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Union City Small Businesses Now Have Free Assistance With All Aspects of Government Contracting
City of Union City teams with The Federal Technology Center, a not-for-profit corporation, to offer free classes and one-on-one counseling
September 29, 2008
North Highlands, California - The City of Union City has joined The Federal Technology Center (The FTC) as a community partner to help small businesses in Union City learn how to successfully compete for federal, state, and local government contracts. This new partnership between The FTC and Union City will help ensure that small businesses receive free government contracting courses and seminars, and one-on-one counseling.
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| Christine Friday, Economic Development Coordinator from Union City, recently toured The Federal Technology Center’s office to learn about The FTC’s introductory and advanced government contracting classes that will be offered to her city’s small businesses. “We are grateful to all of our community partners that have renewed their commitment to help small business, and we are excited about our new partnership with Union City,” states Jack Toney, Director of The FTC’s Statewide Procurement Assistance Program. This new partnership was launched on September 18, 2008 with a capacity crowd for the first class entitled “Getting Started with Government Contracting." |
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(l to r) Tom Gisler, CEO, The FTC; Christine Friday, Union City Economic Development Coordinator; and Jack Toney, Director, Statewide Procurement Assistance Program, The FTC |
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| Six more classes have been scheduled from November 2008 to September 2009 in Union City. All of the classes will be held at Carter Industries, 950 Whipple Road, Union City, CA 94587 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. To register for these classes or any of The FTC’s other classes located throughout California, click here. |
• November 20, 2008 SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program
• January 27, 2009 Federal Contract Negotiation
• March 19, 2009 Government Subcontracting
• May 19, 2009 Getting Started with Government Contracting
• July 21, 2009 Responding to RFPs (Request for Proposal)
• September 10, 2009 SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program
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Contributions from community partners like the City of Union City to The FTC’s procurement assistance program contribute to the local match necessary for
The FTC to obtain its federal grant and provide free government contracting assistance to small businesses. To learn more about becoming a community partner, contact Jack Toney at Jack@TheFTC.org or 916.334.9388.
About The Federal Technology Center (The FTC):
Incorporated in 1995, The FTC is a not-for-profit, public benefit corporation that promotes economic development in California by facilitating technology transfer between government and the private sector and by helping small businesses successfully compete for government contracts. On April 6, 2005, The FTC was presented a national award as the Outstanding Procurement Assistance Center
for 2005 – number one of 93. In May 2002, The FTC received the Small Business Supporter of the Year award from the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and the River City Consortium. |
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