Laboratory Small Business Office hosts conference on Federal GSA purchasing guidelines

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Aug. 3, 2001 -- The Small Business Office at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is co-sponsoring a conference Aug. 8 for businesses interested in becoming certified under federal General Services Administration purchasing guidelines.

The conference is from 9 a.m. to noon in the Cities of Gold Hotel in Pojoaque. The cost to participate is $10 and seating is limited to 60, said Carla Lujan of Los Alamos' Small Business Office.

The University of New Mexico, Los Alamos' Small Business Development Center is co-sponsor of the event.

Lujan said certification under federal GSA regulations makes businesses eligible to provide goods and services to the Laboratory through the GSA. Buyers at the Laboratory, for example, know that they can purchase goods or services noncompetitively at prices negotiated by the GSA from businesses that are GSA-certified, she explained.

"Within the next few years Los Alamos National Laboratory will procure a significant amount of its supplies and service requirements through the use of GSA contracts," said Bennie Gonzales, the Laboratory's Small Business Office program manager.

"It is important that local Northern New Mexico firms are educated on how they can participate in the GSA sponsored contract programs."

To sign up for the conference, contact Lujan at 667-4410 or go to SBO's Buy Northern Web site at http://buynorthern.lanl.gov/ online.

Los Alamos National Laboratory is operated by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.