Kansas City District Office Contracting Corner

Description

Join us for a special event with Carolina Vargas, Small Business Technical Advisor, with the U.S. General Services Administration
 

Come join the Kansas City District Office Contracting Corner presentation by GSA.

Carolina Vargas, Small Business Technical Advisor, will be walking current and prospective small business contractors through the following presentation topics:

Presentation Topics:

• Introduction to GSA
• Small Business Focus
• Effective Strategies to Contract

Carolina Vargas joined GSA in September 2023, where she was appointed as a GSA Region 6 Small Business Technical Advisor (SBTA). Mrs. Vargas supports Region 6 Acquisition Workforce and serves as a Small Business Advocate for all small, small disadvantaged, small woman owned, HUBZone, small veteran and small service-disabled veteran owned businesses. Mrs. Vargas provides small business advocacy through supporting outreach and counseling, prime contracting programs, subcontracting programs, program and organizational support and training.

Prior to her tenure with GSA Mrs. Vargas served as the Business Opportunity Specialist for the Small Business Administration (SBA) Region 7, where she supported the contracting and certification program to include 8(a) certification program for small, small disadvantaged, small woman owned, HUBZone, small veteran and small service-disabled veteran owned businesses.

Mrs. Vargas spent twelve years as a Budget Analyst with NORAD and US Northern Command, Peterson AFB, Colorado. She also served in the United States Army as an Administrative Specialist. Mrs. Vargas deployed to Bosnia, Korea, and Afghanistan. Mrs. Vargas holds a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources Management from Colorado Technical University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Public Administration from Regis University. She is married and has two kids.

The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government that helps manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. GSA supplies products and communications for U.S. government offices, provides transportation and office space to federal employees, and develops government-wide cost-minimizing policies and other management tasks.

For reasonable accommodation requests or to learn more, please contact Igor Soares at igor.soares@sba.gov.