Directory of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) of Michigan.

1. Your first step to government contracting ... and more!
The Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) of COULD YOUR COMPANY CAPTURE A PORTION
Michigan are your first step in getting government con- OF THE $400 BILLION THAT THE FEDERAL
tracts. Not only that, the PTACs can assist your company GOVERNMENT SPENDS EACH YEAR FOR GOODS
throughout the entire process from start to finish: registering AND SERVICES?
to become a government contractor, identifying bid oppor-
tunities, walking you through and simplifying the bidding Contact one of the local PTAC offices located in Michigan
process, helping you to expedite payments through electronic to see how we can partner with you and help your company
invoicing and offering post-award assistance with the evalua- obtain and perform on federal, state and local contracts.
tion of your submitted contract and/or award. PTACs offer marketing, technical consulting and training,
which include:
WHAT DOES THE GOVERNMENT BUY?
„ Orientation to the procurement system
The federal government buys nearly every item that you
might find in your home or office. In addition, the federal „ Bid matching for government solicitations
government purchases products and technologies to protect „ Bid package assistance
and support our armed forces. This includes technologies to „ Training seminars and conferences
improve communications; personal equipment to save lives
and benefit the individual soldier in the field; vehicles, tech- The PTACs of Michigan are not-for-profit organizations
nologies and services to transport troops and equipment; and funded by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the Michi-
of course, weapons systems, surveillance devices and tech- gan Economic Development CorporationSM (MEDC) and
nologies needed by the military. TARDEC, a division of the local funding partners. For companies that are not quite
Research, Development and Engineering Command, is the ready to bid on government contracts, the PTACs can assist
military’s main research center for vehicle technologies and you in accessing other services and resources like the Small
is located right in Warren, Michigan. State and local govern- Business Technology Development Centers (SBTDC) that
ments are also major purchasers of products and services. help with business plan preparation and provide other ser-
vices for small businesses.
To contact the PTAC in your area, please see the attached page or visit our Web site at ptacsofmichigan.org.

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1. Todd Olson, Deb Donovan, MANISTEE WEXFORD
N.W. Michigan Council of Governments ARENAC
1209 South Garfield Avenue, Ste. C MASON LAKE OSCEOLA CLARE GLADWIN
Traverse City, MI 49686 Thumb Area Satellite Office
HURON
231.929.5036 Todd Macomb Regional PTAC
OCEANA MECOSTA ISABELLA MIDLAND BAY
231.929.5076 Deb
NEWAYGO
5
3270 Wilson Street, Marlette, MI 48454 3 TUSCOLA SANILAC
231.929.5042 fax 989.635.0063 Beth Cryderman Moss
MONTCALM
SAGINAW
E-mail: toddolson@nwm.cog.mi.us
MUSKEGON
GRATIOT
4
989.635.0057 Joseph McCulloch LAPEER
ddonovan@nwm.cog.mi.us OTTAWA
KENT IONIA CLINTON 6
GENESEE ST. CLAIR
5. Delena Spates-Allen & Sarah Richardson SHIAWASSEE
Don Makowski Saginaw Future Inc. MACOMB
Michigan Works! The Job Force Board 515 North Washington, Ste. 300 ALLEGAN
BARRY EATON INGHAM LIVINGSTON
OAKLAND
2950 College Ave., Escanaba, MI 49829 Saginaw, MI 48607 8 10
906.789.0558, ext. 244 989.754.8222 x232 Delena
VAN BUREN
CALHOUN JACKSON WASHTENAW
WAYNE 11
KALAMAZOO
906.789.9952 fax 989.754.8222 x233 Sarah 7
E-mail: dmakowsk@jobforce.org 9
989.754.1715 fax BERRIEN
CASS ST. JOSEPH BRANCH HILLSDALE LENAWEE MONROE
2. Denise Hoffmeyer & Tammy Moore E-mail: dsallen@saginawfuture.com
N.E. Michigan Consortium srichardson@saginawfuture.com
P.O. Box 711, Onaway, MI 49765 6. Dustin Frigy, Andy Hayes & Chelsea Fisher
989.733.8540 Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce
989.733.8069 fax 519 S. Saginaw Street, Ste. 200, Flint, MI 48502
E-mail: hoffmeyerd@nemcworks.org 810.600.1432 Dustin
mooret@nemcworks.org 810.600.1438 Andy
9. Tim Durand
3. Muskegon Area First PTAC 810.600.1437 Chelsea
Downriver Community Conference
Pamela Vanderlaan-Poort 810.600.1461 fax
15100 Northline Road, Southgate, MI 48195
380 West Western Avenue, Ste. 202 E-mail: dfrigy@thegrcc.org
734.362.3480 Tim
Muskegon, MI 49440 ahayes@thegrcc.org
734.281.6661 fax
231.722.7700 cfisher@thegrcc.org
E-mail: tim.durand@dccwf.org
231.728.7251 fax 7. Janice Campbell, Kim Bourner,
10. Jann Deane, Donna Cappabianca,
E-mail: ppoort@muskegon.org Dwayne Powell, Jr., & Cynthia Armour
Holly Johnston, & Ann Boss-Cronin
SW MI Technical Assistance Center
Shelia Polacco PTAC of Schoolcraft College
Kalamazoo Reg. Chamber of Commerce
10765 Northland Drive, Big Rapids, MI 49307 18600 Haggerty Road
346 W. Michigan Avenue
231.796.4484 phone/fax Livonia, MI 48152
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
E-mail: spolacco@charter.net 734.462.4438
269.381.2977 x3243 Janice
3. MEDC Procurement Office 269.381.2977 x3210 Kim 734.462.4673 fax
Dana Pinkava 269.381.2977 x3215 Dwayne E-mail: jdeane@schoolcraft.edu
John Goede 269.381.2977 x3245 Cynthia dcappabi@schoolcraft.edu
The Right Place 269.343.0430 fax hjohnsto@schoolcraft.edu
161 Ottawa Avenue NW; Suite 400 E-mail: jcampbell@kazoochamber.com abcronin@schoolcraft.edu
Grand Rapids, MI 49503 kbourner@kazoochamber.com 11. Cynthia Bell & Abby L. Cheatham
616-301-8210 Dana dpowell@kazoochamber.com Wayne State University
616-301-9100 John carmour@kazoochamber.com 5229 Cass, 238 Rands
616-771-0555 fax 8. Pennie Southwell & Fran LaRosa Detroit, MI 48202
email: pinkavad@rightplace.org PTAC of South Central Michigan 313.577.2241 Cynthia
goedej@rightplace.org One Jackson Square, Ste. 1100 313.577.0132 Abby
4. Beth Cryderman-Moss, Jennifer Tisdale, Jackson, MI 49201 313.577.4354 fax
Vitora Crnovrsanin, Joseph McCulloch 517.788.4680 E-mail: c.bell@wayne.edu
Macomb Regional PTAC 517.782.0061 fax a.l.cheatham@wayne.edu
7900 Tank Avenue, Warren, MI 48092 E-mail: pennie@enterprisegroup.org
flarosa@enterprisegroup.org Defense Contract Coordination. Center (DC3)
586.498.4122 Michigan Economic Development Corporationsm
586.498.4165 fax Jeff Cassidy 300 N. Washington Square, 4th floor
E-mail: cryderman-mossb@macomb.edu Lansing Area Satellite Office Lansing, MI 48913
tisdalej@macomb.edu 500 E. Michigan Avenue, Lansing, MI 48912
crnovrsaninv@macomb.edu 517.853.6445
mccullochj@macomb.edu E-mail: jcassidy@lansingchamber.org revised November 12, 2009