Source: NCDA&CS, 7/15/20
Purpose: The North Carolina
Military Business Center (NCMBC), the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) Marketing Division and the North Carolina Defense
Technology Transition (DEFTECH) Office will co-host a no-charge, three-part WEBCON mini-series to promote increased North Carolina food and beverage sales and consumption through successful federal contract engagement and execution, and R&D activities to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies. This is a component of the NCMBC’s ongoing Federal Agency WEBCON Series.Who
should attend: North Carolina growers and producers of raw agricultural
farm products, food manufacturers of value-added food and beverage products,
and R&D entities engaged in food production and distribution to improve
soldier and family quality of life, and/or nutritional research and development
to improve human (warfighter) performance on the battlefield. Platform: All three sessions will
utilize the Zoom for Government web conference platform. Meeting
credentials will be emailed out prior to each session. Registration: These are free sessions. However;
registration is required to receive the Zoom for Government credentials. Register Here.
SESSION
1: Department of Defense Retail Food Opportunities When.
July 22, 2020, 11:00-12:30 EST Description: DeCA acquisition processes for brand and non-brand items, product presentations to DeCA, prime vendor (PV) system, current PV contract holders and upcoming PV opportunities; PV operations and supplier qualification and requirements; distributor operations and supplier qualification and requirements; broker operations and roles; NCDA&CS “Got To Be NC” and NCMBC operations in support of food producers. Speakers:
- Michael Dowling, SES,
Deputy Director and COO, Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
- Anthony Oliver, Director
of Sales and Marketing, Military Produce Group
- Renee Hunter, Vice
President Business Development Military Distributors of Virginia, Spartan
Nash
- Frank
Hogan, Chairman, Overseas Service Corporation
SESSION
2: Department of Defense Troop Feeding Opportunities When: July
29, 2020, 11:00-12:30 EST Description: Defense Logistics Agency Subsistence acquisition processes, prime vendor (PV) system, current PV contract holders and upcoming PV opportunities; Fort Bragg/military installation food service installations; DLA PV operations, supplier qualification and requirements; NCDA&CS “Got To Be NC” and NCMBC operations in support of food producers.
SESSION
3 : Nutritional Research and Development and Human (Warfighter)
Performance When: August
5, 2020, 11:00-12:30 EST Description. US Army
objectives to improve human (warfighter) performance; Army initiatives to
improve warfighter performance through nutrition; WAMC activities and support
of nutritional research; ongoing nutritional research at Dole and the NCRC with
warfighter application; DEFTECH/NCMBC operations in support of nutrition
researchers.
Register Here __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Contacts: Randy E: chandlerr@ncmbc.us Courtney: E: courtney@ncmbc.us
O: 910.678.0193
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