Memphis Chamber of Commerce Partners with Onvia, Inc. to Help Members Secure Government Business in Local Communities

Posted by editor on April 29th, 2009

Contact: Onvia, Seattle
Jennifer Day, 206-373-9427
jday@onvia.com

The Greater Memphis Chamber has partnered with Onvia, Inc. to deliver daily notifications, which include actual project information for state, local, and education bids and RFPs including notification of projects funded by the government economic recovery plan. At a time when businesses are struggling, the Chamber has identified a way to help its members and community by providing details of government projects - including economic recovery funded projects - which could speed capital absorption in its local community, creating and preserving jobs.

“The biggest need for our members in these challenging economic times is new business opportunities,” said Linda Cornish, Vice President of Member Development at the Greater Memphis Chamber. “By incorporating this benefit into their membership, members will have another added-value opportunity to potentially grow their business.”

The Greater Memphis Chamber is the first Chamber of Commerce to have partnered with Onvia, Inc., a leading provider of public and private bid notification services. “The Onvia team has spent the better part of the last 4 months creating a unique and complete database of stimulus-related procurement opportunities to enhance our ongoing coverage of all government procurement. The Greater Memphis Chamber partnership is an outgrowth of our company’s commitment to improve the flow of information between government and business and our desire to contribute to the critical needs of both constituencies,” said Mike Pickett, Onvia CEO.

“By receiving notice of bids and RFPs on a daily basis, the Onvia service will greatly benefit all businesses, large and small, in the Memphis MSA,” said Lynn L. Lanigan, President and CEO, Lanigan Worldwide Moving & Warehousing, Inc. “It will be a benefit that will cause me to continue to invest with the Chamber for many years to come.”

“We want our members to have an advantage and excel,” said John Moore, President & CEO, Greater Memphis Chamber. “This level of access to new business will generate revenue, create more jobs and allow our local companies to grow.”

About Onvia
Onvia is the leading provider of Business-to-Government solutions in the United States, covering the broadest set of industries and products at every level of government. For more than twelve years, Onvia has delivered unparalleled coverage of government purchasing activity from Federal, State, Local and Education agencies. More than 8,400 subscribers across the United States rely on Onvia as a comprehensive resource for industry-specific information needed to make intelligent sales decisions. Onvia was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. www.Onvia.com

About Greater Memphis Chamber
The Greater Memphis Chamber is the lead economic development agency for Memphis/Shelby County, and is a private, non-profit, membership-driven organization comprised of 2,300 business enterprises, civic organizations, educational institutions and individuals. In 2007, the Greater Memphis Chamber was named one of the Top 20 Economic Development Agencies in the Country by Site Selection Magazine. www.MemphisChamber.com

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