Doing Business With DLA Land and Maritime FREE Supplier Training

Doing Business with DLA Land and Maritime Supplier Training in Columbus Ohio Tuesday and Wednesday, March 8 -9, 2011 You are invited to attend FREE Training Knowledge Opportunities Seminar. All TKO seminars are dedicated to teaching vendors how to do business with DLA Land and Maritime, however there may be additional topics featured each session. All vendors are welcome and encouraged to participate. Seminars are held at the Defense Supply Center Columbus, in Columbus, Ohio. Vendors are encouraged to sign up for a seminar as early as possible. This will help alleviate possible conflicts or being closed out of a seminar. Foreign Nationals Attending TKO Seminars: Foreign national visits must be approved prior to the actual visits to any DLA activities. All foreign visitors must be sponsored officially by a foreign government or international organization. Such sponsorship is reflected in an official visit request from the embassy of the nation concerned or from the international organization for which the individual acts as a representative. The embassy of the visitor will submit visit request to DLA at least 60 days prior to the visit. A visitor cannot be hosted if the visit is not approved prior to scheduled date. Please contact the Foreign Visit Coordinator, Defense Logistics Agency at (571) 594-6214 to submit necessary information. Once your information is submitted and processed, you will be immediately contacted by the DSCC TKO Host if your application is approved.' Please allow at least 30 days for processing. If you have any questions contact TKO Administrative Support, DSCC Business Counseling Center at 1 800 262 3272. Registered participants should arrive between 45 minutes to one hour before the TKO session in order to check in at the gate and in Building 11. http://www.dscc.dla.mil/News/events/tko/register.aspx. Sessions fill fast, so early registration is key. If you experience difficulties with the registration process, please email the registration form to DSCC.BCC@dla.mil or call the TKO program assistant at (614) 692-3948. The two-day session will cover "How to do Business with DLA Land and Maritime". This includes the registration process with Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS). The TKO Seminars located in Columbus, Ohio will also highlight a special topic of interest. As with all TKO Seminars, Contractors will learn how to find open solicitations on our website, learn procedures for viewing and downloading drawings, and how to submit a quote through the DIBBS quoting process. Contractors will also be advised on the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) Web Invoicing System (WInS) where contractors are encouraged to register in this on line electronic invoicing process. If you have any questions on TKO Programming, please contact the DLA Land and Maritime Business Counseling Center at: Phone: 1-800-262-3272 Email: DSCC.BCC@dla.mil Location of training: Defense Supply Center Columbus Building 11 Auditorium 3990 East Briad Street Columbus, Ohio 43218-3990 Maps & Directions to Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC)http://www.dscc.dla.mil/links/maps/dsccmap.asp Lodging Proximate to Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC)http://www.dscc.dla.mil/links/local/hotels.html Topics and times are subject to change. View Sample Agenda: http://www.dscc.dla.mil/downloads/tko/2007tkoagenda.pdf Contractor remarks of previous sessions: The seminar was fantastic and there is nothing else like this anywhere. It was very educational; I definitely know a lot more about how to better serve our troops. Excellent starting point; packed full of useful information for people wanting to do business with the government. Great holistic format for new vendors. Overall the seminar was great! For the novice it presents a real world overview of selling to the government.