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Registration for all small business sellers is closed.
Registration is only open to buyers from Government Agencies and Large Primes/Corporations.
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Ohio's Business Matchmaker 2008 is a unique event where small businesses, including veteran-, minority- and women-owned businesses, and government buyers of goods and services come together. The cost for small businesses to attend is $40 (includes a boxed lunch).
More than 120 buyers will be on hand for one-on-one meetings with small businesses. Buyers are from city, state, county, and federal agencies, as well as prime contractors and other organizations with combined purchasing budgets representing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of opportunities.
BUYERS and SELLERS
Buyers register ahead of time and list the types of products and services (as identified by NAICS codes) that they are interested in acquiring. Both Buyers and Sellers will be able to access a list of their matches beginning 5 days prior to the event.
Small businesses, or “Sellers,” pre-register for the event as well, using their individual NAICS codes. (Identify your NAICS code(s) by searching keywords at http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/. ) Meetings last approximately 15 minutes, are on a first-come first-served basis, and present an opportunity for Buyers and Sellers to discuss each others’ specific projects and capabilities. There is also ample opportunity throughout the day to network with Buyers and Sellers.
In addition to one on one matchmaking meetings, the event will provide seminars for small businesses including selling to the government, GSA schedules, access to capital, and surety bonding.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
U.S. Congressman Steve Chabot.
BUYERS ATTENDING
Click here to see Buyers who attended past events!
- ASCSB
- 121st Air Refueling Wing Ohio Air National Guard
- 554 ELSG WPAFB
- 562 CBSG OMP AFMETCAL
- Agility Defense Government Services
- Air Force Research Laboratory
- Allison Transmission Inc
- American Electric Power
- ASC/Small Business WPAFB
- BATTELLE
- Battelle Office of Supplier Diversity
- Bechtel National Inc
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Butt Construction Co Inc
- Central Ohio Transit Authority
- Chalmers P Wylie Outpatient Clinic
- CITY OF DAYTON
- Concurrent Technologies Corp
- Defense Finance Accounting Services
- Defense Supply Center Columbus
- Department of Natural Resources
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Dept of Homeland Security
- Dept of Veterans Affairs
- DOE EMCBC
- Duke Realty Corporation
- EPA
- Ethicon Endo Surgery
- Franklin County Purchasing
- General Motors
- Global
- Goodrich Aircraft Wheels and Brakes
- Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority
- Hamilton CountyCincinnati Ohio
- HQ AFMCSB
- Hubert Company LLC
- Key Bank - Sponsor's Exhibit
- LION APPAREL
- Lockheed Martin
- Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
- Montgomery County
- MTC Technologies Inc
- NASA John H. Glenn Research Center
- NET Incubator
- Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- ODJFS
- Ohio Department of Public Safety
- OHIO DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION
- SAIC
- Shaw Environmental Inc
- Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority
- State of Ohio
- State of Ohio Equal Opportunity Division
- State of Ohio Office of State Printing
- The Department of Veterans Affairs
- The Ohio State University Research Foundation
- Transportation Research Center Inc.
- U S Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Dayton Research Institute
- US Army Corps of Engineers: Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
- US Department of State
- US General Services Administration
- USACE Huntington District
- USDANatural Resources Conservation Service
- UTBattelle
- Veyance Technology Inc
- VOB108org
- W. W. Williams Logistics
- Woolpert Inc
- WPAFB ASCSB
REGISTRATION
- On-line registration for new users.
- Login is required for all users.
- Returning users have been sent an e-mail with username and password.
- See the on-line help screen.
SPONSORS
CONTACT
If you have any questions about the event, please contact Ken Klein at SBA (614) 469-6860 x261 or, preferably, via e-mail kenneth.klein@sba.gov.
