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ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait -- Over the past few weeks, Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary
Contracting Squadron, Soldiers from the 408th Contracting Support Brigade, and coalition partners
attended several conferences with local Kuwaiti vendors offering insight into how contracting with the
U.S. military works.
These conferences gave local vendors a chance to show the military contracting teams what services
they have to offer and also allowed the contracting specialists to educate the vendors on how to apply for military
contracts.
“The intent behind these conferences is to engage with the local economy and bridge the gap between
the military and local vendors,” said U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Nelson Vargas, the 386th ECONS Base
Operations and Support Flight section chief.
While AASAB military contracting specialists have been doing business with local vendors for decades, their
attendance at these types of events only started recently.
“The fact that we are doing this now is a huge positive step toward how we are going to do business in
the future,” said Vargas. “These opportunities give us those face-to-face interactions we need in order
to build enduring partnerships.”
This was also the first time members from the Italian Task Force Air Kuwait and the Canadian Joint Task
Force Impact attended a local conference focusing on how Kuwaiti businesses can partner with the U.S.
military.
“We were so excited to have our Italian and Canadian partners with us,” said U.S. Air Force Captain
Mandi Johnson, 386th ECONS director of operations. “In the future we are planning to make it a joint
conference. Our allies have services and commodities they need to purchase from the local community
too.”
The 386th ECONS, 408th CSB, Italian, and Canadian contracting specialists all plan on presenting at the next local
vendor day as AASAB continues its sustained presence in Kuwait.
| Date Taken: | 02.14.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 02.15.2023 06:28 |
| Story ID: | 438513 |
| Location: | KW |
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