The Montana PTAC (Procurement Technical Assistance Center) assists businesses with navigating the government marketplace. Our goal is to help make government contracting easier to understand and support local businesses in finding a focused path through the maze that is government contracting. Government contracting requires businesses to learn how to do it and PTAC advisors are here to … Read more
Click here to read a great blog article titled “SBA Issues Final Rule Implementing Certification For Women-Owned Small Businesses,” published on the Holland and Knight blog in May of 2020. This blog article summarizes the SBA’s final rule and provides some key takeaways every WOSB firm should understand. Another article published on the Smallgovcon.com blog … Read more
If you missed it, a big change happened in 2020 with WOSB and EDWOSB certifications. Self-certification (with documentation) became a thing of the past. The WOSB firms that previously self-certified were instructed to collect all relevant information previously submitted to certify.sba.gov and go through the SBA’s new certification process by applying and uploading the … Read more
One of the unexpected benefits of COVID for government contractors is the easy and affordable access to government buyers, small business specialists, and, sometimes, end-users through virtual procurement conferences and industry days. Pre-COVID, procurement conferences provided an invaluable opportunity for face-to-face connection with key agency stakeholders. Nonetheless, many business owners could not attend these conferences … Read more
On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, the U.S. General Services Administration’s Integrated Award Environment hosted an online Stakeholder Forum webinar. The program focused on an introduction to the new design of beta.SAM.gov, which will launch on April 26, 2021. A recording of the presentation can be viewed here in two parts. (MORE INFORMATION BELOW) The 2 … Read more
Posted on January 12, 2021 by Shane McCall Access Original Article HERE! SBA has issued its rule allowing for an extension of 8(a) program terms by one year, as directed by Congress. The rule will be effective immediately on January 13 (barring some publication delay). Read on for the key terms from the new rule. Here are the key highlights from the … Read more
The State of Montana has come out with video tutorial to help businesses register as vendors in eMACS. This is the State of Montana’s bidding system that allows vendors to receive notice of opportunities and submit bids. Check out the tutorial HERE!!!
Sources Sought Dental Labs This is NOT a solicitation or request for quote (RFQ). This is NOT a request for proposal (RFP). This is NOT a job advertisement for hiring employees. The VA is seeking QUALIFIED VENDORS to provide a very brief response to this notice including only just what is asked for in … Read more
The Department of Interior has issued a Sources Sought notice to gather information about capable businesses who may be interested in responding to a future solicitation for a MATOC (multiple award task order contract). This is not an active opportunity yet, the government is simply gathering information, but this is an opportunity for industry to … Read more
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