Thurston EDC’s Washington APEX team recently had a chance to welcome a new prime contractor to town, Conti Federal. Conti Federal, headquartered in Florida, won the $169.1million FORGE Project at JBLM. They are also breaking ground on a $55.4 million project with US Army Corps of Engineers for a Special Tactics Complex for Oregon Air National Guard in Portland, Oregon.
“It was exciting to see a room packed with businesses at Conti’s networking event held in downtown Olympia” commented Grady Smith, government contracting advisor at the Thurston EDC’s APEX Accelerator.
“I look forward to continuing to connect firms from our region to subcontracting opportunities with Conti and other big projects at the base.”
The JBLM FORGE project includes 16 scopes of work over a 5 year period including renovation and construction of barracks, modernization of training facilities, administrative buildings, and maintenance shops. Businesses in the region interested in learning more about doing business with Conti are encouraged to register in their portal linked here and attend an in-person event on November 5 hosted by Washington APEX Accelerator linked here. Your Washington APEX Accelerator team is available to meet 1:1 with your firm to strategize on how to do business with public sector agencies and primes. Learn more and connect with an advisor at www.washingtonapex.org.
Photo: Conti Federal’s Trade Partner Integration Manager, Gina Ceribelli, introduces Scott Olson, Project Executive, to Grady Smith, Thurston EDC’s lead APEX Accelerator Advisor at an outreach event held in Olympia on September 10.
