BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240312 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240313 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:Greater Kansas City Supplier Diversity Reverse Expo DESCRIPTION:Businesses can network\, learn about upcoming opportunities\, market their companies' products and services\, and network with a variety of attendees. \n\n \n\n\n\nThe Johnson County Community College Procurement Department\, \n\nKansas APEX Accelerator\, and Kansas SBDC are excited to host you for the 2024 Greater\n\nKansas City Supplier Diversity Reverse Expo!\n\nThe Greater Kansas City Supplier Diversity Reverse Expo was created to assist\n\ndiverse businesses getting connected with Federal agencies\, State of Kansas\,\n\nlocal Kansas county/municipal procurement\, local educational institutions\,\n\nlocal certifying entities\, prime contractors and potential opportunities\n\nas well as provide our exhibitors leads for more diverse vendor pools.\n\nBusinesses will have the opportunity to meet with procurement professionals\n\nfrom public agencies and large prime contractors at one time AND in one location!\n\nThe procurement professionals are in the booths while businesses roam freely through the expo hall\, meeting with agency representatives\, learning of upcoming opportunities\, marketing their company's products and services and networking with other business attendees.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExhibitors\n\n\n Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)\n Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas\n Children's Mercy\n City of Wichita\n EPA\n GSA\n JE Dunn\n KCK Community College\n SBA Small Business Certification\n Turner Construction\n Unified Government\n USDA Farm Production and Conservation\n WBDC SBTRC (U.S. DOT Small Business Transportation Resource Center)\n WBDC Woman's Business Dev Ctr\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterested in exhibiting?\n\n\n\n\n\nPurpose/Desired outcome: The purpose is to assist diverse businesses with getting connected with agencies/primes/certifying entities and potential opportunities as well as provide our exhibitors leads for more diverse vendor pools. \n\nExhibitor agenda items\n\nThe event venue will open at 7:30am for exhibitor booth set up\, breakfast for exhibitors and exhibitor networking. The event will be open to the public from 9am 2pm and tear down followed by optional Matchmaking sessions 2-3:30pm.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur target participants for booths are:\n\n-Federal agencies (State of Kansas purchasing\, department of transportation\, certifications)\n\n-Local county/municipal purchasing departments\n\n-Local educational institutions\n\n-Local certifying entities\n\n-Prime contractors X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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The \;Johnson County Community College Procurement Department\, \;
\nKansas APEX Accelerator\, and Kansas SBDC are excited to host you for the 2024 Greater
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The Greater Kansas City Supplier Diversity Reverse Expo was created to assist
\ndiverse businesses getting connected with Federal agencies\, State of Kansas\,
\nlocal Kansas county/municipal procurement\, local educational institutions\,
\nlocal certifying entities\, prime contractors and potential opportunities
\nas well as provide our exhibitors leads for more diverse vendor pools.

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Businesses will have the opportunity to meet with procurement professionals
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\nThe procurement professionals are in the booths while businesses roam freely through the expo hall\, meeting with agency representatives\, learning of upcoming opportunities\, marketing their company&rsquo\;s products and services and networking with other business attendees.

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Exhibitors

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  • Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
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  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas
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  • Children&rsquo\;s Mercy
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  • City of Wichita
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  • EPA
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  • GSA
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  • JE Dunn
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  • KCK Community College
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  • SBA &ndash\; Small Business Certification
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  • Turner Construction
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  • Unified Government
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  • USDA Farm Production and Conservation
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  • WBDC &ndash\; SBTRC (U.S. DOT Small Business Transportation Resource Center)
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  • WBDC &ndash\; Woman&rsquo\;s Business Dev Ctr
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Purpose/Desired outcome: \;The purpose is to assist diverse businesses with getting connected with agencies/primes/certifying entities and potential opportunities as well as provide our exhibitors leads for more diverse vendor pools. \;

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Exhibitor agenda items
\nThe event venue will open at 7:30am for exhibitor booth set up\, breakfast for exhibitors and exhibitor networking. The event will be open to the public from 9am &ndash\; 2pm and tear down followed by optional Matchmaking sessions 2-3:30pm.

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Our target participants for booths are:
\n-Federal agencies (State of Kansas purchasing\, department of transportation\, certifications)
\n-Local county/municipal purchasing departments
\n-Local educational institutions
\n-Local certifying entities
\n-Prime contractors

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\n LOCATION:Johnson County Community College 12345 College Blvd\, Overland Park\, KS UID:e.1487.7031 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260405T050632Z URL:https://business.midamericalgbt.org/events/details/greater-kansas-city-supplier-diversity-reverse-expo-7031 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR