Intro to Government Contracting

Dozens of federal, state, and local government agencies are looking to buy from Wyoming entrepreneurs and small businesses. You may be surprised at the types of products and services they are looking for. This webinar will help you determine if expanding your market into government contracting is the right choice for you. You will also learn the basics of government contracting such as: • How the government purchases services in Wyoming • Getting registered to search and bid for government contracts • Understanding the contracting process • And much more!

Speaker(s): Rich Lyles is the Program Manager for the Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) in the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network. Previously, he worked as a Government Contracts Advisor and as the Deputy Director of the Procurement Outreach Program in the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development for five years. Rich is a 1991 graduate of UNLV with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and received his MBA from UNLV in 1994. Beginning in college in 1990 Rich first worked in the public sector with the Bureau of Reclamation and after three years worked in the private sector as the CFO and the General Manager for two small government contractors. Andi Lewis joined the Procurement Technical Assistance Center in July of 2013. She is a certified Veteran’s Assistance Counselor with the VA. She spent ten years as a Naval Officer

Co-Sponsor(s): SBA

For those that are unable to attend ‘live” at that time, the program will be recorded and registered attendees will receive a link to the recorded session.

Fee: No Cost