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The National Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers named The FTC the "Outstanding Center" for 2005.
The Sacramento
Metro Chamber
named
The FTC the "2002 Small Business Supporter of the Year"
for recognition of small business excellence and innovation.
Below
are The
FTC Procurement Assistance Program Performance Results for the period between October
2000 and September 2007 showing our success working with small businesses:
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Increased small business revenues with 8,519 government
contract awards reported totaling $632 million
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Created and/or retained 12,640 jobs in a wide
variety of industries and professions. Based on the Defense Logistics
Agency's calculation of one job for every $50,000 in contract awards
received by The FTC clients.
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Assisted over 5,570 clients representing businesses
from the 54 counties in our service area
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Taught 1,003 classes at our facility and off-site
locations
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Held 15,044 counseling sessions
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Rated an "Outstanding" Procurement Technical Assistance Center Program by the Defense Contract Management Agency
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Helped new and established companies enter the profitable
government contracting arena
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Increased competition in the private sector and identified
new sources to satisfy government requirements for products and services
Partnership
Agreements
The FTC serves the Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA), a federal
applied engineering laboratory in Sacramento, California. As their partnership
intermediary, we have assisted in establishing numerous Cooperative
Research and Development Agreements including:
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Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Austin Semiconductor
• JMAR Semiconductor
• Martin Testing Laboratories
• UC Davis
Legislative
and Media Liaison
The FTC has also been successful serving as a legislative and media
liaison for DMEA to facilitate the following:
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Numerous Federal, State and Local VIP visits and on-site events
• Technology marketing - project needs, photographs, press releases,
briefings, articles
• Infrastructure and technology investment by the Department
of Defense and congress
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