Free 7j Training on Cost & Pricing For Small Businesses & The Native American Economic Development Summit

Small businesses are invited to attend a free one-day workshop on “Cost and Pricing” to be held in Billings on August 11, 2009, at MSU-Billings Student Union Building, Beartooth Room from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. The training will be conducted by R.T. Swindell and O’Neal Tec Training.

The “Cost and Pricing” workshops will highlight:

· Regulatory Environment

· Procurement

· Cost Accounting System

· Cost Accounting Standards

· Cost Estimation and Contract Pricing

Firms that are eligible for the training workshop include: 8(a) certified firms, Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE), HUBZone Firms, Small Disadvantaged Veteran-owned Businesses, firms that operate in areas of high unemployment or low incomes, and any other minority owned firms that are not included in any of the above categories.

Those wishing to participate in these courses should visit http://www.onealtectraining.com to register and for more information.

For more information on how to receive federal contracting assistance from the SBA, visit http://www.sba.gov/gcbd.

Following the 7(j) training, on August 12 -13, the BIA Rocky Mountain Regional Native American Economic Development Summit will be held. This Summit will provide an opportunity to learn from national and local economic development policy speakers; offer an environment to develop business partnership and contracting opportunities with public and private sectors, as well as supply best methods of financing techniques. Please visit http://www.nadc-nabn.org for more information and for registration.