MARCH 2019

Government Contracting Showcase 2019
Have you registered for the region's largest Government Contracting event, the NEPA Alliance Procurement Technical Assistance Center's annual Government Contracting Showcase 2019 (GCS-2019)?
 
GCS-2019 will occur on Thursday, May 30th, starting at 8:00 AM running through and concluding after lunch, at the Best Western Plus Genetti Hotel and Conference Center, 77 East Market Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA.
 
Attendance is already ahead of expectations for 2019
 DO NOT MISS OUT!
 
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:           
Welcome Speaker - Representative Eddie Day Pashinski
Keynote Luncheon Speaker - Congressman Matt Cartwright.
 
PTAC Staff is working on two dynamic interactive educational panel discussion sessions and lining up exhibitors.
 
Registration is $50.00 per person, which includes continental breakfast, plated lunch, networking and educational sessions. NEPA Alliance members receive a 10% discount by using registration code: nepa-member.
 
You can register by clicking HERE. 
Exhibit space  and sponsorship opportunities are available.
 
For the latest GCS 2019 information visit
 
Partial List of Confirmed/Invited Exhibitors:
  • Wilkes University Small Business Development Center 
  • Tobyhanna Army Depot  
  • Letterkenny Army Depot 
  • Picatinny Army Arsenal 
  • Luzerne County Transit Authority 
  • U.S. Small Business Administration 
  • Defense Commissary Agency 
  • Pennsylvania Department of General Services - COSTARS Program 
  • Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center 
  • Boeing Company 
  • U.S. General Services Administration 
  • SCORE - Northeast Pennsylvania 
  • The University of Scranton Small Business Development Center 
  • County of Lackawanna Transit System 
We will continue to provide event details in future newsletters and event email updates.
 
To learn more about GCS-2019 please contact Karen, Frank, or Paula at the NEPA Alliance PTAC: 570-655-5581 or 866-758-1929 extension 244, 230 and 231, respectively.


Tobyhanna Army Depot 2019 Industry Day Update
The Agenda is out for the Tobyhanna Army Depot Industry Day Event for 2019, and you can find it HERE listed as "Amendment 1."

This one-day event will be held in Building 2 Bay 1 on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Attendees will hear briefings on Depot capabilities and receive information about upcoming procurement opportunities. Commanding General MG Randy Taylor, Communications Electronics Command will provide opening remarks.
 
The event is free of charge; however, lunch and refreshments will be available to attendees for $20.00.
 
THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO: 
APRIL 2, 2019.
 
The registration form and visitor guide are available on the Fed Biz Opps website, which is HERE.

FARSite to Go Away on October 1, 2019
The popular and functional FARSite search engine, maintained by Hill Air Force Base for the past 20 years, is scheduled to be "transitioned" into the GSA-operated website at
ACQUISITION.GOV  effective October 1, 2019.
 
This news was recently announced on FARSite in this brief statement: "FARSite.hill.af.mil is being actively transitioned to  ACQUISITION.GOV . FARSite will be available in the current location through 30 Sep 2019."
 
FARSite is widely used by acquisition professionals in both the government and industry sectors - especially those with Department of Defense affiliations. One of the reasons is the integration of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement and other agency Federal Acquisition Regulation supplements into the search function of FARSite. It is not known whether this functionality will be offered at ACQUISITION.GOV in the future. As soon as we hear of a new site - we will advise in a future issue of "Government Contracting News."
 
Boots to Business Reboot
                          
Are you starting or growing a Veteran-Owned Business? Then you should consider attending the Wednesday, May 8th Boots to Business Reboot being held at the THINK Center, 7 South Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
 
The NEPA Alliance Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) is a sponsor, and a PTAC Team member will discuss the basics of government contracting and veteran set-aside programs. 
 
The Introduction to Entrepreneurship program, is open to Veterans of all eras, service members (including members of the National Guard and Reserve) and their spouses. Participants will be provided an overview of business ownership as a career vocation, an outline and knowledge of the components of a business plan, a practical exercise in opportunity recognition, and an introduction to available public and private sector resources.
 
For more information, contact Shannon Degiglio from the U. S. Small Business Administration: 610-382-3082 or the NEPA Alliance PTAC's Karen Ostroskie, Senior Program Manager at 570-655-5581 ext. 244.   
  To directly register for this event click HERE .
 
Maximum Class Size is 25, so do not delay!

PA e Marketplace Solicitations

The following is a list of upcoming PA e-Marketplace procurements available from various Commonwealth agencies. Many of these solicitations may not yet be advertised. Refer to the solicitations section for those procurement opportunities available for response. You can access the solicitations by the project title's hyperlink shown below:

ID Number: 114403 - Agency: General Services 
ID Number: 114391- Agency: General Services
Project Title: 

ID Number: 114355 - Agency: Liquor COntrol Board 
Project Title: Liquor Shipping Boxes

ID Number: 114373 - Agency: General Services 
Project Title:  Bar Soap Machine

ID Number: 114375- Agency: General Services

ID Number: 114329- Agency: Human Services
Source: PA eMarketplace 


Job Openings Increase to 7.6 Million
According to the United States Department of Labor, t here were 7.6 million job openings at the end of January 2019, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This was the eleventh straight month the number of job openings was higher than the number of job seekers.

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