NM Procurement Technical Assistance Center

The NMSBDC/PTAP, which serves as a Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP), is funded in part through a cooperative agreement from the Department of Defense (DoD) through a program that is administered by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The content of any written materials or verbal communications of the PTAP does not necessarily reflec... t the official views of or imply endorsement by DoD or DLA. The national Procurement Technical Assistance Program began with the 1985 federal fiscal year. Since then it has grown to more than 90 programs, which includes both Procurement Technical Assistance Centers or PTACs and statewide programs referred to as Procurement Technical Assistance Programs or PTAPs. All of the PTACs and PTAPs throughout the United States assist businesses in learning how to do business with federal, state, and local governments. The PTACs and PTAPs are expected to make a concerted effort to seek out and assist small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, women-owned small business concerns, HUBZone small business concerns, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns as defined in Part 2 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC) is the national association for PTACs and PTAPs and serves as the main certifying entity. PTACs and PTAPs are a local resource available at no or nominal cost that can provide assistance to business firms in marketing their products and services. They offer training to businesses on how to research and bid on contracts, assist with registration requirements, provide bid-matching services, and assist with pre- and post-contracting issues.Read More