13th Annual Small Business Procurement Virtual 2-Day Conference & Matchmaker

13th Annual Small Business 2-Day Virtual Procurement Conference and Matchmaker

This two-day virtual conference will offer educational presentations, contracting opportunities, and business connections between federal agencies, prime contractors, and corporations with Alabama small businesses.  This annual event is designed to foster contracting opportunities between federal, state, and local governments, primes, and private entities with all Small, Women-Owned, Small Disadvantaged-Owned, HUBZone-Owned.

The conference will kick off on Day 1, Wednesday, November 12th, with educational procurement readiness workshops held virtually via ZOOM.   

Day 2, Thursday, November 13th, the virtual educational workshops will continue and culminate with an opportunity for small business attendees to present their “Capabilities Pitch” to showcase their products and services directly to procurement decision-makers and small business contracting specialists from government and corporate agencies.  

To ensure that agencies are speaking with vendors capable of meeting their needs, the breakout virtual Matchmaking sessions will be segmented into four (4) major industry categories: Construction, Information Technology, Transportation/Logistics, and Professional/Service/Technical/Health.  Virtual matchmaking sessions are limited to 10 businesses per agency with 7 to 10 minutes to pitch.  This session is on a first-come, first-serve basis.  Pre-registering early is strongly encouraged. Small businesses interested in participating in the matchmaker must submit their capabilities statement by email to cyoung@alasu.edu by 5 pm, Monday, November 3rd. 

Alabama SBDC and APEX Accelerator hosts this event in honor of our veterans. 

Registration deadline - Tuesday, November 11, 2025