Kim Harwell

About Kim Harwell

As President of National Bid Network (NBN) and GovPurchase, Harwell\'s job is to help NBN fulfill its mission of providing common sense, user friendly research tools, business training, coaching, consulting services, enjoyable and productive events, and B2B business development tools for government contractors and government officials, at a reasonable price. One of the ways in which we achieve this is by owning and providing the most comprehensive government contracting online data tools: GovPurchase the largest databases on government contracting,Corporations such like: Viavi, Bosch, Colt Defense, Dow Corning, Hutchinson, Dyson, GovTech, Legion Pest General Dynamics and thousands of other large, mid-sized and small businesses, all over the world, count on NBN for critical government contracting research information, consulting, prime and subcontracting business opportunities, 8A, and Veteran certifications, GSA Schedules and supplier diversity consulting, as well as: business development training, counseling and coaching. Government agencies such as: the Department of Homeland Security, The Department of Justice, TSA, The Army, The Navy, MBDA, and others use NBN to locate and verify Government contractors for set-aside and other opportunities.Harwell is a comsummate entrepreneur with over thirty years of business and technology expertise in the government, telecommunications, and marketing fields, and I have founded and led organizations that generated an aggregate of several billion dollars in revenue.Harwell hosts a weekly television show called Procurement Weekly. Procurement Weekly was originally designed to help businesses survive, and even thrive, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it has become a hit in the government contracting industry and beyond. Harwell’s company, GovPurchase, also publishes a daily newsletter called Procurement Daily.In 2017, Harwell’s company, National Bid Network, was awarded as the Capital Region Minority Supplier Diversity Council’s (CRMSDC) Supplier of the Year. In 2018, NBN was awarded the National Minority Supplier Development Council’s (NMSDC) Supplier of the Year. Also, in 2018, Harwell was voted Detroit Small Businessman of the Year, by native Detroiter Magazine.In 2014, National Bid Network was nominated for the Maryland Business of the Year, by the Maryland Chamber of Commerce and the Maryland Office of Military Affairs. Also in 2014, GovPurchase was runner up for DC business of the year and Kim was a finalist for DC Businessman of the Year as nominated by the DC Chamber of Commerce.

Experience

1. National Procurement Manager

   National Bid Network

   Jan 2011 — Present

   National Bid Network helps government contractors grow their business by providing the most comprehensive and accurate data on government contracts through our electronic information center, All Access.

Education

• Eastern Michigan University

  Business Administration and Management, General

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• B2b
• Small Business
• Outsourcing
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Strategic Partnerships
• Policy
• Training
• Government Procurement
• New Business Development
• Business Development
• Budgets
• Coaching
• Telecommunications
• Analysis
• Contract Management
• Change Management
• Business Strategy
• Entrepreneurship
• Strategy
• Team Leadership
• Defense
• Project Management
• Executive Management
• Government Contracting
• Business Planning
• Operations Management
• Process Improvement
• Management Consulting
• Management
• Team Building
• Leadership
• Government
• Nonprofits
• Marketing
• Federal Government
• Contract Negotiation
• Program Management
• Negotiation
• Public Speaking