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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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 CONTRACTING RESOURCES
Federal Contracts
If you are an Illinois company in search of assistance with government contracts, please click here and a PTAC representative will contact you shortly. For companies located outside of Illinois, please click here to find a local PTAC in your state.
Corporate Contracts
For information and assistance with corporate contracts, please contact Cynthia Johnson at: cjohnson@wbdc.org. |
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PARTNER EVENTS
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 Support the work of the WBDC! |
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Grow Your Business with These Exciting Opportunities! |
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Click here to visit the Contract Opportunities page on our website to access current government contracting opportunities on the local, state and federal levels. |
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NEWS
HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF EFFORT CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES
Do your part to help the clean up efforts after Hurricane Sandy, which devastated the Northeast earlier this month. Click here to review instructions to search for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) contract opportunities and help the efforts to provide relief to our fellow citizens.
N'DIGO SHARK BUSINESS BREAKFAST II
Six operating businesses will be chosen to present their business for evaluation and investment consideration in a shark tank fashion to a business panel led by Daymond John, founder of FUBU clothing. Business proposals are accepted at ablack@ndigo.com by November 23, 2012. Please click here for more information.
MIDWEST REGIONAL TEAMING PROGRAM APPLICATION
The Chicago Urban League Midwest Regional Teaming Program is designed to develop teams of small businesses to pursue large Federal prime and 2nd-tier contracts. Business owners participating in this program will receive support in preparation for teaming arrangements, in development of contractor teams and in identifying procurement opportunities to pursue. Please click here to learn more about the program. Applications are due November 19, 2012. Click here to apply today.
CITY OF CHICAGO MBE/WBE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM & FORUM
An ordinance has been proposed that will encourage mentorships by offering five percentage points of M/WBE credit for contractors that agree to take on a mentor/protege relationship with a MBE or WBE firm. The M/WBE Forum is a new tool on the City of Chicago's website to help M/WBE firms locate and connect firms interested in having a mentor/protege relationship as well as other resources focused on government contracting. Click here to access the M/WBE Forum and stay tuned for updates regarding this proposed ordinance. |
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SUCCESS STORIES: WORDS OF INSPIRATION FROM FELLOW WBES
WBE of the Month
Jeanette Prenger, Founder & President
ECCO Select
Reinvention is the name of the game for founder and president of ECCO Select, Jeanette Prenger, who shares the valuable lessons she has learned about running her Kansas City-based IT company.
To submit your own story for consideration in a WBDC newsletter, the WBDC website or other WBDC publication, please click here. |
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WBDC EVENTS
All WBDC workshops will take place at our 8 S. Michigan Ave. Center, Chicago, IL, unless otherwise noted.
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WBDC WEBINARS
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