Why should I contact the Northwest Commission's PTAC?
Since the Northwest Commission’s Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) opened in 1983, over 1,600 companies have received information and assistance. Our PTAC network currently has 542 clients seeking government contract work. Over 3,000 contract awards have been received by clients to date totaling more than $530 million in sales.

What will this service cost?
In cooperation with the US Department of Defense (DoD), our PTAC is designed to assist companies on how to market and sell their products and/or services to the DoD, other federal agencies, and state and local governments. All of our services are offered, FREE OF CHARGE!

The following are some examples of key assistance
you can obtain through the Northwest PA PTAC:

• Getting started and into the system


• Central Contractor Registration (CCR)


• PA Department of General Services (DGS) Online Registration


• Buying activity website registrations


• Electronic bid matching service for federal, state and local bid opportunities


• One-on-one assistance with interpreting bid packages


• Item technical data and past pricing history


• Complete set of unclassified military and federal specifications, NASA Specifications, DoD Adopted Industry Standards plus a complete set of ASTM’s


• Utilization of the Internet


• Preparation for Pre-Award Surveys


• Preparation of payment forms and information on Electronic Fund Transfer (ETF)


• Information on Mentor-Protégé Program, Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR) and the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA). Transit route mapping