DC Metro Engagement Dinner & VetFedAcademy: January 2025

Registration is open.

NVSBC offers our Engagement Dinner event preceded by our in-person VetFedAcademy Training for the veteran entrepreneur and federal small business community.  Come join us for the training, networking, and dinner. ALL are welcome to attend!

NVSBC invites you to the DC Metro Engagement Dinner:

• Location: Army Navy Country Club, 1700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202
• Room: 5 Star Ballroom, 3rd Floor
• Price: Member Organization $65, Non-Member Organization $85
• Dress Code: Business/Business Casual
• Parking: Free ($20 value)
• Event POC: [email protected]

VetFedAcademy Agenda: 

• 4:00 – 5:00 PM 
• Trainer/Speaker:
• Brad Reaves, Reaves GovCon Group
• Discussion Topic: New SBA Rules CLOBBERED YOUR GROWTH OPTIONS!  Must Attend Session on the New SBA Rules Impact on M&A, MPA, Recertification, and GROWTH in 2025 & Beyond
• ATTENTION ALL SDVOSB/VOSBs, Small Businesses, and Potential GovCon Purchasers:  These are the MOST SIGNIFICANT changes to GovCon Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Rules we have seen in more than a decade.  Must Attend session on the SBA’s Brand-New GovCon M&A Recertification rules including impact on Business Value, MAC’s, Task Orders, and Options.  Newly announced January 17, 2026, deadline for small GovCon M&A transactions could supercharge the GovCon M&A market in 2025
• Government Contracts Attorney Brad Reaves (Reaves GovCon Group) will explain how these changes will impact your ability to engage in small GovCon M&A activities in 2025 and beyond (selling your business, exit/succession, growing through acquisition)
• The importance of the NEW January 17, 2026, DEADLINE for M&A transactions and impact on M&A activity in 2025 & 2026
• New Rules for MACs, GWACs, Task Orders, and Option Recertifications
• M&A structuring considerations for SDVOSB/VOSBs, Small Business, and Large Business Acquirors
• How to use Mentor Protégé and Joint Ventures to adjust to these new rules

DC Metro Engagement Dinner Agenda: 

• 5:30 – 6:30 PM Registration, Networking Hour 
• 6:30 – 7:30 PM Call to Order, Announcements, Dinner 
• 7:30 – 8:30 PM Guest Speaker
• Guest Speaker: James A. Walsh, Comptroller, Department of State
• Presentation/Session Topic: Department of State Updates

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Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event. As a sponsor, you have the opportunity to introduce the guest speaker(s) and more. If you are interested in learning more about event sponsorship, please contact Zack Armstrong at [email protected]