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Background: The Smithsonian Institution’s Office of Equal Opportunity and Minority Affairs has goals to encourage small and underutilized businesses to participate in their procurements. Issues: The Smithsonian Institution Supplier Diversity Program needed to assess the effectiveness of their web presence and make their offerings more user friendly and concise. Summit Insight Solution: Summit Insight worked[...]
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Background: The Small Business Administration (SBA)’s mission includes assisting small businesses that aspire to win federal business, as primes and subcontractors. Issues: SBA’s Metropolitan Washington District Office needed someone to deliver effective training courses in how to get started in government business, find prospects, and pursue subcontracting. Summit Insight Solution: Judy Bradt of Summit Insight[...]
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Background: The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) certifies over 14,000 Women’s Business Enterprises (WBE’s) each year as owned, controlled, and operated by women in the United States. The organization is also authorized by the U.S. Small Business Administration as a third-party certifier under the Federal Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program launched in 2010. Issues:[...]
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Background: The Virginia APEX Accelerator provides counseling, market research, educational seminars, and a Bid-Matching Program for companies seeking federal, state and local government contracts. Issues: The Northern Virginia Procurement Technical Assistance Center (now known as the Northern Virginia APEX Accelerator) wanted to improve the quality of its introductory courses on government contracts for business owners[...]