the "Buy Indiana" initiative, NSWC Crane solicits local area businesses first for purchases not expected to exceed $25,000 and especially for bankcard purchases of $2,500.
The NSWC Crane “Buy Indiana” Business Initiative means business for Indiana, and is an important part of our state economy. The expo is a vehicle for that initiative and has been a proven success for some businesses to ‘get their foot in the door at Crane.’ Over 100 exhibitors from the state of Indiana are expected to participate, and they will have the opportunity to showcase their products and services to approximately 100 Purchase Card Holders (Buyers) from NSWC Crane that will also be at the event.
The expo will begin at 9:00 a.m. (CDST – Crane Time), and conclude at 3:00 p.m. (CDST), which is 10:00 – 4:00 (EDST – Ellettsville Time). The public is welcome to attend.
For booth space information, please contact the Ellettsville Chamber of Commerce at 812-876-6611, or visit their website at: www.ellettsvillechamber.com. For additional information regarding the “Buy Indiana” Business Initiative, please visit Crane’s website at: www.crane.navy.mil/supply/buyin.htm.
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Certification Boot Camp
For
State of Indiana MBE/WBE
SBA, Small Disadvantage Business and 8a
The certification Boot-Camp is a program to assist Small existing businesses to complete their submissions and applications for State of Indiana Minority or Women Owned Business Certification, Small Business Administration Small Disadvantaged Business and/or 8a Certification. The Boot-Camp is a series of work-shops and organizational sessions designed to assist the business owner to develop and organize all of the information and to complete all of the forms necessary for these applications.
The participants will need to commit approximately thirty hours of time over a two mounth time frame to complete the application. Seven of these hours are in workshops and organizational sessions twenty-three hours are assembling and completing the application. The amount of time could be less depending on your internal organization of records.
Cost of the Boot Camp is $50.00 and includes two binders for use in organizing the required material.
Those applying for 8a will have additional sessions to develop the business plan. The time and schedule will vary, depending on what part if any, you might have already completed. This will be done in consultation with the Northwest Indiana SBDC, who will be assisting businesses on the completion of their plan.
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October 24th
Three Hours 9-12
Is your company eligible?
Overview of the process.
Review of the material required.
Best practices for assembling of the material.
1 to 2pm
8a Business Plan overview
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November 21st
Two Hours 9-11
Progress report on assembling of material
November 21st—30th
Applications submitted for final review
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November 7th
Two Hours 9-11
Progress report on assembling material
Corporation minutes
By-laws
Questions and answers |
December 1st
Applications for MBE/WBE & SDB ready to submit
Workshops will take place in the PICC office
2646 Highway Avenue
Highland, Indiana |
Sponsored by; Partners in Contracting Corporation, The Calumet Group and
The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center.
The instructor for the workshop is Judith E. A. Perkinson of The Calumet Group,
a State of Indiana Certified WBE and SBA Certified SDB.
For more information or to register contact PICC - 219-838-0176 or dterry@piccorp.org
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US Army Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama announces its $500 million Facility Repair and Renewal (FRR) Program
The US Army Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama (CEHNC) intends to solicit and award multiple indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts for its $500 million Facility Repair and Renewal (FRR) Program. It is the Government’s intent to consider awarding all or part of this acquisition under the authority of the 8(a) Program (see FAR 19.8), the HUBZone Program (see FAR 19.13), and/or the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Procurement Program (see FAR 19.14 The responses received from these sources sought announcement will assist the Government in determining if 8(a), HUBZone, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses possess the capability to execute the requirements of this anticipated request for proposal (RFP).
If you have one of these designations and think you might be able to perform work on this contract or would like further information with regard to this request, please contact Sarah Annerton at Sarah.Annerton@hnd01.usace.army.mil.
The CEHNC asked PTAC’s to notify our clients.
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BLX Community Express Loan Program
The BLX Loan Program makes unsecured business term loans from $5,000 to $50,00 to eligible companies and owners. Interest rates are based on an index over the Prime Interest Rate and the size of the loan. Nearly all business and industries are eligible for the loan.
The Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) are the technical advisors for this loan program for the state of Indiana. This SBA loan program uses the Fair Isaac Credit Scoring System and other requirements to determine eligibility.
The Northwest Indiana SBDC contact Robert Rossa or Sue Anderson at 219-838-0176
To find the SBDC in your area click on the link http://www.sba.gov/in/in_sbdcin.html
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SBA Express Loan Program
This loan program officers a 50% guarantee on loans. The SBA guarantee can mitigate a weakness in the credit such as insufficient collateral, lower dept service or higher debt levels vs. net worth. Small business owners have more flexible terms. The Northwest Indiana SBDC handles this program for the State of Indiana. Contact Robert Rossa or Sue Anderson at 219-838-0176 Highlights of the program are below.
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SBA Express Program |
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Features |
- Loan Amounts $10,000 - $350,000
- Guarantee is 50% of loan amount
- Prepayment penalty may apply
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Terms |
- Working Capital - up to 7 years
- Equipment Loans - up to 10 years
- Real Estate - up to 25 years
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Use of Proceeds |
- Working capital
- Accounts receivable and inventory
- Equipment and machinery
- Business acquisition
- Business expansion
- Debt refinancing
- Real estate and leasehold improvements
- Short term working capital needs including:
seasonal financing, contract performance, construction financing, export production, and for financing against existing inventory and receivable under special conditions |
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Benefits |
- Longer maturity terms than conventional loans
- Same application process as a conventional loan
- Chase is a preferred lender so we make the loan decision within SBA guidelines
- Easier to qualify than conventional loans
- Ability to finance SBA fees into the loan
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PICC 6 Month Progress Report
In the first six months of this year we have helped 16 companies get contracts and 3 of them were first time contracts or sub contracts generating over 20 million dollars in total and $209,000 in first time contracts.
We also held our Procurement Conference and it was very successful. 127 people attended representing 98 companies from all over the state. In addition to the 11 workshops at the Procurement Conference we have held 3 workshops on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging for existing contractors.
We also held workshops with the Army Corps of Engineers on the work being done in the East Chicago Combined Disposal Facility project and Best Practices for Completing a Bid Package and RFID labels for packaging.
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Defense Suppy Center Columbus
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The 2006 seminar schedule is as follows: |
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September 2006
19-20 |
October 2006
17-18 |
November 2006
14-15 *special session for Metalcasters |
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There are no TKO's ever scheduled for the month of December |
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Provided is a sample agenda of the TKO Seminar. Topics and times are subject to change. View Agenda |
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The Defense Supply Center, Columbus (DSCC), Small Business Office has adopted a new policy regarding its Training, Knowledge and Opportunity (TKO) seminars. Beginning in the Year 2007, the Small Business Office will be conducting only five (5) seminars. The 2007 seminar schedule is as follows: |
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March 2007
20-21 |
May 2007
15-16 |
July 2007
17-18 |
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September 2007
18-19 |
November 2007
13-14 |
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Provided is a sample agenda of the TKO Seminar. Topics and times are subject to change. View Agenda |
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