GovCon 101: Market Research

Join Thurston County’s lead APEX Accelerator advisor Grady Smith and explore the fundamentals of market research for government contractors.
Researching the government marketplace is crucial to your success as a government contractor. Whether you are currently a government contractor, or are interested in becoming one, this class has important information for you. Learn how to use the readily available tools like USASpending.gov, Federal Procurement Database, and WEBS. Bring a laptop and be ready to learn how to use the free tools at your disposal. Walk away with a completed worksheet to help guide your research efforts.

What to bring: Note-taking equipment, laptop

Instructor Bio:

Grady Smith is an advisor with Washington State APEX Accelerator. Grady's clientelle include small business owners from the counties of Thurston, Lewis, Grays Harbor, Mason, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Chelan and Kittitas. Grady provides counselling, facilitating, and advising services related to GovCon (government contracting) daily for his clients.

Before APEX, Grady worked as an Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) contractor for Tetra Tech and other large companies. Before that, Grady served as an active duty US Navy EOD Technician. Grady likes doing things with his family outdoors like hunting, fishing and camping.

* A liability waiver may be requested to be signed upon arrival as LMS is a community workshop

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