Sentences with phrase «business contracting program»

There will be a particular focus on the school system's disadvantaged business contracting program, to ensure the people doing the work are qualified, he said.

In the US, the Women Owned Business Contracting Program required the Federal Government to award 5 % of its prime contracts to women - owned businesses as early as 1994.

If enacted, the bill would enable businesses that are part of the Women Owned Small Business program to get sole - sourced government contracts already available to other small business contracting programs.

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

You are able to certify yourself for «set - aside» contracts program if the business is in a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), if the business is owned and operated by a veteran or a service - disabled veteran (VOSB & SDVOSB), if the business is owned and operated primarily by women (WOSB), or if the business is just generally disadvantagebusiness is in a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), if the business is owned and operated by a veteran or a service - disabled veteran (VOSB & SDVOSB), if the business is owned and operated primarily by women (WOSB), or if the business is just generally disadvantageBusiness Zone (HUBZone), if the business is owned and operated by a veteran or a service - disabled veteran (VOSB & SDVOSB), if the business is owned and operated primarily by women (WOSB), or if the business is just generally disadvantagebusiness is owned and operated by a veteran or a service - disabled veteran (VOSB & SDVOSB), if the business is owned and operated primarily by women (WOSB), or if the business is just generally disadvantagebusiness is owned and operated primarily by women (WOSB), or if the business is just generally disadvantagebusiness is just generally disadvantaged (SDB).

After a decade - long struggle, a new program to boost federal contracts among women - owned businesses kicked in.

The SBA expects no disruption to its loan programs since it doesn't typically reach its actual loan cap, but small businesses that depend on federal contracts are expected to suffer.

Ideally, benefits of this special 8 (a) program to the protà © gà © firm — which can have only one mentor at a time — will include technical and management assistance; options to enter into joint - venture business agreements with mentor firms to compete for government contracts; financial assistance in the form of equity or loans; and qualification for other SBA assistance programs.

Companies that are accepted into the 8 (a) program are not eligible for 8 (a) contracts until they submit and receive approval from the SBA for their business plan.

In the late 1990s the SBA introduced a new Business Development Mentor - Protege Program meant to help improve the fortunes of 8 (a) participants seeking federal government contracts.

The 8a program is intended to open the doors for minority - owned small businesses under the fiercely competitive federal contracting program.

About a month ago, Sam Lehman found out his small business, Columbia Consulting Group, had been turned down for its application under the 8a federal contracting program for certification as a disadvantaged business.

The business won a new contract from Kuwait for 28 F - 18 fighter jets, as well as made further progress on its delayed KC - 46 program and completed the first power - on test of its Starliner spacecraft for NASA's commercial crew program.

The program, designed to ease women - owned firms» access to federal contracts, would allow federal agencies to set aside contracts for these businesses.

The survey is part of its Government Contracts Program, which helps train and educate small - business owners on how to win government cContracts Program, which helps train and educate small - business owners on how to win government contractscontracts.

Guy Timberlake, chief executive officer of the American Small Business Coalition, said the full impact of the decision is unclear, but that it seems to invalidate elements of the small disadvantaged business program and the federal contracting component of the 8 (a) business development Business Coalition, said the full impact of the decision is unclear, but that it seems to invalidate elements of the small disadvantaged business program and the federal contracting component of the 8 (a) business development business program and the federal contracting component of the 8 (a) business development business development program.

Each month, WBENC keeps you up - to - date with the Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) certification program and the latest opportunities for federal government contracting.

The SBA's WOSB Federal Contract Program provides greater access to federal contracting opportunities for WOSBs and economically - disadvantaged women - owned small businesses (EDWOSBs).

As a third - party certifier of the SBA's WOSB Federal Contract Program, WBENC introduced a Women Owned Small Business Government Certification (WOSBGC) Program.

If you bring us a new contract or initiate a new business area for the company, you will have the option to become the Program Manager with a profit - sharing arrangement.

This program will examine the current and potential role of business, contract, and related laws on entrepreneurs and their business ventures.

Establish a robust local vendor contracting program that ensures particularly local small minority - and women - owned businesses are able to benefit from contracting opportunities at HQ2.

The WOSB Federal Contract Program will provide greater access to federal contracting opportunities for WOSBs and economically - disadvantaged women - owned small businesses (EDWOSBs).

This week, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that women - owned small businesses can begin taking steps to participate in a new federal contracting program on Friday, February 4, 2011.

The new Women - Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract Program will be fully implemented over the next several months, with the first contracts expected to be awarded by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011.

We made it easier for small business to compete for and win federal contracts by eliminating unnecessary paperwork and cutting red tape, and accelerating payments to small business contractors through the «QuickPay» program so that they can maintain the cash flow that they need to grow their businesses and create more jobs.

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ACC Accounting & Auditing, AFR Africa, AGE Economics of Ageing, AGR Agricultural Economics, ARA Arab World, BAN Banking, BEC Business Economics, CBA Central Banking, CBE Cognitive & Behavioural Economics, CDM Collective Decision - Making, CFN Corporate Finance, CIS Confederation of Independent States, CMP Computational Economics, CNA China, COM Industrial Competition, CSE Economics of Strategic Management, CTA Contract Theory & Applications, CUL Cultural Economics, CWA Central & Western Asia, DCM Discrete Choice Models, DEM Demographic Economics, DEV Development, DGE Dynamic General Equilibrium, ECM Econometrics, EDU Education, EEC European Economics, EFF Efficiency & Productivity, ENE Energy Economics, ENT Entrepreneurship, ENV Environmental Economics, ETS Econometric Time Series, EUR Microeconomic European Issues, EVO Evolutionary Economics, EXP Experimental Economics, FDG Financial Development & Growth, FIN Finance, FMK Financial Markets, FOR Forecasting, GEO Economic Geography, GRO Economic Growth, GTH Game Theory, HAP Economics of Happiness, HEA Health Economics, HIS Business, Economic & Financial History, HME Heterodox Microeconomics, HPE History & Philosophy of Economics, HRM Human Capital & Human Resource Management, IAS Insurance Economics, ICT Information & Communication Technologies, IFN International Finance, IND Industrial Organization, INO Innovation, INT International Trade, IPR Intellectual Property Rights, IUE Informal & Underground Economics, KNM Knowledge Management & Knowledge Economy, LAB Labour Economics, LAM Central & South America, LAW Law & Economics, LMA Labor Markets - Supply, Demand & Wages, LTV Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty, MAC Macroeconomics, MFD Microfinance, MIC Microeconomics, MIG Economics of Human Migration, MKT Marketing, MON Monetary Economics, MST Market Microstructure, NET Network Economics, NEU Neuroeconomics, OPM Open Macroeconomics, PBE Public Economics, PKE Post Keynesian Economics, POL Positive Political Economics, PPM Project, Program & Portfolio Management, PUB Public Finance, REG Regulation, RES Resource Economics, RMG Risk Management, SBM Small Business Management, SEA South East Asia, SOC Social Norms & Social Capital, SOG Sociology of Economics, SPO Sports & Economics, TID Technology & Industrial Dynamics, TRA Transition Economics, TRE Transport Economics, TUR Tourism Economics, UPT Utility Models & Prospect Theory, URE Urban & Real Estate Economics.

Charlotte Business INClusion is a City of Charlotte program that seeks to increase utilization of Minority, Women and Small Business Enterprises in local contracting opportunities.

Tonight's event also features the debut of Law Scout, a MaRS - based legal tech startup that connects small businesses with legal services, and a demo of Beagle, a contract analysis company currently participating in the Microsoft Ventures Accelerator program in Seattle.

Corporate Plus ®, is an unprecedented membership program of the National Minority Supplier Development Council for the highest caliber minority business enterprises which have the proven capacity to handle national contracts for major corporations, bring them to the attention of more national corporate members, and expand their participation in the NMSDC Network;

Through supply chain partnerships, service contracts and mentoring programs, Business Council members support many hundreds of thousands of small businesses and entrepreneurs in communities of all sizes across Canada.

The funding was part of DHS» 13 Phase II contracts through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The ACCC today granted «interim authorisation to the Victorian Potato Growers Council and its members to continue collectively negotiating contracts and keep doing business through contracts negotiated under the previous authorisation granted in 2007», granted authorisation to an «Affiliation Agreement between Emirates and Flydubai, and separately, to a Commercial Alliance between Etihad and Air Berlin» and granted authorisation «to Star Alliance for its Corporate Plus, Conventions Plus and Meetings Plus programs for a period of eight years».

«Many large corporations actively seek to do business with minority - owned enterprises and often have internal programs in place to contract services.

The lunch program lost $ 60,000 last year, said Stacey Mallek, assistant superintendent for business, and was being subsidized only by the district's food service contracts with other districts.

It's the second contract since 2012, when voters approved the program to allow the village to bid for rates by pooling residents and small business customers.

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For example, in 2016, more than $ 150 million in construction contracts were awarded with funds from HUD's Capital Fund Program, but only 0.04 percent of that, or $ 60,857, went to Section 3 businesses, the suit says.

The Business Council and other business organizations have raised concerns about the ongoing implementation of the state's MWBE contracting program, and are calling for reforms as part of any extension legislation Business Council and other business organizations have raised concerns about the ongoing implementation of the state's MWBE contracting program, and are calling for reforms as part of any extension legislation business organizations have raised concerns about the ongoing implementation of the state's MWBE contracting program, and are calling for reforms as part of any extension legislation in 2018.

Overall, the contract is being spent to promote five different economic development programs, including Start - Up NY, which creates tax - free areas around college campuses, in an attempt to draw businesses to relocate or set up shop in the state.

On Thursday, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, perpetual thorn in Albany's side, formally announced the charges, which stem from two corruption schemes between state officials and private companies that had millions of dollars worth of business before New York state, including those awarded contracts under the «Buffalo Billion» program — one of the governor's key initiatives meant to draw businesses to upstate New York to revive the flagging economy.

The man Mayor Bill de Blasio put in charge of boosting the percentage of city contracts going to minority - and women - owned business enterprises says he's drawing on the skills he learned for his last big task — rolling out the city's universal prekindergarten program.

«But I also believe that the evidence for the state exists in what I consider market knowledge: that the people who do business with the state, that there are enough people who are in state programs that are receiving state contracts.»

Other members followed Johnson's lead, some forcefully pushing their priorities that included funding for the summer youth employment program, increased contracting for minority - and women - owned businesses, senior services, health coverage, and more.

This awarding of contracts may mark the largest single project ever granted the M / WBE business program in New York State, an organization that supports the economic and entrepreneurial development of women and minorities.

Program and Service Objective #II: Assist minority and women owned business enterprises in acquiring County construction, purchase and service contracts and expand their business participation in County contracts.

«New York's M / WBE programs have provided access to countless entrepreneurs and businesses and provided a level playing ground for state contracts.

We analyzed the environmental programs at each of the businesses and then awarded the contract to the company doing the most progressive environmental work, a business called Herman Miller.