JPL Presents Small Business Workshop in San Diego

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Jane Platt 818-354-0880

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

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NEWS RELEASE: 2007-119                                           October 11, 2007

 

JPL Presents Small Business Workshop in San Diego

 

Small businesses are invited to a workshop hosted by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at the Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego's Mission Valley. The workshop, "Doing Business with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory," is also sponsored by the San Diego Contracting Opportunities Center.

 

At the workshop, business owners will learn how to form partnerships with JPL and NASA. The highlighted speaker will be Thomas May, manager of the JPL Business Opportunities Office and Supplier Diversity Program. May will explain JPL’s procurement process for general services and supplies, and the opportunities available for small businesses, as well as those owned by women, veterans and the disadvantaged.

 

At the end of the workshop, attendees will have an opportunity to discuss potential procurement opportunities with JPL supply chain personnel. Prime contractors in the San Diego area are also welcome to attend.

 

The workshop is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required. Online registration is available at:  http://www.ptac-sandiego.org/workshop.html

 

The workshop will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the University Building, Suite 210.  Point Loma Nazarene University is located at 4007 Camino de Rio South, San Diego, Calif. 92108.

 

For more information, call 619-285-7020 or contact Mary Helen Ruiz at 818-354-7532 or MaryHelen.Ruiz@xxxxxxxxxxxx .

 

JPL, located in Pasadena, Calif., is managed for NASA by the California Institute of Technology.

 

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