Huntsville Engagement Lunch: June 2024 

Registration now open!

NVSBC offers our Engagement Lunch event and keynote speaker for the veteran entrepreneur and federal small business community.  Come join us for the training, networking, lunch, and guest speaker!

NVSBC invites you to the Huntsville Engagement Lunch event, which is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Bank of America.

• Location: Jackson Center, 6001 Moquin Drive, Huntsville, AL 35806
  
• Parking: FREE
  
• Dress Code: Business Casual
• Event POC: Engagement Director, [email protected]

Huntsville Engagement Lunch Agenda: 

• 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Registration, Networking
• 11:30 AM – 11:50 PM Call to Order
• NVSBC Remarks: Janelle Askew
• Bank of America Remarks: Chris Patty, SVP, Government Contracting - Regional SME, Commercial Banking
• 11:50 – 12:15 PM Lunch Served (Buffet Style w/Lunch available up to one hour)
• 12:15 – 12:25 PM Success Spotlight: Shannan Starling, President/CEO of Astra Solutions LLC
• 12:25 – 12:55 PM Around the Room Introductions (if time permits) 
• 12:55 - 1:00 PM Speaker Introduction
• 1:00 – 1:30 PM Guest Speaker Presentation
  
• Speaker: Tris Carpenter, General Manager of Strategic Growth at Red Team Consulting
• Topic: Insider Top Opportunities to Watch – Army ACC Enterprise for Sourcing Services (ACCESS)
• Tris will discuss how Huntsville-based firms can prepare for Army ACCESS, a 10-year, $37B+ successor to the Army Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services (RS3) IDIQ. We will also examine potential impacts, as ACC considers merging the scope of ACCESS with the Army Information Technology Enterprise Solution – 4 Services (ITES-4S) recompete.

• Topics and Takeaways:

  • Provide an overview of the upcoming ACCESS contract vehicle based on what we know so far, including salient data points from the recent Request for Information cycle
  • Look at the leading primes on both vehicles and major task awards, as ordering periods end in 2027, impacting 158 RS3 and 116 ITES-3S contract holders
  • Share our thoughts on capture positioning and teaming considerations, as Army ACC examines areas such as a streamlined evaluation; a points-based scorecard; and the advantages/disadvantages of limiting the number of Small Business Set-Aside and Full and Open/Unrestricted awardees
• 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Closing Remarks & Networking

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