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SUMMARY:Meet the Buyer: Doing Business with the Government and Public Purchasers
DESCRIPTION:WHAT:\n\nA virtual event consisting of an educational webinar followed by buyer-supplier meetings. The event will be hosted by MEDC's event team on Zoom.\n\n\n\nWHEN:\n\nThursday\, August 12th\, from 9 am-12 pm\,\n\n9a-10a: Webinar\n\n10a-12p Buyer-Supplier Meetings\n\n\n\nThe PMBC team\, in collaboration with the Flint & Genesee Economic Alliance PTAC and The Saginaw Future PTAC\, will work with public agencies to provide guidance on locating procurement opportunities and winning contracts.\n\n\n\nWEBINAR:\n\nHear from PMBC diversity partners Great Lakes Women Business  Council\, the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council\, the National Veteran Business Development Council and the Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce on why it's important to secure diverse business certification. Followed by a presentation with local PTAC on how to prepare to do business with local\, state and federal governments.\n\nAnd finally hear from Cheif Procurement Officer\, Jared Ambrosier\, on how to do business with the State of Michigan.\n\n\n\nROUNDTABLE:\n\nPMBC\, Flint & Genesee Economic Alliance PTAC\, Saginaw Future PTAC will host buyers from the DLA\, Consumers Energy\, TACOM\, MDOT\, Saginaw Public Schools\, Amtrack\, Great Lakes Water Authority and the State of Michigan.\n\n\n\nThe roundtable/buyer-supplier meetings will follow a one-hour webinar. The roundtable will consist of a "doing business with" presentation from each buyer\, to include a brief overview of your procurement process and supplier diversity initiatives. Each roundtable will be 20-minutes\, with a buyer presentation and some time for questions\, from up to 15 suppliers. The suppliers will stay put in their zoom room\, and the buyers will be moved (by the MEDC event team) through each room every 20-minutes.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<br />\n<u><strong>WHAT:</strong></u><br />\nA virtual event consisting of an educational webinar followed by buyer-supplier meetings. The event will be hosted by MEDC&rsquo\;s event team on Zoom.<br />\n<br />\n<u><strong>WHEN:</strong></u><br />\nThursday\, August 12th\, from 9 am-12 pm\,<br />\n9a-10a: Webinar<br />\n10a-12p Buyer-Supplier Meetings<br />\n<br />\nThe PMBC team\, in collaboration with the Flint &amp\; Genesee Economic Alliance PTAC and The Saginaw Future PTAC\, will work with public agencies to provide guidance on locating procurement opportunities and winning contracts.<br />\n<br />\n<u><strong>WEBINAR:</strong></u><br />\nHear from PMBC diversity partners Great Lakes Women Business&nbsp\; Council\, the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council\, the National Veteran Business Development Council and the Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce on why it&#39\;s important to secure diverse business certification. Followed by a presentation with local PTAC on how to prepare to do business with local\, state and federal governments.<br />\nAnd finally hear from Cheif Procurement Officer\, Jared Ambrosier\, on how to do business with the State of Michigan.<br />\n<br />\n<u><strong>ROUNDTABLE:</strong></u><br />\nPMBC\, Flint &amp\; Genesee Economic Alliance PTAC\, Saginaw Future PTAC will host buyers from the DLA\, Consumers Energy\, TACOM\, MDOT\, Saginaw Public Schools\, Amtrack\, Great Lakes Water Authority and the State of Michigan.<br />\n<br />\nThe roundtable/buyer-supplier meetings will follow a one-hour webinar. The roundtable will consist of a &ldquo\;doing business with&rdquo\; presentation from each buyer\, to include a brief overview of your procurement process and supplier diversity initiatives. Each roundtable will be 20-minutes\, with a buyer presentation and some time for questions\, from up to 15 suppliers. The suppliers will stay put in their zoom room\, and the buyers will be moved (by the MEDC event team) through each room every 20-minutes.
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UID:e.3222.2187
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DTSTAMP:20260423T120021Z
URL:https://www.apacc.net/events/details/meet-the-buyer-doing-business-with-the-government-and-public-purchasers-2187
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