The ProTech PMO consistently seeks ways to connect our ProTech prime vendors with NOAA Line Offices and Programs. To that end, the ProTech PMO plans to host virtual forums to unite the two groups.
The PMO will host quarterly events on cross domain topics that our Line / Program Offices will be interested in and that you, our prime vendors, are experienced and highly capable of providing. This series of events will be called the ProTech-nology Innovation Showcase.
The first event will be held in the second quarter of FY 2024 (once our budget is passed), and the first topic will be “uncrewed field data collection or image capture platforms”. We are looking for your innovations and potential solutions in aerial, marine surface, space, and underwater platforms.
Once the session date is identified, the PMO will contact ProTech prime vendors via email and ask for presentation ideas. The PMO will review and select from the submitted ideas. Selections will be made to incorporate as broad a selection of field types, platform types, and scientific uses as possible.
If selected, the ProTech PMO will notify the prime vendor via e-mail of acceptance and coordinate a presentation time slot of less than a ½-hour duration. The presentation time slot will include Q&A and networking. The presentation opportunities will only be made to ProTech prime vendors, although current subcontractor companies can also participate in the presentation. The prime vendor should be an integral part of the presentation.
The sessions will be open to all NOAA Line and Staff Office programs and will likely be attended by many of our ProTech vendors. Programs will be advised of ProTech’s dynamic partnering provision “teaming on the fly”, to emphasize that Line Offices are not restricted to their primary domain and may take advantage of the capabilities of prime vendors in other ProTech domains. The ambition is to give prime vendors the opportunity to connect to NOAA programs and showcase innovation.