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An Advanced Workshop on Responding to Federal Government Proposals
Date & Time:
June 9, 8am-5pm
June 10, 8am-12pm
Location: King Center for Performing Arts
Cost: $95 The 45th Space Wing Small Business Office at Patrick Air Force Base will be hosting a comprehensive advanced-level seminar on responding to Federal Government Request for Proposals. Learn more and register now!
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If you are an established business located in Central Florida and are interested in selling your product or service to the government, take advantage of the FREE counseling available through the Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) at the Small Business Development Center at UCF. Start your journey into the world of government contracting with the right tools and proven strategies.
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As a Government contractor, how can you make sure your insurance coverage fully meets your needs and the industry requirements? With questions on Workers' Comp, General Liability, Auto Liability, Professional Liab, Employee Benefits
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When: May 20, 7:45am - 1pm
Where: TRDA in Melbourne, FL
Cost: $40, includes breakfast & lunch. Each participant will have the opportunity to: - Attend 4 out of 8 breakout sessions
- Learn from Carol Craig, the event keynote speaker
- Attend the lunch session with Andy Hament on labor and employment law developments.
The training event is geared towards companies that are currently doing business with the Government or established businesses looking to get into Government contracting.
GCAT is looking forward to seeing you on May 20th!
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Government Contracting
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Twelve Steps to Government Contracting
By David Krigelman, President, Krigelman & Associates, Inc.
Questions for David? Email David at bdkrigelman@yahoo.com
- Initially determine what products or services you wish to sell to the
Government.
- Prepare a business plan, including a marketing plan, an
operations plan, and a financial plan.
- Perform a marketing analysis as part of preparing the
marketing plan. Part of the plan includes a competitive analysis, which
determines how your product or service compares to the competition. Other parts
of the plan include identification of the potential customers and a pricing
analysis, which determines what those customers would be willing to pay for the
product or service. Read the rest of the article
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| HUBZone - Latest Developments | | Important change to HUBZone regulations with regard to employee definition going into effect May 3, 2010
Do you have questions for Debbie? Send Debbie an email!
On May 3, 2010 a new change in the HUBZone regulation about the definition of an employee is going into effect. The change in the definition makes it easier and simpler for small business concern (SBC) businesses to determine if a particular employee is considered a SBC employee for HUBZone eligibility purposes.
The new definition revises the term employee as follows:
- The requirement for the full-time equivalency is removed.
- For eligibility purposes, HUBZone SBCs can count leased, temporary employees, or employees obtained through a temporary agency or union agreement as employees.
- Specifically state that SBA relies on the totality of circumstances as further defined by Size Policy Statement No. 1 when determining whether individuals are employees of a SBC.
- Clarifies that volunteers are not employees
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You asked --- We answer: DCAA Corner
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Question:
My partners and I own a corporation doing business as a Government contractor. One of my partners and I want to form a LLC and build an office building to rent to our corporation. We were told that the Government will not let us do that. Is that true?
Answer:
Not exactly! This would be a related party lease and the Government does not care if you have a related party lease. That said, however; FAR 31.205-36 (b) (3) limits the rent cost to the extent that they do not exceed the normal cost of ownership, such as depreciation, taxes, insurance, facilities capital cost of money, and maintenance (excluding interest). Therefore the lease price to the corporation would not necessarily be based on market price.
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The Government Contracting Advisory Team |
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Through the independent services of the Government Contracting Advisory Team (GCAT) businesses can quickly find professional resources to help them succeed in all areas of government contracting.
GCAT can help you with:
- Marketing & GSA Schedules (including GSA Contract Administration)
- Accounting services (including assistance with Government cost accounting systems, audit/reviews, and DCAA representation)
- Insurance needs (including Defense Base Act/Foreign Exposures)
- Legal services (such as Intellectual Property Strategies & Contract Negotiation)
- I.T. Services, including DelTek hosting
- Proposal Planning & Development
- International trade strategies and trade compliance solutions, including CTPAT & ITAR
- Quick access to industry veterans and resources
- And much more!
The GCAT Members include:
- Debbie Goode, CPA, Hoyman Dobson
- Lenita Wright, Huckleberry Sibley & Harvey Insurance
- Ed Kinberg, Kinberg & Associates, LLC
- Steve Thomas, Hayworth, Chaney & Thomas, P.A.
- Gary Beckert,GM Beckert & Associates
- D.Travis Proctor and Kevin Smith, Artemis International Technologies
- B. David Krigelman, Krigelman & Associates, Inc.
- Beth Gitlin, Global Passages, LLC
- Kathryn Toomey, OnPoint Solutions Group, Inc.
The individual companies participating in GCAT are not affiliated with each other for any purpose other than providing educational programs for issues related to government contracting. Participating companies do not share fees and, have no obligation to refer client's to companies participating in GCAT and do not assume any responsibility or liability for information provided by any member of GCAT. | |
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