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Procurement

Technical

Assistance

Centers

Funded by the Department of

Defense and local funding partners, Montana PTACs provide government contracting assistance to small businesses throughout the state.

PTACs offer a variety of services - at little or no charge -that help businesses compete in the federal, state and local marketplaces and help government buyers meet their purchasing goals.

PTACs provide individual counseling, procurement information, workshops and other resources that can help businesses… determine contracting potential;

complete necessary registrations and certifications;

locate contracting opportunities;

review and complete bid packages.

PTAC Satellite Centers

Butte

Jim Smitham

Butte Local Development Corporation jsmitham@bldc.net 406-723-4349

Great Falls

Lillian Sunwall

Great Falls Local Development Corporation lsunwall@gdevelopment.org 406-771-9024

Ronan

Carol Cunningham

Lake County Development Corporation cunningham1carol@yahoo.com 406-261-3200

Lewistown

Kathie Bailey

Snowy Mountain Development Corporation smdcdist6@hotmail.com 406-535-2591

PTAC Centers

Billings Lead Center

Maureen Jewell, State Program Director jewell@bigskyeda.org 406-869-8413

Jason Porch, Sub-Center Manager porch@bigskyeda.org 406-869-8410

Kathy Moody, Level 1 Counselor moody@bigskyeda.org 406-869-8410

Kalispell PTAC Sub-Center

Doug Bolender, Sub-Center Manager ptac@kalispellchamber.org 406-755-4221

Missoula PTAC Sub-Center

Paulette Drozda, Sub-Center Manager ptac@maedc.org 406-532-3207

Montana PTACs are part of a national network of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers. For government contracting assistance, contact the PTAC nearest you.

Montana centers are listed on this handout. For more information on PTAC centers in other states, visit www.aptac-us.org.

Government Contracting - Getting Started

Visit this Web site: www.sba.gov for business planning assistance.

Check out www.business.gov for business planning, funding and licensing information.

Get a D-U-N-S number. Developed and regulated by Dun & Bradstreet, the Data

Universal Numbering System (DUNS) assigns a unique numeric identifier to every business. Call 866-705-5711 or visit www.dnb.com.

Identify the codes that apply to your industry, products and/or services.

Federal Supply Class or Service

Codes (FSC/FSS) are required to do business with the Department of Defense (DoD). Learn about them at:

https://www.dlis.dla.mil/h2.

North American Industry Classifi-cation System (NAICS) codes are used to collect, analyze and publicize business statistics in the

U.S., Canada and Mexico. To find

NAICS codes for your business, visit the following Web site:

www.census.gov/eos/www/naics.

Standard Industrial Classification

(SIC) codes are used by govern-ment agencies to identify an establishment’s primary business.

Find your SIC code at:

http://www.osha.gov/oshstats.

Click on the SIC Search or SIC

Manual links.

Register in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Registration is mandatory for doing business with the government. Before you complete the CCR online, review the CCR Users’ Guide located under the Help menu on the CCR registration Web site.

Register at https://www.bpn.gov/ccr.

Register in the On-line Representations and

Certifications (ORCA) database. ORCA replaces most of the paper-based “Reps and

Certs” previously included in solicitations.

Complete your ORCA registration at:

https://orca.bpn.gov/login.

Do Your Homework!

Then Follow These Steps:

And Remember To...

Record Numbers, Usernames & Passwords

D-U-N-S Number

CCR User ID

CCR Password (Eight to 15 characters including at least one upper case letter, one lower case letter, one number, and one special character (i.e., @, #, $, %, *). You must change your password every 60 days.)

MPIN (Marketing Partner Identification Number) (A code you create in CCR that is shared with other online databases such as ORCA)

Notes:

Call the PTAC nearest you for free assistance.

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