Fall Healthcare Forum– November 7th

Due to the overwhelming popularity of our Spring Healthcare Forum, we are adding another one this Fall!  Our Fall Healthcare Forum will take place on November 7th at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church, VA. The Coalition will also be hosting its Excellence in Partnership Awards Dinner that evening as well, along with our Fall Training Conference the next day, all at the same venue.

The Coalition is very pleased to announce that attendees will begin the Forum hearing from Guy Kiyokawa, Deputy Director, DHA, who will provide opening Keynote remarks, followed by two superb Panel Discussions that will focus on the latest acquisition strategies and contracting programs that support our nation’s warfighters and veterans during two morning panel discussion sessions. The first Panel, titled, VA Acquisition Leadership Panel, will feature speakers Phil Christy, Acting Principal Executive Director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction, VA; Tammy Czarnecki, Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of Health for Administrative Operations, VA; and Ricky Lemmon, Acting Executive Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics, VA.

During the second panel discussion, the DHA Acquisition Leadership Panel, John Tenaglia, Head of Contracting, Defense Health Agency, will be joined by Pat Flanders, Chief Information Officer, Defense Health Agency; and Col (S) Randy Ivall, Deputy Chief, DHA Medical Logistics.

After a networking lunch, attendees will have the opportunity to engage in Business Intelligence Sessions, which provide an interactive, collaborative, and informative dialogue with Federal experts and leaders in procurement. You will be able to choose form the following sessions:

First Business Intelligence Session:

VA Pharma Session

• Tom Emmendorfer, Deputy Chief Consultant, PBM, VA (Confirmed)

MSPV Session

• Dr. Jaime Friedel, Director of Procurement MSPV, VA (Confirmed)
• Spencer Roberts, Director, Healthcare Commodities Program Office, Veterans Health Administration (Confirmed)
• Brian Love, Contracting Officer, MSPV 2.0, VA (Confirmed)

Second Business Intelligence Session:

DoD Pharma Session

• David Bobb, Chief, Pharmacy Operations Division, DHA (Confirmed)

DAPAs and ECATs

• Steve Bollendorf, DLA Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor Program Manager, Defense Logistics Agency (Confirmed)
• Jody Goldsmith, Deputy Program Manager, MSPV Formulary Management (Confirmed)

Prosthetics and Non-Expendable Equipment

• Jack DuFon, Executive, Non-Expendable Equipment Office, VA (Confirmed)
• Julian Thrash, Procurement Director, SAC, VA (Confirmed)
• Ricky Lemmon, Acting Executive Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics, VA (Confirmed)
• Kristen Nelson, Assistant Director of Procurement Operations, VA
• Lawrence Toperoff, Contracting Officer, VA

Click here to view the draft agenda, and click here to register!  To reserve a room in our discounted block at the Fairview Park Marriott (event location), please use this reservations link.

2018 Excellence in Partnership Awards – November 7th

The Excellence in Partnership (EIP) Awards honor individuals and organizations in the acquisition community who have made significant contributions to the procurement system that deliver best value and meet agency missions. Historically, these awards have been given to individuals and organizations in the public and private sectors that demonstrate excellence in procurement with GSA, VA, DOD, DHS, and other government agencies.

We are honored to announce that Emily Murphy, Administrator for the General Services Administration, has been confirmed to discuss GSA’s priorities in keynote remarks during the EIP awards ceremony.  There will be additional keynotes from Lesley Field, Administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (Confirmed), and Phil Christy, Acting Principal Executive Director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) (Confirmed).

The Coalition is pleased to recognize the following individuals, organizations, and agencies for their outstanding contributions:

Lifetime Acquisition Excellence Award

Jim Fraser, Vice President, ManTech GWAC Center

George Foley, Government Contract Channel Leader, 3M Government

Acquisition Savings Award

The Ambit Group

Technical Sergeant James Sempter, 45 Mission Support Group, Detachment 1, United States Air Force

Veteran’s Employment Award

B3 Group Inc.

SAIC

Contract Streamlining Award

John Baumert, Contracting Officer, United States Secret Service, DHS

Increasing Competition Award

Nicole Smith, Contracting Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS

Improving Transparency Award

Mike Pullen, Vice President, Strategic Operations, CGI Federal

GSA Alliant Program Management Office

DHS Procurement Innovation Lab

The EIPs will take place from 6:00pm – 10:00pm at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church, VA on November 7^th. Click here to view the draft agenda.  To register for this special evening, along with the Fall Healthcare Forum (earlier in the day) and Fall Training Conference (next day), please click here! View the EIP agenda here!

Fall Training Conference – November 8th

The Coalition for Government Procurement is pleased to invite you to our annual Fall Training Conference - The Federal Market Forecast, on November 8th in Falls Church, VA.

We will start the day with a Keynote Acquisition Executive Panel! The following panelist have been invited to participate: Soraya Correa, Chief Procurement Officer, DHS (Confirmed); Elliott Branch, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Procurement, Department of Navy (Confirmed); and Jeff Koses, Senior Procurement Executive, GSA.  This panel will be moderated by Angela Styles, Partner, Bracewell.  Following the Keynote Panel, we will have an Inspector General Panel where we have invited Brian Miller, Former GSA Inspector General to moderate; Michael Missal, VA Inspector General (confirmed); and Theresa Hull, Audit Assistant Inspector General for Acquisition, Contracting, Sustainment, and Healthcare, DoD Inspector General (confirmed).

The latter half of the morning will be comprised of two additional panels.  The first, Schedules Modernization – The $46 Billion Market, in which we have invited Stephanie Shutt, MAS Program Management Office, GSA, Dan Shearer, FSS Director, VA (Confirmed), and will be moderated by Jonathan Aronie, Partner, Sheppard Mullin.  The second, The Future of e-Commerce: Section 846, GSA Advantage, and DOD’s FedMall, where we have invited the following participants: Laura Stanton, Assistant Commissioner for Enterprise Strategy Management, GSA; LeAntha Sumpter, Director, Contracting eBusiness, Defense, Pricing, and Contracting (DPC) (Confirmed); Mathew Blum, Associate Administrator at the OFPP (Confirmed), and will be moderated by Tom Sisti, SAP.

In the afternoon, attendees will have the opportunity to engage in Business Intelligence Sessions, which provide an interactive, collaborative, and informative dialogue with Federal experts and leaders in procurement. We have invited over 30 of these such leaders to discuss the following eight sessions that you can choose from:

2:15       First Business Intelligence Session

• IT Modernization & Innovation
  • Dominic Sale, Assistant Commissioner for Operations, TTS, GSA
  • Judith Zawatsky, Acting Assistant Commissioner for Office of Systems Management, GSA
  • Eric Cho, Project Lead, Procurement Innovation Lab, DHS (Confirmed)
  • Bill Zielinski, Acting Assistant Commissioner for the IT Category, GSA
  • Host: Mike Pullen, Vice President, Strategic Operations, CGI Federal

• General Products
  • Jill LaDuca, Director, Southwest Supply and Acquisition Center, GSA
  • Brian Knapp, Director, Integrated Workplace Acquisition Center, GSA
  • Peter Han, Director, Northeast and Caribbean Acquisition Center, GSA
  • Teresa McCarthy, Director, Heartland Acquisition Center, GSA
  • Host: Ben Nichols, Vice President of Government Sales, Grainger
• Services
  • Sheri Meadema, Director, Office of Program Operations, GSA
  • Ken Brennan, Deputy Director, Defense, Pricing, and Contracting (DPC) (Confirmed)
  • Jacob Bertram, Director of Contract Operations, Office of Professional Services and Human Capital, GSA
  • Tiffany Hixson, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories, GSA
  • Host: Matt See, Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
• VA Federal Supply Schedules
  • Dan Shearer, FSS Director, VA
  • Host: Troy Mizell, President and CEO, AvKARE

3:30       Second Business Intelligence Session:

• Cyber and Supply Chain Security
  • Emile Monette, Cybersecurity Strategist, DHS (Confirmed)
  • Bill Zielinski, Acting Assistant Commissioner for the IT Category, GSA
  • Host: Bob Metzger, Shareholder, Rogers Joseph O’Donnell
• GWACs
  • Paul Bowen, Director of Enterprise GWAC Division, GSA
  • Al Marshall, Technical Strategy Manager, NASA SEWP (Confirmed)
  • Pete Burr, Deputy Director of FEDSIM, GSA
  • Keith Johnson, Contracting Officer, NITAAC (Confirmed)
  • Host: Howard Byrd, Managing Director Federal Contracts, Deloitte
• FedMall
  • Adarryl Roberts, Portfolio Manager, DLA (Confirmed)
  • Kathleen Lemming, Senior Procurement Analyst, DPC (Confirmed)
  • Host: Roger Waldron, President, Coalition for Government Procurement
• MSPV Attributes Discussion - Is The Future Now?
  • Spencer Roberts, Director, VHA Procurement & Logistics Office (Confirmed)
  • Dr. Jaime Friedel, Director of Procurement MSPV, VA (Confirmed)
  • Host: Richard "Curt" Curtis, Strategic Account Manager, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 3M

As always, the Conference will conclude with a networking reception from 4:30pm – 6:00pm to allow you to further engage your peers and the day’s speakers.

To view the full agenda, click here. To reserve a room in our discounted block at the Fairview Park Marriott (event location), please use this reservations link.

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