SUBJECT:

Small Business Vendor Fair and Trade Show

You are invited to attend a Small Business Vendor Fair to be held at the Price Center Ballroom on August 23, 2006. This year's event will host a variety of small businesses that will present their products and services to the University in a friendly setting. We expect more than 60 vendors representing our small and diverse local business community to participate at the fair.

By attending, anyone involved in buying goods and services at UCSD will meet representatives from a variety of vendors and see their line of offerings first-hand. The day's event will feature an entertaining "It's a Small World with Big Opportunities" theme with refreshments, entertainment and great door prizes.

DATE: Wednesday, August 23, 2006

TIME: 10:00am - 2:30pm

LOCATION: UCSD Price Center Ballroom

THEME: "It's a Small World with Big Opportunities"

Web Site: http://blink.ucsd.edu/go/vendorfair

Examples of the products and services that vendors will be exhibiting this year are:

- Catering and meeting needs

- Computer supplies and peripherals

- Document destruction and management

- Safety and ergonomic

- Furniture and furnishings

- Printing and publication

- Promotional and marketing

- Industrial and custodial supplies

- Professional services and more...

Please mark your calendar for this event today! Your attendance will contribute to UCSD's commitment to exposing our small business supplier community to UCSD's procurement opportunities. We look forward to seeing you on August 23.

Linda Collins Director, Procurement Services Small Business Office