# Alliance Northwest Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/an2025 - Solicitation number: AN-2025 - Notice type: Special notice - Status: Closed. Deadline was March 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT - Department: Department of Defense - Contracting office: Department of Defense (n-DEPTOFDEFENSE) - Place of performance: Tacoma, Washington - County: Pierce County (FIPS 53053). https://abierto.us/counties/pierce-county-wa-53053 - City: Tacoma. https://abierto.us/cities/tacoma-wa-5370000 - First posted: January 14, 2025 - Last posted: January 14, 2025 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9660e15f2ef94631878d171f8240e689/view ## Description Alliance Northwest Thursday, March 19 & 20, 2025 In-person event held at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center supported by SWAPCARD event app. March 19th - optional Ready Room: Featuring hands-on support for attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, and speakers: Explore the event app, schedule your 1:1 meetings and strategize how to make the most of the following day with APEX Accelerator staff. **Evening Reception:** Casual networking with food and drinks March 20th - full day event Alliance Northwest: Keynote Speakers, Exhibit Hall, Training Tracks, and 1:1 Match Making Sessions WHAT IS ALLIANCE NORTHWEST? Alliance Northwest is the largest business-to-government conference in the Pacific Northwest. This event features high-quality workshops and one-to-one meetings between small businesses, government agencies, and prime contractors. The event is in its 39th year. Hosted by Thurston Economic Development Council, home of APEX Accelerator, Alliance Northwest has a strong history of federal agency support. It is widely known as the place where business and government learn and make connections with small and disadvantaged businesses. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Businesses interested in selling to the government and prime contractors. R&D firms, engineering firms, and others working on new innovative technologies. Prime contractors and government buyers seeking to do outreach to small and diverse businesses. Alliance Northwest is the premier government contracting event in the region, bringing together prime contractors, government agencies, and small businesses for a full day of relationship building. The 2025 event will start with pre-event activities and allow for extended networking beyond March 20th. For those firms who are experienced government contractors, Alliance Northwest is the place to strengthen established relationships, explore other government contracting opportunities and teaming opportunities, and hear the marketplace’s latest news and trends from the expert workshop speakers. If you’re new to government contracting, you’ll have an opportunity to meet government agency representatives, explore subcontracting opportunities with prime contractors and attend high-quality training workshops. If you’re unsure if the government marketplace is a good fit for your business and if you should attend this conference, reach out to the APEX Accelerator who can provide your business with no-cost advising services. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONNECTIONS Alliance Northwest has historically attracted significant representation from the Defense sector including large Defense primes. In 2024, nearly 2 dozen exhibitors represented the Department of Defense and participated in 1:1 match-making meetings with businesses. The upcoming event will feature prominent Keynote Speakers from the Pentagon and a track of DoD specific topics including: **Cybersecurity Compliance for DoD Contractors and Subcontractors:** CMMC Certification Update Innovation Opportunities for US Department of Defense DoD Agency Panel for manufacturers, suppliers, and innovator Defense Primes invited: Lockheed Martin Northrop Grumman The Boeing Company Raytheon Notkin a P2S Company BAE Systems Hart Crowser Sierra Nevada Corporation L3 Harris Jet Propulsion Lab Cummins Blue Origin Mortenson RQ Construction Kiewit Hensel Phelps Atkinson Construction Insitu Skanska General Dynamics JACOBS Registration is open. Registration and pricing information can be found on the event website. https://alliancenorthwest.org/ https://alliancenorthwest.org/on-line-registration-is-now-open/ ## Publications - January 14, 2025: Special notice, due March 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT. Notice 9660e15f2ef94631878d171f8240e689. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9660e15f2ef94631878d171f8240e689/view ## Points of contact - Holly House, Alliance@thurstonedc.com --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/an2025.