The NC Procurement Technical Assistance Center

(NC PTAC) helps businesses obtain contracts by providing comprehensive assistance in selling products and services to local, state and federal government entities. In program year 2004, the NC PTAC assisted businesses in securing $1.1 billion in contract awards.

The purpose of the NC PTAC is to generate employment and to improve the general economic condition of the state by assisting all North Carolina companies including those eligible for preferential consideration in obtaining and performing under local, state and federal government contracts. We provide procurement technical assistance by offering no-fee and confidential counseling on selling your products and/or services to the appropriate government agency.

The core of our procurement assistance program is counseling. NC PTAC counselors in provide assistance in such areas as:

• Identify preference eligibility and complete applicable certifications
• Research contract award histories
• Understand solicitation requirements and terminology
• Locate specifications and standards
• Review bids and proposals
• Assist in completing mandatory/beneficial registrations
• Explain how the government uses electronic transactions
• Search government databases to identify opportunities
• Provide "up to the minute" information on government procurement processes and procedures
  
  

NC PTAC also provides assistance in group settings through seminars, workshops and trade fairs at various locations in North Carolina on topics including:

• Basics of government contracting
• GSA/VA contracts & schedules
• How to prepare bids/proposals
• Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
• Finding government contracts on the Internet
• Government Preference Programs

You can find out about bidding opportunities by subscribing to PROBID, our electronic bid matching system. This service electronically searches government databases (all electronic bulletin boards where opportunities are posted) and matches your product/service to federal, state and local needs. The results of the daily searches are sent to you by email. Contact your nearest NC PTAC Counselor to learn more.

NOTE: NC PTAC services are made possible by funding provided by the U.S. Department of Defense (Defense Logistics Agency) and the state of North Carolina. Our funding agreement requires the NC PTAC to report our impact. For this reason it is important that clients receiving assistance respond to our semi-annual surveys regarding government contract activity. Your cooperation will allow the NC PTAC to continue to provide no-fee counseling services.