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Show LIFETIMES Small Business Week Qtt.ce cf Smail anj Disadvantaged Bjs;ness Ut.toation President Bush has proclaimed May 1991, as Small Business Week, a week set aside to honor the successful small businesses in the country. During the week, ceremonies were held at the White House for winners of the many small business awards, A luncheon and awards banquet was held by the Small Business Administration in conjunction with the Governor's Conference on Economic Development on April 30 in Salt Lake City. The Small Business Office at Hill AFB participated in this event which not only honored small businesses, but 5-1- 1, also provided a workshop giving additional training to these businesses. The Small Business Office at Hill is actively promoting small businesses by counseling on how to do business with the Air Force and by managing the various small business programs. The office administers the small business e program as well as the business disadvantaged program. This includes working with the Small Business Administration on a local, regional and national level to award contracts under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act. The women-ownebusiness program is also administered by the local small business 777-414- office. Ogden Air Logistics Center had a successful year according to small business officials. In fiscal 1990, Hill awarded the following contract dollars in each of the various categories: small business awards, $222.8 million; small disadvantaged business, $52.6 million; and women-owne- d business, $16.5 million. OFF TO MILITARY MOTEL Mom N. Main St. Clearfield 116 Utah's Friendliest and Closest Motel to Hill Air Force Base & Freeport Center DOUBLE 4T i K kV WESTERN CASUAL WEAR . i WW 1 rirv iitVH , V 782-345- 3. 2 Mens Wrangler Ladies Wrangler SI Q95 Color Pro Rodeo Jeans Jeans.- Just $2295 Mens Casual Down Under SI 095 Oil Skin Slickers SIO195 Dress Shirts JL04- Ladies Leather Shawls Tack and Supply Come in and check out our prices through out the store & save. OUR PRICES ARE AS GOOD AS A SALE ALL THE TIME lO lO 1991 350 Liquid 2x4 1991 350 Liquid 4x4 10 North Main casino Wendover, Nevada Layton 544-512- RED GARTER CASINO MM Mi) Become an Exclusive Member y ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY of Wendover's ONLY SLOT CLUB COMEDY EVERY MONDAY & , Cub SLOT TOURNAMENT MAY For more info, call (702) X $4,100 1 mmmwmmwm 3f 1' K $3,450 MEW EMM V e UU99 KAf pj m mm m 3149 N. Hwy 89 (Upstairs) Pleasant View $4te4fefc4tefcfc4fe ,j,'ir:s 23 1991 Trail v cirooi WVt If we don't have it. u can get it Hours: Tues Sat. 10 am 5 pm dosed Sunday and Monday For Reservations: 825-222- 1 T.mes e on-lin- d t 10 on-lin- set-asid- small KOsp These awards represent an increase good performance in quality and delivover all assigned Air Force goals and ery by awarding more contracts at are indicative of the strong commit- higher prices for this exceptional perment the center has maintained in sup- formance. port of the small business community, The Small Business Office also has officials said. The interim figures for information and a terminal fiscal 1991 are equally as impressive to teach contractorscomputer how to access the and are continuing to exceed Air Force Hill Electronic Solicitation Service. standards, they said. This system allows contractors to acsolicitations via a comThe Air Force is pursuing many new cess our small business initiatives for the next puter and a modem from anywhere in few years. A new electronic bulletin the country and view each solicitation board for the entire Air Force, ac- over $5,000. cessed on a system called "GEnie," is This system allows contractors to now available to all contractors wish- order solicitations as well as ing to gain more know ledge about Air download the entire solicitation file Force procurement matters. Ogden from their office. Contractors wishing ALC is participating in this program more information on the can system by putting contract points and gener- call the Small Business Office at (801) al information on the data base. Contractors can subscribe to the GEnie Patricia Lindsay, chief of the Small or system by calling and Disadvantaged Business Utilizawriting to: GEnie Live Wire, P.O. Box tion Office, said this center has and 6413, Rockville, Md. 20850. will continue to have an aggressive Small The Business Office is conprogram to help the small business work to with the closely tinuing community. The new initiatives such product directorates and the procure- as the new GEnie," Air Force Bullement offices to help the small business tin Board, the HESS system and Blue community get involved in Blue Rib- Ribbon contracting will help the small bon contracting. This new procurebusiness community in obtaining a ment initiative rewards contractors for larger portion of Air Force business. promotes companies by Brent L. Bradbury ,Moy 10. 1991 fffff! 0 664-2- 1 0 Vf X X X X X X X . X 14-1- 5 1 1 |