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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 be 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.
Services:
- Providing Federal Acquisition
Regulations (FAR) for contract requirements.
- Providing past procurement
bidding histories, including information on past pricing, previous
buying activities, volume processed, and previous award winners.
- Providing technical research information regarding Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) codes, product characteristics, manufacturers' parts numbers, and national stock numbers (NSNs).
- Matching a firm's product and service capabilities with major buying agencies and prime contractors.
- Providing military
specifications and standards required to bid on and submit government
contracts and proposals.
- Providing direction to firms
in the implementation of electronic data interchange/electronic
commerce (EDI/EC), and the acquisition of value added networks (VANs).
- Providing guidance and
direction in State of Illinois procurement procedures including:
Central Management Services, Illinois Department of Corrections,
Illinois Department of Transportation, Capital
Development Board, and Illinois State Police.
- Hosting conferences and
seminars related to government procurement.
- Assisting with the government's Centralized Contractor Registration (CCR) process.
- Assisting with the completion of bidders' mailing list applications and other essential forms.
- Providing direction to
minority and women-owned businesses in the certification process.
- Guidance in the SBA 8(a), HUB Zone,
and SDB Program certification process.
- Offering general counseling
on the government procurement process.
- Helping firms conform to
packing, packaging, and marking specifications.
- Providing direction with
military and ISO 9000 quality control requirements and implementation.
- Initiating Commercial and
Government Entity (CAGE) codes.
- Providing direction in
locating contracting information on the Internet.
- Providing guidance on
networking with government agencies, military installations, prime
contractors, and other organizations.
A dedicated staff is on hand to
keep you updated with the latest government information and to help you
with your questions and problems.
Contact:
Lyndsay Hughes - Director, or
Ann Spencer - Secretary
John A. Logan College Procurement Technical Assistance Center
700 Logan College Road
Carterville, Illinois 62918
phone: (618) 985-2828, Ext. 8571
e-mail: lyndsayhughes@jalc.edu or annspencer@jalc.edu
This program is provided through a
partnership with the Department of Defense's (DoD) Defense Logistics
Agency (DLA), the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity, the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business
Development Center, and John A. Logan College as a service to Illinois
small businesses.
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