District Of Columbia, Government Of

The District of Columbia, Government Of, operating as the District of Columbia Procurement Technical Assistance Center (DC PTAC), is a child entity of the District of Columbia government that acts as a federal grant recipient delivering procurement technical assistance and business development services to small and large businesses seeking to contract with federal, state, and local governments. DC PTAC operates as a 100% prime recipient across all recent federal awards; it does not subcontract.

DC PTAC's federal footprint centers on two grant programs. The Office of the Secretary of Defense funds the APEX Accelerator initiative through Cooperative Agreements under the Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms program (CFDA 12.002). The most recent award, a Cooperative Agreement for $702,876.67 dated August 1, 2026, runs through July 31, 2027 and establishes and maintains an APEX Accelerator serving newly started and existing businesses with free procurement technical assistance. Prior APEX awards from the Office of the Secretary of Defense span June 26, 2025 through July 31, 2026 and April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025. The Department of the Treasury's Departmental Offices funded a State Small Business Credit Initiative Technical Assistance Grant (Project Grant, June 14, 2024) supporting technical assistance — including legal, accounting, and financial advisory services — to very small and underserved small businesses applying for SSBCI capital programs or other federal or state support initiatives. Services delivered under these grants include government contracting training, legal and financial advisory support, and procurement guidance to enable businesses' participation in government contracting.

Customer concentration spans nine distinct federal agencies. The top customer by award count is the Defense Logistics Agency (12 awards across its headquarters and primary DLA entity), followed by the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office (5 awards, $6 thousand combined potential value), the Office of the Secretary of Defense (4 awards), and the Small Business Administration (3 awards). The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration carries the largest combined potential value at $15 thousand across two awards. The portfolio is heavily skewed toward grants and cooperative agreements rather than contracts; combined potential value across all 29 awards totals $21 thousand, but obligated dollars total $10.3 million — indicating that most awards have been fully drawn down or obligated beyond their stated potential values.

Activity has been sparse and declining. DC PTAC received one award in 2022, one in 2023, two in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete pressure in the near term. The top NAICS categories reflect DC PTAC's non-traditional federal footprint: Ambulance Services (3 awards), All Other Support Services (2 awards), and Administration of General Economic Programs (2 awards). The top PSC code concentrates on Transportation/Travel/Relocation—Travel/Lodging/Recruitment Ambulance (5 awards), indicating historical state and local contracting activity that does not align with current federal grant work and likely represents legacy or data-classification artifacts.