ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance: Vendor Outreach Sessions Best Practices

Government Specific Questions

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* 1. Which agency do you work for?

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* 2. What types of job roles or personnel within your agency typically attend industry days/vendor outreach sessions? (poll – check all that apply)

Agency leadership

Chief procurement or acquisitions officers / Senior procurement or acquisitions executives

OSDBU or small business program leadership

Small business analysts / advocates or other professionals from within the OSDBU or small business program

Contracting officers

Contracting specialists

Program managers

Contracting officer representatives (CORs) / contracting officer technical representatives (COTRs)

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* 3. When attending/hosting an industry day/vendor outreach session, how/where does your agency promote or advertise the event?

FedBizOpps

Agency website homepage

OSDBU or small business website within our agency’s domain

Industry associations

E-mail list of interested vendors who have contacted us

Agency or Office social media channels / tools (i.e., FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.)

Word of mouth

Please state where you publish notifications about industry days.

Other (Please state where you publish notifications about industry days.)

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* 4. On average, how many industry days/vendor outreach sessions does your agency attend/host per year?

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6-10

11-15

16-20

21+

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* 5. On average, how many industry days/vendor outreach sessions do you personally attend per year?

0-5

6-10

11-15

16-20

21+

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* 6. What are you hoping to accomplish by attending industry days/vendor outreach sessions?

Meet and develop relationships with small business solutions and product providers

Meet and develop relationships with mid-sized business solutions and product providers

Meet and develop relationships with large business solutions and product providers

Access information about businesses offering specific solutions and products relevant to forecasted opportunities

Learn about new or existing products and services that might be a good fit for my agency

Gather contextual knowledge about the industry and current industry priorities

Other (please state what you hope to accomplish by attending an industry day)

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* 7. Does your agency call industry days/vendor outreach sessions by different names? If so, what names?

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* 8. For industry days/vendor outreach sessions you attended/hosted and they were GOOD/HELPFUL/BENEFICIAL/VALUABLE to you or your agency, what made them so?

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* 9. For industry days/vendor outreach sessions you attended/hosted and they were NOT GOOD/HELPFUL/BENEFICIAL/VALUABLE to you or your agency, what made them so?

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* 1. Which agency do you work for?

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* 2. What types of job roles or personnel within your agency typically attend industry days/vendor outreach sessions? (poll – check all that apply)

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* 3. When attending/hosting an industry day/vendor outreach session, how/where does your agency promote or advertise the event?

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* 4. On average, how many industry days/vendor outreach sessions does your agency attend/host per year?

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* 5. On average, how many industry days/vendor outreach sessions do you personally attend per year?

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* 6. What are you hoping to accomplish by attending industry days/vendor outreach sessions?

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* 7. Does your agency call industry days/vendor outreach sessions by different names? If so, what names?

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* 8. For industry days/vendor outreach sessions you attended/hosted and they were GOOD/HELPFUL/BENEFICIAL/VALUABLE to you or your agency, what made them so?

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* 9. For industry days/vendor outreach sessions you attended/hosted and they were NOT GOOD/HELPFUL/BENEFICIAL/VALUABLE to you or your agency, what made them so?

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* 10. What else do you wish to offer that the previous questions did not cover?