The one-on-one session involves pre-scheduled, speed networking meetings where large prime vendors, small businesses, DoD agencies and industry partners come together to cultivate relationships. Protégés and potential protégés will have the opportunity to request brief, 10-minute meetings with a curated selection of mentors, DoD agencies, and industry partners. These interactions aim to foster connections that may ultimately lead to partnerships within the framework of the Mentor-Protégé Program.

The primes include the Department of the Navy's Military Sealift Command, General Dynamics Mission Systems, L3Harris Technologies, Inc., Q.E.D. Systems, Lockheed Martin, All Points, DLA Land and Maritime, Parsons, ND Defense, Northrop Grumman Corporation - Mission Systems, Propper International Inc., Missile Defense Agency, Global Resource Solutions, Inc., SMART and Deloitte Consulting. Procurement discussion will include, but are not limited to, shipbuilding, engineering services, hotels, travel arrangement services, batteries, printing, aircraft parts, sheet metal, fabrication, and so much more.

If you would like to promote your products and services to these primes, submit your supplier application by July 10 to be considered for one-on-one networking. As a reminder, you must also register to attend the event, or you will NOT be considered. This application is NOT registration.

EVENT TIMELINE

• June 24 – July 10: Supplier Application Open
• July 12 – July 16: Mentee/Supplier Selection – done by Mentors/Buyers
• July 19: Mentees/Suppliers notified and schedule sent
• July 29-Aug. 1: One-on-One Networking