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Utah PTAC provides individual counseling and contracting assistance training at your site, or at one of our eight locations state-wide.  PTAC can assist you in the development of strategy and marketing tools that will help you to better compete in the government marketplace. Utah PTAC can help you to become eligible to become a government contractor, vendor or supplier and can assist with registration in government databases. Utah PTAC offers technical assistance related to diversity program registration, solicitation (RFP, RFQ) document review and can facilitate getting ASTM, NSN drawings and specification information. Procurement counselors provide individual counseling on all aspects of government contracting, including assistance in the initial stage of how to find the right match, how to market to the government, and how to request and prepare solicitation documents.

PTAC offers a proprietary bid-match software service which compares your company’s products and/or services, in combination with industrial NAICS codes and key words to multiple government solicitation portals.  Matching bid opportunities are then emailed directly to the client, saving valuable time otherwise spent searching multiple bid sources. Government solicitations range in scope and type similar and include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Federal Agency software and integrated telecommunications circuits
• DoD procurement of environmental remediation solutions
• Federal/State engineering services and all types of equipment
• Construction projects, including home and/or warehouse design/build, to asphalt paving, or grounds maintenance

There is no charge or fee to obtain a DUNS number or to register in SAM.gov for government contracting.  There are private companies who will solicit to help you register in SAM and charge you a fee but this is unnecessary.  PTAC can help you for no charge.  Register Here by creating a user account.

Utah PTAC is a proud member of APTAC, the national association of PTACs.

View past issues of the Utah PTAC TEAM NEWS newsletter:
July 2018 – June 2018 – May 2018 – April 2018 – March 2018 – February 2018 – January 2018 – Nov. 2017 – December 2017 – Oct. 2017 – Sep. 2017  – Aug. 2017 – July 2017 – June 2017 – May 2017 – Apr. 2017 – Mar. 2017 – Feb. 2017 – Jan. 2017

Past events

• MICC-DPG Small Business Vendor Fair April 12, 2018. See the forecast presentation here.
• Silicon Slopes HAFB Outreach March 21, 2018. See the full presentation here.

• DIBBS Training Presentation
• Hill AFB Contracting-Silicon Slopes Outreach
• 2018 PTAC Annual Procurement Symposium
• Army Corp of Engineers Brief
• Cyber Security Requirements
• DUNS Number from Dun & Bradstreet (it’s free)
• System For Award Management (SAM.gov)
• Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR OFFICIAL SITE)
• General Services Administration (GSA) sites:
  • http://gsa.gov/portal/category/100000
  • http://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/ElibHome
  • https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/advgsa/advantage/main/start_page.do
  • https://www.gsaglobalsupply.gsa.gov/advgsa/advantage/main/start_page.do?store=FSS
• Federal Business Opportunities – FedBizOpps
• Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS)
• Small Business Administration (SBA) Contracting Opportunities
• 8(a) Business Development Program
• Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB)
• Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOSB)
• Employer Identification Number (apply for an EIN online)
• NAICS codes (North American Industrial Classification Codes System “NAICS” codes are used to register in the government’s vendor database, SAM, for federal contracting and as a way to identify products and services for procurement research)
• NIGP Code Directory (“Commodity Codes” as developed by the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, adopted by more than 1,400 state and local governments; NIGP codes are needed to register as a vendor with many state and local governments)
• FSC/PSC search (listing and search engine for Federal Supply Codes and Product Service Codes; needed to complete registration in SAM)
• Small Business Size Standards (use these tables to determine whether your business is a small business)
• Net Worth Determination (determine your net worth to qualify for 8(a) program using SBA Form 413)
• 8(a) Mentor-Protege Rules (SBA’s rules on what written mentor-protege agreements must contain)
• Joint Venture Guidelines (SBA’s rules on 8(a) mentor-protege joint venture agreements)
• HUBZone (guide to the Small Business Administration’s HUBZone program)
• HUBZone Locator Tool (type in an address to determine whether it is located in a HUBZone)
• WOSB program (guide to the Small Business Administration’s Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program)
• SAM (System for Award Management, includes the centralized, electronic registration process for vendors that want to do business with the federal government, formerly known as Central Contractor Registration, as well as ORCA, the Online Representations and Certifications Application, the primary federal government repository for most of the government-required representations and certifications)
• SAM User’s Guide (instructions for using SAM, including registering as a vendor and completing ORCA)
• SAM User Help Regarding Small Business Information
• SAM Registration Tips – 2012
• SAM Instructional Video – 2013
• SDVOSB Joint Venture Requirements (terms required in a joint venture involving a service-disabled veteran-owned small business)
• USA Gov (the U.S. government’s official web search site)
• Small Business Specialists, Dept. of Homeland Security
• Small Business Specialists, U.S. DOT
• Small Business Specialists, General Services Administration (GSA)
• Small Business Specialists and Contractors’ SBLOs, U.S. Dept. of Energy
• Small Business Specialists, NASA
• Procurement Center Representatives and Commercial Market Representatives, Small Business Administration
• A Guide for Creating a Marketing Plan for Small Businesses (description of marketing essentials, along with links to multiple marketing resourc
• FedSpending.org (a tool to research federal contracting activities over the past several years)
• Contracts Awarded by the Dept. of Defense ($5 million or more, containing subcontracting opportunities, announced each business day)
• Procurement Forecasts (buying forecasts for each federal agency)
• Federal IT Dashboard (a website  enabling federal agencies, industry, the general public and other stakeholders to view details of federal information  technology investments)
• Utah Department of Commerce
• SBIR/STTR Grants
  • DOD SBIR/STTR Online Portal:
    https://sbir.defensebusiness.org
  • DOD SBIR/STTR Program Overview Animated Video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeuhmB9vm3w
  • DOD SBIR/STTR Training Website:
    https://training.defensebusiness.org
  • DOD SBIR/STTR Virtual Training Workshop Videos:
    https://training.defensebusiness.org/workshops
  • DOD SBIR/STTR Virtual Training Workshop Videos:
    https://training.defensebusiness.org/workshops
  • SBIR-Relevant Upcoming Events Calendar:
    https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/new

• 2018 PTAC Annual Procurement Symposium
• Army Corp of Engineers Brief
• Cyber Security Requirements

• Carlos Ledezma Presentation – June 13, 2019