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Silicon State: How tech is transforming US state-level government procurement
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If your business is in the technology sector or delivers digital solutions, find out how the avenue of sub-federal government procurement tenders can help you grow over the pond in the United States.
What you’ll learn
- what tech solutions US states need – hearing from the Chief Procurement Officers of Washington State and South Carolina
- understand how state-level government procurement tendering can help you grow your business in the US
- top tips for tendering for business in the United States
- the Department for Business and Trade support available to help you on your exporting journey
Description
Does a $4.5 trillion dollar opportunity sound good? Well then, you came to the right place! That is the annual value of state-level procurement spending in the United States.
With an estimated 450,000 tenders opening each year, this represents a unique market for your business, especially if you are in the Technology sector, or deliver digital solutions in related sectors of government demand – such as Infrastructure, Professional Services, and Education.
Join us in the session to find out more how US states are pivoting to digital solutions, what upcoming tech solicitations are available, and what you need to know to succeed in bidding - and most of all, how tendering can help you expand your business to US customers.
Speakers
Simon Gordon
Team Lead - State-level Market Access, International Strategy and Trade Relations - North America, Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
Simon works on trade engagement with US states, covering areas including recognition of professional qualifications and government procurement.
Delbert H. Singleton, Jr., Esq
Assistant Executive Director and Authority Secretary, South Carolina State Fiscal Accountability Authority
Delbert is the Division Director for the South Carolina Fiscal Accountability Authority’s Division of Procurement Services. He also serves as Secretary and as an Assistant Executive Director for the Authority, and was previously an Assistant Attorney General for the State of South Carolina.
He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of South Carolina in 1983 and his Juris Doctorate from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1987.
Rebecca Linville
Assistant Director, Contracts & Procurement Division, Washington State Department of Enterprise Services
Rebecca Linville is the Chief Procurement Officer for the State of Washington, and the Assistant Director of the Contracts & Procurement Division within the Department of Enterprise Services. Rebecca leads a large team overseeing statewide procurement for goods and services, including contracts with more than 1,700 businesses worth more than $1.5 billion annually.
Rebecca earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington.