The Federal Technology Center: Press Releases

In October, 2010, The Federal Technology Center’s (The FTC) Statewide Procurement Assistance Program begins celebrating its 10th Anniversary year. Throughout our history, our commitment to help small businesses in
California succeed in the government marketplace has not waivered or changed.

Our service area has grown tremendously through the years. In 2000, The FTC began serving small businesses in a ten county area around Sacramento and since that time, The FTC’s service area has expanded to include 54 of California’s 58 counties. In our first year, we helped 350 small businesses with government contracting and we have now reached over 8,300 small businesses that have taken advantage of The FTC’s classes, counseling, or both.

Our instructors/counselors have established themselves as experts in government contracting and share their knowledge through educational classes and one-to-one counseling to assist clients with specific business needs related to any aspect of contracting with federal, state, and local government entities. In our efforts to reach as many small businesses as possible, early on we developed a core curriculum of basic and advanced classes that are updated continuously to provide relevant information. Currently, our curriculum includes twelve different classes that are offered throughout the state of California.

The results of our efforts speak for themselves. Since October 2000, our clients have reported receiving 18,296 government contracts valued at $1.1 billion. Using the federal standard, $1.1 billion in contract awards equates to 21,095 jobs created or retained. We have garnered recognition through the years. In 2002, we received the “Small Business Supporter of the Year” award from the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce. In 2005, we received the “Outstanding Center Award” from the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (a national association representing 94 centers throughout the U.S.).We have also been given the highest rating of “Outstanding” on several occasions by federal government review teams.

As we celebrate our 10th Anniversary year by registering today for one of our free classes or by contacting our office to set up a personal counseling session.