Non-Profit Organization Assisting Regional Small Businesses in
Obtaining Government Contracts
February 22, 2002

Have you ever considered selling your products or services to the government but found you were too overwhelmed with the certifications and registrations required? If you have, you are not alone. The government contracting requirements can be a little too much even for the most determined business owner. Fortunately, there is a successful organization in the Sacramento region that can help you for FREE.

The Federal Technology Center Procurement Technical Assistance Center (The FTC PTAC), a not-for-profit public benefit corporation, provides free training classes and counseling in all areas of government contracting to help small businesses compete for federal, state, and local government contracts. You may be wondering, "How can most of their services be free?" This is because the government pays them to help you.

The mission of The FTC PTAC is to promote economic and small business development through federal, state, and local government contracting opportunity education, bid-matching services, counseling, resources, and outreach programs. They have been very successful at helping small businesses and they want to help you too. In fact during a recent government review and audit, they received the highest possible rating of "Outstanding."

When the government audit team reviewed the PTAC's first year of performance, they were impressed with the following accomplishments. The FTC PTAC achieved a 36 to 1 return on investment in terms of dollars awarded to clients compared to the cost of operating the program. This organization increased small business revenues with 833 government contract awards reported totaling $14.2 million dollars. They assisted 357 clients, held 1,071 one-to-one client-counseling sessions, and taught 120 classes.

Alice Astafan, Chief Executive Officer of The FTC stated that "as a small non-profit business whose main source of income is government funding, we know what it means to struggle to pay the bills necessary to keep our operation going. Our own struggle with cash flow and receiving payment for services rendered is one reason we can be so effective in teaching others how to do business with the government."

Don't miss out on anymore government business opportunities. Call The FTC PTAC today at 916.334.9388 to schedule your free counseling appointment, to attend a free seminar, or to use their free library and computer with bookmarked Internet sites.

To see how we can help your company, please go the contracting assistance section of our website.

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