Regional Contracting Assistance Center, Inc.

Regional Contracting Assistance Center, Inc. (Regional Contracting Asst CTR Division) is a nonprofit organization based in Charleston, West Virginia, that operates as a prime recipient of federal cooperative agreements under the Procurement Technical Assistance for Business Firms program (CFDA 12.002), delivering free procurement technical assistance and business counseling to large and small firms seeking to compete for and perform on government contracts. RCAC operates as a tax-exempt nonprofit specializing in procurement technical assistance since 2002 and competes exclusively as a prime recipient rather than a subcontractor; all eighteen federal awards in the source are prime grants.

RCAC's capability portfolio centers on establishing and operating APEX Accelerator centers that provide comprehensive counseling, training, and technical guidance to businesses of all sizes navigating federal, state, and local procurement processes, identifying contracting opportunities, developing competitive proposals, and building sustainable government contracting capabilities. Representative work includes a $854,577 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027, to establish and maintain an APEX Accelerator center in West Virginia serving large and small businesses, including newly established enterprises; a prior $862,000 Cooperative Agreement (May 15, 2025 through March 31, 2026) to maintain APEX Accelerator operations; and an earlier $838,000 Cooperative Agreement (April 1, 2024 through April 15, 2025) for the same purpose.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed to Department of Defense components. The Defense Logistics Agency accounts for thirteen of eighteen awards (72% of the award count), split between DLA proper (eight awards) and DLA Headquarters (five awards). The Office of the Secretary of Defense provides four awards (22%), and the Appalachian Regional Commission provides one award (6%), covering 100% of the active portfolio. All awards are cooperative agreements funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense or Department of Defense Headquarters under the Procurement Technical Assistance for Business Firms program; RCAC does not sit on federal contract vehicles (IDIQs, GWACs, BPAs) and does not pursue or hold prime contracting awards.

Activity is steady but sparse. RCAC received one award per year in each of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, with combined dollars obligated across all eighteen awards totaling $10.9 million. One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating limited near-term recompete exposure. RCAC's mission aligns with federal economic development and domestic supply chain strengthening objectives, positioning the organization as a specialized nonprofit resource for government-contracting readiness rather than as a federal contractor or services vendor.