PTAC clients receive more contracts than ever, more NC jobs supported

In the first half of 2005, SBTDC Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) clients reported that they received $627,428,193 in awards - an increase of $134,244,243 over the same period last year (and another record for our clientele). Using a formula from the Department of Defense, this equates to 14,759 jobs supported in North Carolina- most impressive. Read More...

10/18/05: Doing Business with the Federal Government Boone     11/9/05: Selling to the Government Greenville       11/18/05: Proposal Writing Basics Cary   Many more events...

Correcting simple errors helps contracting success

The most frequent errors made by firms in submitting a bid to the government are:

• omitting something required
• adding something not wanted
• changing a mandatory provision

All these errors produce the same response from contracting agencies: "You are non-responsive, and your bid is rejected! "

Find-out how you can avoid this...

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Mentor-Protégé program

The DoD Mentor-Protégé Program assists small businesses ("protégés") to successfully compete for prime contract and subcontract awards by partnering with large firms (mentors) under individual, project-based agreements.

This program allows small disadvantaged businesses and women-owned small businesses to participate as protégés. It also expands the program to permit service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (SDVOB) and Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small businesses to participate in the program as protégé firms.

Can you participate in these preference programs?

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Types of government contracts

For the government to be successful in the purchase of goods or services, it is imperative that the contracting officer choose the type of contract that best fits their requirements. In selecting which contract type to use, the contracting officer seeks to find a balance that provides the contractor with reasonable risk and the greatest incentive for performance. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provides two broad categories of contract types: firm-fixed price (FFP) and cost-reimbursement.

Which is better for your contracting operations?

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Major airport renovation/expansion planned

The Raleigh-Durham International Airport Authority has announced plans to effect a major renovation and expansion of Terminal C. The expansion will more than double the terminal's current size and will result in 750,000 square feet of finished space. Construction is expected to begin in 2006 and will continue until 2009.

How can your business profit from this?

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Textile manufacturer thrives from government contracting

See how this 200-employee, 100+-year-old business (which last received a government contract during the Korean War) in Mt. Airy won a $16 million contract with help from the North Carolina PTAC.

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Creating a $1.5 million business with 40+ employees with help from government contracting

This veteran in North Wilkesboro built his business on government contracting .

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