Small Business Alliance - FY25 Government Wide IT Category Forum

Registration and Networking

Welcome to Carahsoft Conference Center
 

Welcoming to Category Forum, Intro to Laura Stanton

Brittany A. Chapman, Management & Program Analyst, IT Best-in-Class (BIC) Manager, Government-Wide IT Category Management, Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Information Technology Category (QT), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) 
Clarence Harrison Jr, CPCM -Senior Procurement Analyst U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)

Forum Opening:

The IT Category is the fourth largest federal portfolio with $77 billion in IT spend annually and more than 50% of that funding spent on IT products. Hear how as a portfolio, we are continuously looking for ways to scale, maximize, and innovate how the category operates by fostering lasting improvements across people, process, and technologies used in the federal IT acquisition ecosystem. 

Laura Stanton-Assistant Commissioner, Information Technology Category (ITC), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)

Fireside Chat with SPE'S 

Explain how your agency has been successful in meeting the KPI’s for spend under management (SUM) and small business utilization (SBU). Share your agencies’ strategies and best practices for increasing SUM and SBU.

Q&A

Moderator:
Bea Dukes, PhD, Career Manager and Strategic Acquisition Workforce Advisor, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)

Panelists:
Adam Goldstein, Associate Commissioner, Senior Procurement Executive, Social Security Administration (SSA) (Invited)
Paul Courtney, Senior Procurement Executive, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (Invited)
Katrina Brisbon, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisitions, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (Invited)

Refreshment Break

Skills Based Hiring for Federal Contractors Briefing

Discuss the latest status with OFPP policy development for Skills-based hiring of Federal contractors in the IT and Cyber space. Highlight the impacts on the hiring of Federal contractors on the IT Best-In-Class vehicles.

Speaker;
Mathew Blum, Associate Administrator, Office of the Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) (Invited)

 

Government Wide-IT Best-In-Class Panel Discussion

Representatives to discuss the current status of each IT BIC Vehicles

Q & A

Moderator:
Warren Blankenship, Deputy IT Government-wide Category Manager, Government-Wide IT Category Management, Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Information Technology Category (QT), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)

Panel:
George Nichol, Command Civil Engineer (AETC/A4C), NASA SEWP (Invited)
Herman Lyons, 8(a) STARS III GWAC Program Manager, General Services Administration (GSA) (Invited)
Brian Goodger, NITAAC Director and Associate Director, office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations, Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Invited)
Stacy Watson, Enterprise Solutions Division (ESD) Director,PEO  U.S. Army CHESS (Invited)

Category Management Panel Discussion

Discuss the value of category management across the Federal Government. Incorporate Menti throughout the panel discussion

Q & A

Moderator:
Brittany Chapman, Management & Program Analyst, IT Best in Class (BIC) Manager, Government Wide IT Category Management, Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Information Technology Category (QT), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)

Panelists:
Bowen Fong, Category Engagement Lead, Government -Wide PMO, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) (Invited)
Beck Geisy, Category Management, Project Management Office, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) (Invited)
James Harrington, Program Manager Category Management Division, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)(Invited)

Lunch/Networking (EMCEE Lunch) with Exhibitors

Lunch and Networking including:

IT BIC Solution Exhibitor Table Participants
Tifney Skyles, Contractor & Category Management Lead for CIO-SP3,  NIH NITAAC (Invited)
Drand Dixon, Deputy Program Manager for Wireless Mobility Solutions, General Services Administration (GSA) (Confirmed)
Kevin Gallo,  Director, Technical Account Management, Enterprise Technology Solutions, COMSATCOM, (Confirmed)
Craig Bikowski, IT Specialist, Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) General Services Administration (Confirmed)
Deborah White, IT Specialist, Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) General Services Administration (Confirmed)
Brian Gladney,  MAS IT Hardware Category Management, General Services Administration (GSA) (Confirmed)
George Nichol, Deputy Program Director, NASA SEWP (Confirmed)
Ameila Kakar, CHESS Training & Outreach Specialist, Army Chess (Confirmed)
Denisha Moore, Product Officer, Army Chess ADMC-3, Army Chess(Confirmed)
Stacy Watson, Enterprise Solutions Division (ESD) Director, PEO -U.S. Army Chess(Confirmed)
Hermon Lyons, 8(a) STARS III GWAC Program Manager, General Services Administration (GSA) (Confirmed)
BeLinda Devore, Program Manager for VETSII, General Services Administration (GSA) (Confirmed)
Lorraine Lafleur, Program Manager Alliant II, General Services Administration (GSA)(Confirmed)
Zebadiah Brigmon, Program Analyst Alliant II, General Services Administration (GSA)(Confirmed)

As part of the larger Federal Category Management Framework, the ITVMO works in tandem with the IT Category to drive down federal IT costs. The Best-in-Class (BIC) vehicle solutions leverage federated best practices to ensure agency IT buyers acquire common IT goods and services equitably, efficiently, and securely.  The networking session will include representatives from the key IT BIC programs. Summit participants can inquire about opportunities on how the vehicles serve as a pipeline for marketplace suppliers (large and small businesses) to provide innovative technology services and products as well as how agency buyers can leverage the vehicles to avoid cost burden, gain efficiencies, and secure, compliant emerging technologies. 

OSDBU Exhibitor Tables
Emerging technology and innovation are needed by the government from both large and small businesses. Many small businesses harvest the emerging technology and innovation key to supporting important federal government transformation. Small businesses, both seasoned firms and those new to government contracting, must determine which agency is best aligned with its capabilities and if its skill sets meet the requirements set forth by agency contracting offices. The networking session will feature representatives from several agency OSDBUs, where they can discuss specific agency IT forecasts and upcoming opportunities and companies can share their corporate capabilities.

Paul Martin, Division Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) (Confirmed)
Charles James, Division Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) (Confirmed)
Dwight Deneal, Assistant Administration for the Office of Small Business Programs at NASA ) (Invited)
Jamala Peyton, Executive Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business (Confirmed)
Angela Washington, Senior Business Development Specialist at Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce (Confirmed)
Shannon Jackson, Executive Director (SES), Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Invited)
Samuel L. Thompson, Small Business Specialist, DHS OSDBU (Invited)

Current IT Best In Class (BIC) Vehicle Holder Panel

Discussion experience with holding a contract vehicle

Q & A

Moderator:
Clarence Harrison Jr. CPCM, Senior Advisor, ITVMO, IT Category Management, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)

Panelists:
Marc Goldschmitt, PMP 8(a) STARS III Principal, Goldschmitt and Associates (Confirmed)
John Manolios, PenBay Technology Group (Confirmed)
NITAAC, Rep TBD
Army Chess, Rep TBD
 

Closing Remarks and Q&A

ITVMO Updates/News
Brittany A. Chapman, Management & Program Analyst, IT Best-in-Class (BIC) Manager, Government-Wide IT Category Management, Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Information Technology Category (QT), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) 
Clarence Harrison Jr. CPCM, Senior Advisor, ITVMO, IT Category Management, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)