Award Recipients

DOE Hosts Record Number of Attendees at Annual Small Business Conference

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy, the largest civilian contracting agency within the Federal government, is convening its 11th Annual Small Business Conference & Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia from May 10-12, 2010. Drawing more than 1,500 participants, an all-time high for this event, the conference and expo will present information to help small businesses across the country capitalize on Recovery Act Funding, grant opportunities, contracting openings, and subcontracting options.

“We are encouraged by the many success stories of small businesses that we work with every day,” said Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu. “Small businesses are the building blocks of the emerging clean energy economy, and their innovation helps drive the advances of clean technology.”

The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) will discuss over $300 million in upcoming funding opportunities with small business leaders who are looking to showcase their strengths and navigate the government contracting process. One-on-one matchmaking sessions and workshops led by DOE procurement analysts and small business specialists will teach small business owners to identify funding opportunities and gain a greater understanding of how to do business with the Department.

The 11th Annual Small Business Conference & Expo also features an Award Luncheon to honor the Fiscal Year 2009 Secretarial Small Business Award recipients:

Federal Small Business Program Manager of the Year

Cheryl A. Drake, Western Area Power Administration (Lakewood, Colorado)

M&O Small Business Program Manager of the Year

Karen Reeve, USA Repository Services LLC (Aiken, South Carolina)

Federal Small Business Achievement of the Year (M&O Program Office)

Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (Washington, D.C.)

Federal Small Business Achievement of the Year (non-M&O Program Office)

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (Washington, D.C.)

M&O Small Business Achievement of the Year

Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho)

DOE Mentor of the Year

Idaho National Laboratory (Idaho Falls, Idaho)

DOE Protégé of the Year

PIKA International, Inc. (Stafford, Texas)

8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business of the Year

Cavanagh Services Group, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year

Advanced Technologies and Laboratories International, Inc. (Germantown, Maryland)

HUBZone Small Business of the Year

TSAY Construction & Services, LLC (San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico)

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business of the Year

TEVET, LLC (Greenville, Tennessee)

Small Business of the Year

Holman’s, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

SBIR/STTR Small Business of the Year

TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado)

Special Service Award

Savannah River Site Field Host (Aiken, South Carolina)

Special Achievement Award

Cynthia Anderson, Director of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) Program, Office of Environmental Management (Washington, D.C.)

Special Achievement Award

Denise Moore, Director of Government Relations, and Dr. James P. Brown, Director of Science Programs, Morehouse College (Atlanta, Georgia)

Special Achievement Award

Claflin University (Orangeburg, South Carolina)

Special Achievement Award

Anita Bedrosian, Small Business Specialist, Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization, U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, D.C.)