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Oregon APEX Accelerator News and Events

Training Season is upon us. Check out all of our classes below!!

Overview of General Services Administration (GSA)Contracting

When: Thursday September 25th, 2025 9:00-10:00 AM

Where: Virtual

Do you have a product or service that you want to sell to the federal government? Selling to the federal government can be a very trying experience. Looking for opportunities can be a very time consuming venture and by the time you find an opportunity and review the solicitation it has already closed.

If you are interested in exploring the opportunities for GSA Contracting, we are presenting an overview of this contracting vehicle and the benefits associated with having a GSA contract.

For more information and to register click here.

Why do Business with the Government?

When: Wednesday October 8th, 2025, 12:00-1:00 PM

Where: Virtual

Event description

Ever wanted to get more business stability?

You’re not alone.

Government contracting can help your business thrive.

Gamechangers for government contracting:

• The government expects you to raise your rates

• 5 year contracts that they renew

• Pay on time and consistently

• Set-aside money for small, woman owned, veteran owned and minority owned businesses

For more information and to register click here.

Hunting for Gold in Government Contracting!

Registering in and searching SAM

When: Tuesday October 14th, 2025 10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Where: 101 W 10th Ave RM 105, Eugene, OR 97401

This event will have two classes. The first will show you how to register SAM-System for Award Management. This official U.S Government System for contracting opportunities.

The second class go over searching in SAM to find contracting opportunities

Learn about:

• Contracting
• Wage Determination
• Federal Hierarchy
• Federal Assistance
• Entity Information
• Entity Reporting



For more information and to register click here.

Marketing Your Business to Get Lucrative Government Contracts

When: Wednesday October 15th, 2025 12:00-1:00 PM

Where: Zoom

Lately the world seems to have gotten a lot more noisy. You want to get government contracts, but it’s hard to get attention for your business.

How do you break through the noise?

Come to this session and you’ll learn:

1. What to do for marketing

2. What NOT to do for marketing

3. This one marketing tool that helps you tremendously

4. How to make your website ready for government folks

5. Get a comprehensive list of local portals and upcoming events to help you find that next contract

For more information and to register click here.

Creating your Capability Statement

When: Friday October 17th 2025 10:00-11:00 AM

Where: Virtual

In its simplest form, a capability statement is a promotional or marketing statement about your business and its capabilities and skills that advertises who you are and what you do. 

In this training, we will go through the components of a capability statement and how best to utilize it in the government contracting marketplace.

For more information and to register click here.

Quotes, Bids, Proposals, Oh My! Two Locations

Redmond

When: Tuesday October 21st, 2025 1:00-3:00 PM

Where: Central Oregon Community College Redmond Building 3 - Room 312 SE College Loop, Redmond, OR 97756

Klamath Falls

When: Wednesday October 22nd, 2025 9:00-11:00 AM

Where: Klamath Community College, The Conference Center in Building 7, 7390 South 6th St. KIamath Falls, OR 97603

This class will provide information from the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) about how they can assist your business. Apex Accelerators will cover how to respond to solicitations. Each solicitation has different requirements, and we will explain how to respond to requests for proposals, simplified acquisition, and commercial items format.

For more information and to register click here.

Creating a Successful Networking Strategy for Government Contracting 

When: Tuesday November 4th, 2025 12:00-1:00 PM

Where: PCC SBDC Climb Center 1626 SE Water Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97214 

OK. You’ve gone to events. But you keep coming home with nothing. What are you doing wrong? Well, you need a strategy. Come craft a better networking strategy with us!

If you attend this session you’ll learn:

• Which networking events are worth your time, and which ones aren’t
• How to create and practice an elevator pitch
• What should and shouldn’t be on your business card
• How to send follow up emails like a pro (plus automation tools) 
• And more!

To learn more and to register click here.

Portland Meet the Buyers

When: Thursday October 23, 2025, 8:00 AM-1:00 PM

Where: 7726 SE Harmony Road (Room 170-172), Milwaukie, OR 97222 (Harmony West)

Federal, State, and local government agencies spend millions of dollars every year purchasing goods and services from private sector. Small Business owners are sometimes reluctant to tap into this lucrative market because it seems too complex.

This free session will introduce participants to the local government purchasing activities and their process.

This is a great networking opportunity to share your capability statement

For more information and to register click here.

Salem Capitol Connections

When: Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 7:30 – 10:30 AM

Where: Chemeketa Center for Business & Industrys, 626 High Street NE, Room 115, Salem OR 97301

Topic: ODOT’s New Small Business Development Program: Fostering Growth, Competition, and Economic Vitality

Presenter: Ailsa Kellam, Program Manager, Small Business Development Program, Oregon Department of Transportation

For more information and to register click here.

Oregon Apex Accelerator will now offer Spanish translation by appointment only. If you need special Spanish translation assistance, please contact our office to set up an appointment, please call 541-736-1088 or email info@gcap.org. Si necesita asistencia en Español, por favor de hacer una cita con nuestro oficina a 541-736-1088 or info@gcap.org, Gracias.

This APEX Accelerator is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense

Oregon Apex Accelerator is an Organization for Economic Initiatives, Inc. (OEI) program.  

OEI receives matching funding from Oregon Business Development Department (OBDD).

Sincerely,

Dee Edwards

Program Manager

Oregon Apex Accelerator

info@gcap.org

541-736-1088