Planning & Development
[ About The Government Procurement Assistance Program ]
[ Procurement Technical Assistance Center ]
[ Partners ]
[ 2010 Activities ] [ Success Story ]
About The Government Procurement Assistance Program
SPC’s Government Procurement Assistance program helps hundreds of companies in the region with their efforts to market to and contract with federal, state and local government agencies. We provide one-on-one counseling and training with an emphasis on small businesses with minority, female or service-disabled veteran owners to help facilitate their participation in the government marketplace.
Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
SPC’s Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
helps companies to enter and succeed in the world of
government contracting. Along with technical assistance, SPC provides
companies with immediate alerts on solicitations that are issued for their particular
products or services.
On any given day there may be 2,000 or more solicitations
that SPC sorts through and passes on to client companies
at no charge. PTAC helps companies gain knowledge of
standards and how to comply. In addition, PTAC provides
the personalized technical assistance on bidding procedures
and regulations that must be met when selling to the
government. The one-on-one support PTAC offers is
instrumental for small companies that are new to the
government procurement process.
PTAC services include:
- Daily electronic bid matching
- Access to military and federal specifications
- Publication library of the Federal Acquisition Regulations
- and federal agency regulations
- Comprehensive contact lists
- Training
- Government e-commerce
- Bid and proposal preparation
- GSA Multiple Award Schedules
- Contract histories
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Partners
SPC shares a Department of Defense (DOD) Cooperative Agreement Grant with Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette that enables maximum effectiveness with limited resources. In 2010, the following organizations assisted in our Government Procurement Assistance Program:
- Department of Defense (DOD)
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- Minority Purchasing Council
- Minority Business Opportunity Committee
- PA Department of General Services
- PA Department of Community and Economic Development
- Local Small Business Development Centers
- Department of Energy (DOE)
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2010 Activities
In 2010, staff took part in 22 programs to discuss opportunities for local businesses to increase sales through participation in the government marketplace. By collaborating with other business development organizations, SPC is able to provide greater service to individual businesses across the region.
Benefits to the region in 2010:
- Client businesses received 186 government contracts with a value of almost $108 million.
- 198 businesses received individual procurement assistance, increasing their understanding of the government marketplace and the bid process to win government opportunities. SPC also responded to initial inquiries from 84 companies for specific information or to evaluate their potential in the government marketplace.
- Client businesses that received government contracts in 2010 are credited with the creation or retention of 2,377 jobs in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
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Success Story
db Hadley & Associates, LLC (Allegheny County): db Hadley & Associates, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), is an industry leading Physician Recruitment Enterprise and top-rated supplier of high quality American made prescriptive eyewear supplies and services.
SPC Government Procurement staff began working with db Hadley & Associates in February of 2008 for the purpose of pursuing federal government contracts, particularly with the Department of Veterans Affairs. After almost two years of persistent work and dedication, with the assistance of SPC personnel, db Hadley & Associates recently received its first major federal award in the form of a multi-year contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 22 network in California.
db Hadley & Associates has also found value in the SPC’s electronic bid matching program when trying to identify relevant government bidding opportunities. Currently, db Hadley & Associates receives over 200 federal, state, and local government solicitations each month enabling them access to government markets that were previously unattainable. db Hadley & Associates is also interested in becoming a federal General Services Administration (GSA) contract holder and has recently began the rigorous GSA approval process.
“I have learned so much from the SPC in regards to Veteran’s Administration RFPs. SPC has taught me the “vocabulary” needed to discuss opportunities with government agents. The forms and language used in completing and competing for these contracts can be confusing. The SPC taught me what I needed to know to move forward, and be awarded a large multi-year contract from the VA! Without this resource (SPC), my learning curve would not have been as quick, and I would have missed out on this opportunity!” David B. Hadley, President & Owner of db Hadley & Associates, LLC
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For more information about our Government Procurement
program, contact Dave Pinkosky at (412) 391-5590 x308 or e-mail PTAC@spcregion.org.
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