The Procurement Technical Assistance Center provides marketing, contractual and technical assistance to Maryland small business owners who are interested in marketing their products and services to federal, state and local government agencies. The center operates under a cost sharing cooperative agreement between the Department of Defense,University Of Maryland, Maryland DBED, under the auspices of the SBDC network.

 

Since the fiscal year of 2003, Maryland businesses have continued to receive more than $165 million in government prime and subcontract awards as a direct result of the assistance provided by the center and approximately 5000 jobs have been created.

 

The PTAC trains businesses on how to do business and solve problems with government agencies through workshops and individual, one-on-one, couseling sessions.

 

The Maryland PTAC is a member of APTAC, the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers.