New clients, please sign up with SWCC PTAC to receive the resources and training to become involved with government contracting. Services provided are free of charge.
If you are a business located in southwest Virginia and want to market your products and services to federal, state, and local government agencies the Procurement Technical Assistance Center offers services to assist you.
Procurement Technical Assistance Centers work nationwide to provide businesses with the marketing know-how and technical tools they need to obtain and perform successfully under federal, state, and local government contracts – with the mission of creating and retaining jobs, fostering competition, and lower costs for the government, and helping to sustain our armed forces’ readiness.
Earn your share of the more than $300 billion the United States Government spends annually on various products and services! Thousands of contracts totaling billions of dollars bypass small firms that do not know about or understand government procurement!
Duns & Bradstreet – To request your free D-U-N-S number for your business location, click this link – https://www.dnb.com/duns.html. If you need assistance or have questions please get in touch with our PTAC office.
As you know the COVID-19 virus is dominating the news and our personal and professional lives in a significant way. The Southwest Virginia Community College PTAC is open for business to support you on a regular basis but we are implementing some risk reduction procedures that may affect the way that we interact with our clients.
Here is what you can expect
Thank you for your patience and support. Our contact information is listed below.
Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
Email: pac.info@sw.edu
US Mail: PTAC, SWCC
POB 1101, Richlands, VA 24641
Main Office Phone: 276.964.7334
Fax: 276.964.7361
Offices: SWCC Campus. Tazewell Hall Room 111
FEDEX/UPS Deliveries
724 Community College Road, Richlands, VA 24641
REGIONAL PARTNERS
Mountain Empire Community College
New River Community College
Patrick Henry Community College
Virginia Highlands Community College
Wytheville Community College
Rhonda Vandyke, Program Director
(276) 964-7533
rhonda.vandyke@sw.edu
Brandon McCall, Procurement Specialist
(276) 964-7586
Brandon.McCall@sw.edu
Judy Sayers, Procurement Specialist
(276) 228-5066
judy.sayers@sw.edu
Our regional PTAC office serves the following counties: Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Craig, Dickenson, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Lee, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe.
Find a PTAC – http://www.aptac-us.org
Federal Procurement Goals
In order to ensure that small, minority, woman, and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses get their fair share of federal procurement dollars, the Small Business Administration (SBA) negotiates annual procurement goals with each federal agency and reviews each agency’s results. Procurement goals are established in terms of percentage of annual expenditures.
Useful Information Links
FEDERAL
How to apply for basic JCP certification:
Basic JCP Certification: DVIDS
United States Joint Certification: How to fill out the DD Form 2345 (USA version) (open caption)
YOUTUBE
United States Joint Certification: How to fill out the DD Form 2345 (USA version) (open caption)
Enhanced JCP (EJCP) Needed to sell to DLA:
https://www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/EnhancedValidation/
Learn the steps on how to properly fill out the DD Form 2345. This form is the military critical technical data agreement for U.S. vendors who want joint certification. For more information please visit:
https://www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/Services/JCP/
STATE
SWCC PTAC, which serves as a Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), is funded in part through a cooperative agreement from the Department of Defense (DoD through a program that is administered by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The content of any written materials or verbal communications for the PTAC does not necessarily reflect the official views of or imply endorsement by DOD or DLA.