Some 300 local and regional small, minority and women-owned business owners and purchasing professionals from federal and state agencies, colleges, universities, prime contractors and major corporations will come together for a full day of procurement opportunities on September 13, 2018. 

The 2018 Arkansas Small, Minority and Women-Owned Business Matchmaking Conference provides unique opportunities for small, minority and women-owned businesses to meet with suppliers who are motivated to award contracts and sub-contracts to smaller businesses. 

While the matchmaking conference does not guarantee contracts, simply because of the nature of the normal bidding process between buyers and suppliers, it does create opportunities for small, minority and women-owned businesses to hold personal, one-on-one meetings with potential clients that would have taken weeks or months – if ever – to research and schedule on their own.