Naval Amenities Engineering Methods Command (NAVFAC) Southeast hosted an Trade Day occasion, March 22, from the Adam W. Herbert College Heart situated on the College of North Florida (UNF) in Jacksonville, Florida.
The occasion supplied NAVFAC Southeast a chance to advertise their services supply by enhanced engagement with trade companions, massive and small.
“NAVFAC Southeast is embracing the mindset that to achieve success in reaching nationwide protection technique targets on infrastructure and amenities, we’d like a robust, collaborative authorities and trade workforce that values steady studying from one another,” mentioned NAVFAC Southeast Govt Officer Capt. Jeremy Adams. “To be able to higher harness this studying mindset, venues comparable to right now’s trade day are on the forefront and are extraordinarily invaluable. Our intent is to study extra about our respective challenges and transfer in direction of mutually bettering efficiency.”
The occasion allowed contractors to realize a greater understanding of NAVFAC Southeast as a company, and the services they supply to the Navy. It additionally supplied attendees the chance to ask questions immediately by the digital chat operate to command management and material consultants.
“We’re targeted on communication and collaborative enhancements,” mentioned Renee Consolation, chief contracting officer for NAVFAC Southeast. “Champions preserve enjoying till they get it proper; we are able to proceed to work in direction of innovation and enchancment collectively.”
The schedule consisted of displays from command management, “track-based” dialogue teams, and a speech from the Keynote Speaker, Submarine Group Ten Commander Rear Adm. Thomas “TR” Buchanan. Areas of debate included NAVFAC Southeast Operations; Environmental; Contracting; Small Enterprise; Planning, Design, and Development; and extra.
“An integral a part of assembly our challenges is a robust collaborative authorities and trade workforce aligned to repeatedly study from one another and speed up execution efficiency,” mentioned Buchanan. “Occasions like this one present a helpful discussion board and platform for open dialogue to share info, concepts and improvements.”
Small companies play a significant function within the American economic system – using half of our nation’s workforce, creating practically two out of each three new American jobs, and sometimes being the supply of the subsequent nice American innovation. NAVFAC Southeast strives to fulfill its targets and construct on its successes by offering contract alternatives to those companies.
“NAVFAC Southeast invests in small companies to assist our nationwide protection,” mentioned John Bazylewicz, assistant deputy director for small enterprise. “Small companies gas the American dream, which grows the native and federal economies that in the end strengthen the warfighter.”
Bazylewicz defined that sound enterprise processes allow NAVFAC to fulfill the expectations of supported commanders whereas serving the general public coverage targets of offering alternatives to small enterprise.
Small companies present providers and experience that assist the Navy’s mission and the women and men in uniform. Annually NAVFAC establishes goal targets for Small Enterprise, Small Deprived Enterprise (SDB), Traditionally Underutilized Enterprise Zone Small Enterprise (HUBZONE), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Enterprise (SDVOSB), and Ladies-Owned Small Enterprise classes. Using these small enterprise issues to the utmost extent practicable is a matter of Nationwide curiosity with each social and financial advantages.
600 contributors registered for the occasion, making this Trade Day the best attended within the command’s historical past.
“The worth on this occasion was placing collectively in a single place key authorities contacts and workers with the contracting neighborhood that was solely missed through the pandemic,” mentioned Robert Aycock, consultant from SpecPro. “It additionally allowed us to listen to and perceive what’s essential to the federal government so we all know how higher to serve.”
The command repeatedly participates in several trade outreach occasions all year long.
