Procurement Technical
Assistance Center
Illinois Entrepreneurship Network
Since its outset in 1985, the John A. Logan College Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) has provided government contracting assistance to Southern Illinois firms, resulting in the attainment of over $800 million in state and federal government contracts. In FY 2006, the Illinois Procurement Technical Assistance Center helped bring nearly $65 million to Southern Illinois firms.
This included the creation of 27 jobs and the retention of 313 full and part-time positions. The Illinois Procurement Technical Assistance Center at John A. Logan College has been the recipient of numerous awards pertaining to outstanding program performance, including the Jackson County 1996 Outstanding Public Sector Organization of the Year, the 1998 State of Illinois PTAC Director of the Year Award, and most recently, the $700 Million Program Milestone.
The Procurement Technical Assistance Center was initiated to complement the state’s overall economic development efforts by helping established Illinois firms compete for government contracting opportunities. The PTAC serves the seventeen southernmost counties of Illinois.
The PTAC helps familiarize firms with the government procurement process and provides them the specific marketing and technical assistance required to do business with the government or government prime contractors. Assistance may be in the form of contract preparation, acquisition, or administration. Whether this assistance is for the provision of a federal acquisition regulation (FAR), a military/federal specification, the past pricing history on a contract, or an essential form such as the Material and Inspection Receiving Report (DD Form 250), it can be the deciding factor in determining whether a firm is prepared to submit a qualified bid to the government.