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The El Paso Community College’s Contract Opportunities Center, with the support and cooperation of the El Paso Small Business Consortium, is excited to announce the 8th Annual Procurement and Contracting Symposium to be held at the El Paso Community College’s Administrative Services Center, 9050 Viscount, Bldg. A, El Paso, Texas. This event has historically been supported by agencies of the federal, state, local governments and their prime contractors, making this symposium a premier event in the West Texas and Southern New Mexico region.

In planning this event, the objectives are to provide a venue where buyers, contractors, suppliers and providers can come together and begin developing relationships; to provide training opportunities for vendors currently engaged in government contracting; and to provide information to potential government contractors and the regional business community.

There are several ways that an individual or agency may participate.

Individuals or agencies can be a sponsor, be a presenter, be a member of a panel, or conduct a training workshop. Agency and contractor representatives can participate in one-on-one sessions with interested vendors (Gov. Agencies/Prime Contractors only), and firms and contractors may have a booth in the exhibit area.   If you have any question please contact us at: 915-831-7749.

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PRESS OFFICE/LOS ANGELES

Los Angeles – Whatever the war or conflict, Americans have always believed that America’s military veterans should return home to jobs and opportunity.

Since 1953, the U.S. Small Business Administration has been providing entrepreneurial assistance to veterans and service-disabled veterans to start, resume and grow their businesses.

“We know that veteran business owners often have different needs and that is why the SBA is here to assist veterans in acquiring capital and technical assistance to grow their  companies,” said Theodore Holloman, district director (acting), Los Angeles SBA District Office. “The Los Angeles District Office has funded 857 veteran entrepreneurs during the last five fiscal years, injecting $217 million into their enterprises.”

With respect to the Patriot Express Pilot Loan Program, the SBA has combined elements of its 7(a) loan program (higher guarantee) and its SBA Express product (simplified processing and greater availability) to create the most compelling and attractive product available.  Patriot Express loans can go up to $500,000, and because it is an Express loan product, lenders and borrowers benefit from expedited and streamlined processing, meaning they will get an answer in most cases in a day or so.

The SBA also offers a targeted loan program, the Military Reserve Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, to help keep businesses operating during the critical months when their key employees or owners are called to active duty.  This SBA loan program has been vital to keeping businesses whole and afloat while saving jobs in local communities.

The SBA continues to provide other veteran-related services by working across federal agencies to increase technical assistance for starting and growing veteran companies.  For example, the SBA and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have an ongoing Partnership Agreement to increase contracting opportunities for 8(a) firms, service-disabled and other veteran firms.

Recently, the West Los Angeles Medical Center has teamed up with the SBA Los Angeles District Office to bring business counseling directly to veterans at the medical center through their Setting Your Compass workshop every third Thursday of the month on the campus of the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center in the Post Deployment Clinic in Building 401 at 10:00 a.m.

Locally, the Los Angeles District Office offers one-stop assistance through its dedicated veterans outreach team and easily accessible technical assistance providers: Small Business Development Centers, Women’s Business Centers, SCORE Chapter branch offices and the Veteran Business Outreach Center.  These technical assistance providers and programs are a cooperative effort of the private sector, the educational community and federal, state and local governments.

For more information you can contact Patrick Rodriguez, Veteran Outreach Coordinator, Los Angeles SBA District Office at 818-552-3222.

VAMBOA is the fastest growing trade association in the country for Veteran Business Owners and Service Disabled Veteran Business Owners.   We are becoming the Go To organization for resources and information.   The site features tons of valuable information.   Veteran, military and service disabled veterans resources will find all types of resources including government contracting contacts.   Membership is free.  We hope you will register for membership.  We also invite you to fill out the survey that will let us know what is important to you and a little about you.  VAMBOA is about Uniting Veteran and Military Business Owners For Collaboration, Connections and Contracts.

AT&T Global Supplier Diversity proudly launches Operation Hand Salute, a California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) initiative. This initiative serves to mentor a select group of Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBEs) towards improving their business operations and enhancing their ability to win corporate contracts. The phrase “Hand Salute” signifies AT&T’s outreach effort to assist in developing Disabled Veteran owned businesses, as well as acknowledge their military service.

• Operation Hand Salute – Darren Hicks
• Operation Hand Salute – Gary Herbold

• Phacil, Inc. (Bridgewater, NJ) – Awarded a modification to a firm-fixed-price contract.