US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG ® Carolyn L. Staten Deputy, Associate Director Office of Small Business Programs USACE Fort Worth District HELPING.

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US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG ® Carolyn L. Staten Deputy, Associate Director Office of Small Business Programs USACE Fort Worth District HELPING THE DEPUTY WORK FOR YOU

BUILDING STRONG ® Helping The Deputy Work For You Here are a few suggestions you might want to consider when seeking procurement opportunities within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:  Keep Your SBA Profile Current  Monitor Procurement Websites  Marketing Your Firm

BUILDING STRONG ® Understanding CCR (The other side) Helping The Deputy Work For You  Register or Update your SBA Profile

BUILDING STRONG ®  Keep Profile current; suggest every 90 days  Address  Webpage  E-Mall (if applicable) Keeping Your Profile Current Identification, Location, & Contacts Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ®  Accepts Government Credit Card  GSA Advantage Contracts ALWAYS FILL OUT “YES” AND “NO” BLOCKS Keeping Your Profile Current Identification, Location, & Contacts Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ®  Women Owned  Veteran  Service Disabled Veteran Keeping Your Profile Current Organization, Ownership & Certifications Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ®  SBA controls this area Keeping Your Profile Current Organization, Ownership & Certifications Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ®  DBE Certification – Put them in the system  Non-Federal Government Certification – Put them in the system Keeping Your Profile Current Organization, Ownership & Certifications Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ®  Never leave this Blank  Make sure to fill this out  Keep Bonding Levels current Keeping Your Profile Current Products and Services Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ® Keeping Your Profile Current Products and Services Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ® Keeping Your Profile Current Products and Services Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ® Keeping Your Profile Current Export Profile (Trade Mission Online) Helping The Deputy Work For You  This might be used for Market Research

BUILDING STRONG ®  Put in as many References as you can  Include current work Keeping Your Profile Current Performance History (References) Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ®  Monitor the following websites:  FEDERAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES (FEDBIZOPPS)  Respond to “SOURCES SOUGHT” announcements  Answer all questions correctly in the announcement  ARMY SINGLE FACE TO INDUSTRY (ASFI)  FEDERAL PROCUREMENT DATA SYSTEM (FPDS) Monitoring Procurement Websites Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ® Monitoring Procurement Websites – FEDBIZOPPS Helping The Deputy Work For You Recovery Information Sign up to receive notifiers

BUILDING STRONG ® Monitoring Procurement Websites – ASFI Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ® Helping The Deputy Work For You Marketing Your Firm The Basics What is the No. 1 Marketing Tool?!?!?! Think about it for now....

BUILDING STRONG ® Marketing Your Firm The Basics Helping The Deputy Work For You Business Cards – Do you have all the information on your card? – Does your card tell us what you do? , Mail, or Call – Which is the best method in communicating your firm’s talents?

BUILDING STRONG ® Helping The Deputy Work For You Conferences – Which conference to attend? – Volunteer to be on a committee? – “Other-Than-Small” Business Participation? Marketing Your Firm The Basics

BUILDING STRONG ® Helping The Deputy Work For You Do your Homework – Who buys what you sell? – How do they buy it? – When do they buy it? Marketing Your Firm The Basics Use your Resources – Who are they? – When to use them?

BUILDING STRONG ® Helping The Deputy Work For You If USACE comes a knockin’... – Answer the door and follow-through. – You don’t have the time to respond? Marketing Your Firm The Basics

BUILDING STRONG ® Requesting a Capabilities Brief: The Facilitator: Deputy, Office of Small Business Programs Audience: Technical Staff Contracting Officer/Specialist Small Business Advocate ** The Facilitator should ALWAYS be the Small Business Specialist ** Marketing Your Firm Helpful Hints to Briefings Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ® Who Should Brief: YOU!!! (Who knows you best?) Who Should not brief --- A professional “briefer” not otherwise associated with your firm *They don’t know you as well as you know yourself *Gives impression you are not well prepared Marketing Your Firm Helpful Hints to Briefings Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ® What Should You Brief: Your Capabilities Your Talents Your Past Performance Your Strengths ** Certifications should be the last thing mentioned ** Marketing Your Firm Helpful Hints to Briefings Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ® What you Should NOT brief: The FAR (KOs already know the regs) Things you CAN’T do (this is not an incapability briefing) Some other firms’ talents and capabilities (let them do their own work!) Negative information (your opinion of Government personnel, etc.) Marketing Your Firm Helpful Hints to Briefings Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ® When and Where Should You Brief: BEFORE the prime buying season (this is NOT the 4 th Quarter) Briefing should be portable Ready to present as a tabletop or on-screen Bring your own equipment including projector Marketing Your Firm Helpful Hints to Briefings Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ® Making a Good Impression Make an appointment – & be on time Allow ample time for clearing security (military or Federal Bldgs) A picture is worth 1000 words Completed projects that showcase your efforts Work in progress that highlights special crews Delivered commodities Marketing Your Firm Helpful Hints to Briefings Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ® Making a Good Impression (cont’d) Practice, Practice, Practice Be comfortable in all possible settings Polish your presentation---if you don’t sound good, you won’t look good Turn Off the Cell Phone What do I do afterwards? Marketing Your Firm Helpful Hints to Briefings Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ® Visit Department of Defense Installations A listing of all Small Business Specialists Selling to the Army Selling to the Air Force Selling to the Navy – Marketing Your Firm Facility “Gatekeepers” Helping The Deputy Work For You

BUILDING STRONG ® Helping The Deputy Work For You What is the No. 1 Marketing Tool?!?!?!? Relationships.... Using your Resources.... Responding to Sources Sought... Capabilities Presentations... Attending Conferences...

BUILDING STRONG ® Helping The Deputy Work For You QUESTIONS???