You are invited to attend the 2015 Marine Corps Small Business Contracting Summit, scheduled for November 18-19, 2015 at Camp Pendleton, California.

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, the Corps' largest West Coast expeditionary training facility encompasses more than 125,000 acres of Southern California terrain. Located approximately 38 miles from downtown San Diego in North County and 82 miles south of Los Angeles, Camp Pendleton has been the largest employer in North San Diego County for more than 60 years. 

Camp Pendleton is one of the Department of Defense's busiest installations and offers a broad spectrum of training facilities for many active and reserve Marine, Army, and Navy units, as well as national state, and local agencies.

The Base is home to the I Marine Expeditionary Force, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and many tenant units, including Marine Corps Installation-West, 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, Wounded Warriors Battalion-West, Marine Corps Air Station at Munn Field, Marine Aircraft Group 39, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego's Weapon and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps and Army Reserve Forces, the Navy's Assault Craft Unit 5, a Naval Hospital and 1st Dental Battalion.

The U.S. Marine Corp is ready at home and is deployed around the world to protect the security of the United States. Providing America's small businesses with defense contracting opportunities is a major priority of the Defense Department, resulting in thousands of jobs throughout the U.S. 

The Marine Corps Small Business Contracting Summit will provide defense contractors and small businesses nationwide with the latest information on:

• Marine Corps 2016 Budget
• Marine Corps 2016 Mission and Contracting Priorities
• Camp Pendleton 2016 Mission and Contracting Priorities
• 2016 Mission and Contracting Priorities of the I Marine Expeditionary Force, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and many tenant units.
• New Contracting Opportunities for Large Defense Contractors
• New Contracting Opportunities for Subcontractors
• Contracting Strategies for both Large Defense Contractors and Subcontractors
• Business Resources for both Large Defense Contractors and Subcontractors
• Details on specific new military contracts in all areas of procurement. including but not limited to, ships, aircrafts, missiles, ammunition, vehicles, electronics systems, communications systems, information systems, energy, intelligence, cyber defense, military construction, facilities, military family housing, infrastructure modernization, and more.

The Summit will consist of morning and afternoon general sessions on November 19, 2015, including contracting presentations from senior military contracting officials; the latest details on new contracting opportunities; and a networking lunch with exhibitors. A special DoD contracting workshop will be held from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM on November 18, 2015. A VIP Reception will be held on November 18, 2015 for all VIP Registrants, Exhibitors, Sponsors, Speakers, and Special Guests from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM. Summit participants include Members of Congress, Senior Congressional Staff, Military Contracting Officials, and both large and small defense contractors and businesses.

If your company will be sending more than one representative, please consider participating as a Summit Sponsor.  Sponsor packages start at $1,500 with multiple VIP Passes. If you are interested in Exhibiting or Sponsoring the Marine Corps Small Business Contracting Summit, please contact Brooke Parks-Rosicka at parks@defenseleadership.org for more information or call 202-552-0179, ext 405.  Ask about our weekly discount offers!

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