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SUMMARY:Business Procurement Day
DESCRIPTION:Procurement officers from large companies and public entities tell the secrets of selling to them.\n\n\n\nThe intent of Business Procurement Day is to provide small business owners/mangers insight and direction into the specific steps they should take to be qualified to do business with the large employers and public entities. \n\nJoin the Chamber and over a dozen public organizations and large private employers in Eastern Jackson County from 9:00am to 3:30pm to learn how to become a qualified or approved vendor capable of selling goods and/or services to them.\n\n\n\nThe event will begin with a continental breakfast at 9:00 and at 9:30am\, small businesses owners will then break into small groups to meet with the procurement officers of their choice from the private organizations represented. \n\n\n\nAt noon we will break for lunch and reconvene for the second part of the day at 1:00pm. At that point\, the small business owners will have an opportunity to meet in small groups with the procurement officers of their choice from public organizations represented.\n\n \n\n\n	Appointments can be made prior to Business Development Day beginning on February 8th\, 2016.\n	Alex Colley will email all participants with the list of confirmed entities. \n	Conversations will be scheduled in 20 minute intervals so each organization will have the opportunity to meet with as many small business owners as possible.\n	Appointments will be made on a first-come-first serve basis. Any appointments still available the day of the event will be posted at check-in for sign up.\n\n\nOrganizations Confirmed (updated weekly):\n\n\n	\n		\n			Public Organizations\n			Private Organizations\n		\n	\n	\n		\n			City of Independence\n			AT&T\n		\n		\n			Ft. Osage School District\n			HCA Midwest (Centerpoint Medical Centers)\n		\n		\n			General Services Administration\n			Oribtal ATK\n		\n		\n			Mid-Continent Public Library\n			Burns & McDonnell\n		\n		\n			State of Missouri\n			Truman Medical Centers\n		\n		\n			Jackson County\n			 \n		\n		\n			Environmental Protection Agency\n			 \n		\n		\n			Blue Springs School District\n			 \n		\n		\n			Kansas City Power & Light\n			 \n		\n		\n			Independence Power & Light
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="margin: 0px\; padding: 4px 0px 10px\; border: 0px\; font-size: 14px\; vertical-align: baseline\; line-height: 18px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><strong>Procurement officers from large companies and&nbsp\;public entities tell the secrets of selling to them.</strong><br />\n<br />\n<em style="font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 18px\;"><strong>The intent of Business Procurement Day&nbsp\;is to provide small business owners/mangers&nbsp\;insight and direction into the specific steps they should take to be qualified to do business with the large employers and public entities.</strong></em><span style="font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 18px\;">&nbsp\;</span></p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0px\; padding: 4px 0px 10px\; border: 0px\; font-size: 14px\; vertical-align: baseline\; line-height: 18px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;">Join the Chamber and over a dozen public organizations and large private&nbsp\;employers in Eastern Jackson County from 9:00am&nbsp\;to 3:30pm&nbsp\;to learn how to become a qualified or approved vendor capable of selling goods and/or services to them.<br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 18px\;">The event will begin with a continental breakfast at 9:00&nbsp\;and at 9:</span>30am<span style="font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 18px\;">\, small businesses owners will&nbsp\;then break into small groups to meet&nbsp\;with&nbsp\;the&nbsp\;procurement officers of their choice from the <strong>private</strong> organizations represented.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\nAt noon we will break for lunch and reconvene for the second part of the day at 1:00pm. At that point\, the&nbsp\;small business owners will have an opportunity to meet in small groups with the procurement officers of their choice&nbsp\;from <strong>public</strong> organizations&nbsp\;represented.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li style="margin: 0px\; padding: 4px 0px 10px\; border: 0px\; font-size: 14px\; vertical-align: baseline\; line-height: 18px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 18px\;">Appointments can be made prior to Business Development Day beginning on February 8th\, 2016.</span></li>\n	<li style="margin: 0px\; padding: 4px 0px 10px\; border: 0px\; font-size: 14px\; vertical-align: baseline\; line-height: 18px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 18px\;">Alex&nbsp\;</span>Colley<span style="font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 18px\;">&nbsp\;will email all participants with the list of confirmed entities.&nbsp\;</span></li>\n	<li style="margin: 0px\; padding: 4px 0px 10px\; border: 0px\; font-size: 14px\; vertical-align: baseline\; line-height: 18px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 18px\;">Conversations will be scheduled in 20 minute intervals so each organization&nbsp\;will have the opportunity to meet with as many small business owners as possible.</span></li>\n	<li style="margin: 0px\; padding: 4px 0px 10px\; border: 0px\; font-size: 14px\; vertical-align: baseline\; line-height: 18px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 18px\;">Appointments will be made on a first-come-first serve basis. Any appointments still available the day of the event will be posted at check-in for sign up.</span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<div style="margin: 0px\; padding: 4px 0px 10px\; border: 0px\; font-size: 14px\; vertical-align: baseline\; line-height: 18px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><strong>Organizations Confirmed (updated weekly):</strong></div>\n\n<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="border:0px\;font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;font-size:14px\;line-height:18px\;margin:0px\;padding:4px 0px 10px\;vertical-align:baseline\;width:500px\;">\n	<thead>\n		<tr>\n			<th scope="col"><u><strong>Public Organizations</strong></u></th>\n			<th scope="col"><u><strong>Private Organizations</strong></u></th>\n		</tr>\n	</thead>\n	<tbody>\n		<tr>\n			<td>City of Independence</td>\n			<td>AT&amp\;T</td>\n		</tr>\n		<tr>\n			<td>Ft. Osage School District</td>\n			<td>HCA Midwest (Centerpoint Medical Centers)</td>\n		</tr>\n		<tr>\n			<td>General Services Administration</td>\n			<td>Oribtal ATK</td>\n		</tr>\n		<tr>\n			<td>Mid-Continent Public Library</td>\n			<td>Burns &amp\; McDonnell</td>\n		</tr>\n		<tr>\n			<td>State of Missouri</td>\n			<td>Truman Medical Centers</td>\n		</tr>\n		<tr>\n			<td>Jackson County</td>\n			<td>&nbsp\;</td>\n		</tr>\n		<tr>\n			<td>Environmental Protection Agency</td>\n			<td>&nbsp\;</td>\n		</tr>\n		<tr>\n			<td>Blue Springs School District</td>\n			<td>&nbsp\;</td>\n		</tr>\n		<tr>\n			<td>Kansas&nbsp\;City Power &amp\; Light</td>\n			<td>&nbsp\;</td>\n		</tr>\n		<tr>\n			<td>Independence Power &amp\; Light</td>\n			<td>&nbsp\;</td>\n		</tr>\n	</tbody>\n</table>\n
LOCATION:Independence Chamber of Commerce 210 West Truman Road Independence\, MO 64050
UID:e.2043.2745
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DTSTAMP:20260425T081038Z
URL:https://business.ichamber.biz/events/details/business-procurement-day-02-19-2016-2745
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