The UNM Los Alamos SBDC sponsored a joint workshop with the Cooperative Educational Services (CES) group October 4th to over 20 area contractors providing them with information on how to do business with local school and government agencies.
The agency opens up procurement opportunities to apply for approval to be added to the list that these agencies can call directly, eliminating a lot of bid time for smaller jobs, usually under $25,000. The agency (CES) goes over the proposals and accepts or rejects, based on the information provided.
The accepted contractors can market to the schools and other listed public agencies and can receive direct calls to do the work or provide estimates as requested. About 2/3 of the attendees stated they intended to submit a proposal after the presentation.
The seminar was presented by Robin Strauser, Deputy Executive Director and David Chavez, Executive Director of CES at the University of New Mexico Los Alamos campus. The presentation is the last one this year before the expiration date to submit, October 14.
“This was a great turnout,” Chavez stated, “we had as many attending here as the one in Santa Fe over a month ago”. There were individuals representing businesses from Espanola, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Pojoaque and other areas.
Although the closing date for submissions for this proposal has passed, the SBDC has major contractors contact them from time to time asking for lists of other contractors in the area for possible sub contracting jobs. Owners interested in pursuing such opportunities should contact Don Wright @ 505 661 4854