Bainbridge Island company recognized as Manufacturer
of the Year

May 6, 2013 By The KPBJ

Ozone International marked its 10-year anniversary with recognition by Seattle Business magazine as 2013 Manufacturer of the Year in the Small Firms category. Read more.

Kitsap County Community Development will restore
Friday hours for limited services

May 6, 2013 By The KPBJ 

A light at the end of the tunnel for LED innovation

Kitsap firm to start manufacturing new high-intensity replacement bulbs after community bank provides financing that other lenders wouldn't

May 1, 2013 @ 1:56pm | Tim Kelly ~ KPBJ Editor

Jeff Reynolds, a senior vice president at Kitsap Bank, was instrumental in arranging an SBA loan for Rick Flaherty's company to begin manufacturing a new kind of LED replacement bulb for industrial lighting. A convergence of factors led to approval of a loan for a Kitsap County manufacturing company that had sought unsuccessfully for months to secure financing to start production of a breakthrough LED product it developed for industrial lighting uses. Read more 

Navy contract saves Keyport engineering jobs

May 1, 2013, The KPBJ By Dominic Gates

A three-year, $80 million follow-on Navy contract for BAE Systems is good news for 57 employees at the Navy's undersea warfare center in Keyport on the Kitsap Peninsula. 

BAE, along with six local subcontractors, helps the Navy maintain the operational readiness of submarine torpedoes and other weapon systems at the center. Last fall, BAE systems engineers and technical staff at the center received 60-day lay-off notices as the earlier contract expired.  Read more

Kombi Corp to co-locate with OfficeXpats on Bainbridge Island

April 30, 2013 By The KPBJ

Kombi Corp of Bainbridge Island will move its headquarters May 1 to co-locate with OfficeXpats, a coworking (shared workspace) office on Bainbridge.

Kombi provides integrated client software, cloud services and professional system integration that enable its clients to communicate effectively with customers through connected smart mobile devices, including smart phones, netbooks, tablets and more. Read more 

New law will make employee training through state's community colleges more affordable for small businesses

May 3, 2013 By The KPBJ

OLYMPIA - A bill signed into law May 2 by Gov. Jay Inslee will make employee training more affordable for Washington small businesses.

SHB 1247, sponsored by state  Rep. Drew Hansen, D-Bainbridge Island, makes it easier for small businesses to train employees in partnership with community and technical colleges by removing a dollar-for-dollar match formerly required under state law. Small businesses with less than $500,000 in annual gross business income are now only required to pay the usual salary and benefits during training. Read more 

May 10, Local Capital: Growing your business while strengthening your community ties

Bainbridge Island Chamber Breakfast

Fri., May 10, 2013, 7:30 - 9:00 AM 

Rachel Maxwell and Casey Dilloway, Co-Founders and Alex Mondau, VP of Business Development at Community Sourced Capital discuss crowdsourcing and ways for community members to lend money to the local businesses where they find the most value. 

Click here for more info and registration

May 16, Technology group's May event will discuss smart energy grids and solar net metering

West Sound Technology Association will host a presentation May 16 on Changing Technology and Our Energy Grid: Smart Grids and Solar Net Metering.

The presentation by Puget Sound Energy representatives will focus on improved system reliability and customer energy management data and tools. It will explore the challenges of introducing and managing smart grid components, as well as the potential benefits to utilities and customers. The presentation by Laura Feinstein and Jake Wade of PSE also will include details about how grid-tied solar generation works.

Feinstein is an electrical engineer and manager of Puget Sound Energy's Smart Meter Technology department. Read more 

May 21-22,  NW Aerospace & Defense Symposium Presented by: The Pacific NorthWest Defense Coalition and The Pacific NW Aerospace Alliance

This year's symposium will discuss program and defense updates with a focus on how to survive sequestration.   Leading industry speakers will discuss the challenges of sequestration, and provide survival tips so that your company can get ahead of the competition and thrive even in lean times. Click here for more information and to register.

Prime:   Traylor Frontier-Kemper Joint Venture

Y--Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for Mechanical Construction and Repair Services for Joint Base Lewis-McChord and its Sub-Installations

The Seattle District Corps of Engineers plans to solicit offers for the award of a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for HVAC/Mechanical Construction and Repair Services at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington and Its Sub-Installations. The solicitation will be issued as 100% set-aside for Small Business concerns only. Up to five contracts are anticipated to be awarded under this MATOC. The pool of contractors that successfully receive an award will share the total contract capacity of $5,975,000. Each contract will reflect a base year and four subsequent option years. Most task orders will range from the minimum task order limitation of $2,000 to the maximum task order limitation of $350,000. However, most task orders will be under $150,000. Click for more info

SeaPort-e Event Rolling Admissions 

FY13 - Rolling Admissions Solicitation Issued

FY13 - Rolling Admissions Solicitation documents available for download:

Proposals due by May 30, 2013 

The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, on behalf of the Naval Sea Systems Command and the Navy Virtual SYSCOM (partners NAVSUP, NAVAIR, SPAWAR and NAVFAC) along with other Navy activities, is conducting a rolling admission per the terms and conditions of the SeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) Multiple Award Contracts.  The purpose of this rolling admission is to expand the contractor base by awarding additional Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) prime contracts.  Existing Seaport-e prime contractors will also have the opportunity to expand their presence in other geographical zones to allow them to compete for Task Order awards in those zones and to voluntarily re-certify their size status.  The NAICS code for this procurement is 541330 and the revenue size standard for Small Business is $35.5 Million. Click here for more information.

Prime Outreach - - 3 Part Series!

Being a Subcontractor  

May 29th 4-6pm, KEDA

Learn how to become a subcontractor and work effectively with a prime. This is part 1 of a 3-part series. Session 2 is June 26th and session 3 is on
July 31. Register now!

Marketing Your Busines to the Government

June 5th, 9-11am, KEDA

Learn how to create and use effective Line Cards and Capability Statements to market your business to the government. Register now!

Port Angeles classes -
KEDA takes PTAC on the road!  

Government Contracting 101

June 19, 9-11am

September 18th 9-11am

Clallam EDC, Port Angeles

This class is a pre-requisite for individual counseling and provides a foundation for all other PTAC training. You will learn the basics of

registering, marketing and selling your products and services to the federal, state and local government agencies. Pre-registration is required.  

Marketing Your Busines to the Government

August 7th, 9-11am, 

Clallam EDC, Port Angeles 

Learn how to create and use effective Line Cards and Capability Statements to market your business to the government.  Register now!

These free training opportunities are offered by the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance (KEDA) and funded through the Washington Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) program which helps companies find and successfully achieve contracts for work with the local, state and federal governments. PTAC provides FREE and confidential business assistance and support to regional businesses in marketing and selling to federal, state and local government agencies and prime contractors. We also assist agencies, departments and primes in their efforts to comply with federal and state procurement diversity goals. KEDA's PTAC service area covers 5 counties: Kitsap, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson and Mason.