April 2021
The Bid-Match and Govology platforms are now subscription services. To subscribe to either of these FREE services, your New Jersey-based business must be an active NJIT PTAC client that meets the following eligibility criteria:
-Received at least a half hour of counseling in the past year,
-Maintained an up-to-date profile in our database,
-Responded to NJIT PTAC surveys, and
-Actively used the platform within the past 30 days.
For more information contact your Procurement Specialist directly or email us at PTAC@njit.edu.
On March 24, 2021, we hosted our first Tea Time with PTAC: Changes to beta.SAM.gov and if you missed the event, here are a few of the highlights. On April 26, 2021, new design will change the presentation of current data sets and information on beta.SAM.gov. This does not change any core data or core functions but will be a new design of platform. If you're unsure how to navigate after the change takes in effect, feel free to contact your Procurement Specialist for a little tour. Next, on May 24, 2021, Phase 2 of integration will execute where System for Award Management (SAM.gov) will merge. Then the term beta will retire and be renamed as SAM.gov. To see their upcoming updates, please follow the IAE on Interact here! Next month on Tea Time with PTAC, we will be discussing about proposal preparation tips. Registration link is under PTAC Events and Webinars.
This webinar will encompass specific questions about NJIT PTAC Bid-Match. Future webinar topic will be based on responses to surveys YOU submit. Make sure to respond to our monthly Client Satisfactory email and let us know topics you want us to cover. To register, please click here.
Join our newly added webinar, Introduction to NJIT PTAC: Very First Things You Should Know about Us and Government Contracting! This webinar will cover the five W's and H about NJIT PTAC and Government contracting. Registration to the webinar can be found here.
The Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL), Office of Small Business Programs will conduct a learning session to help small businesses posture their firms to do business with the base. This training will provide insight on how to market your firm, to whom you need to market, pre-meeting intel, the materials you may need when presenting your firm, how to prepare for virtual (or in-person) presentations and post-meeting follow-up. Register for the event here.
Join NJIT PTAC Procurement Specialists on an informal and fluid 45 minute conversation about specific procurement related topics every 3rd or 4th Wednesday of the month. This month, we will be discussing about the changes on beta.SAM.gov. Bring your questions and click here to register!
Click here to read a great blog article titled “SBA Issues Final Rule Implementing Certification For Women-Owned Small Businesses,” published on the Holland and Knight blog in May of 2020. This blog article summarizes the SBA’s final rule and provides some key takeaways every WOSB firm should understand.
Another article published on the Smallgovcon.com blog in December of 2020 brought to light the new DoD rule requiring formal certification for WOSB and EDWOSB contracts. Click here to read the full article.
The Congressional Research Service recently published one of the most comprehensive documents available about the history and current status of the WOSB and EDWOSB programs. Click here to read.
In other news…
Ever wonder what costs are allowable or unallowable under a Government Contract? Check out this recently published article by John Mahaffey on the Washington D.C. Citybizlist blog.
Contact your NJIT PTAC Procurement Specialist for the FREE code
For contact information go to http://www.njit.edu/ptac/contacts
Date: April 1, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm EDT
Instructors: Albert Garza, GSA/OSDBU
Date: April 6, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm EDT
Instructor: Judy Bradt, Summit Insight
Date: April 8, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm EDT
Instructor: Steven Koprince and Shane McCall, Koprince Law
Date: April 13, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm EDT
Instructor: Robert Jones, Left Brain Professionals
Date: April 14, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm EDT
Instructor: Carroll Bernard, Govology
Date: April 15, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm EDT
Instructor: Joshua Frank, RSM Federal
Date: April 20-22, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm EDT
Instructor: Steven Koprince and Nicole Pottroff
Date: April 27-28, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm EDT
Instructor: Steven Koprince and Jackie Robinson-Burnette
Date: April 29, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm EDT
Instructor: Maria Panichelli, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP
New Jersey Institute of Technology Procurement Technical Assistance Center (NJIT PTAC) is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Defense Logistics Agency. Our mission is to help businesses succeed in the government marketplace.
To request assistance from the NJIT PTAC, complete your application at http://njitptac.ecenterdirect.com/signup.
Find NJIT PTAC Procurement Specialist contact information at: https://www.njit.edu/ptac/contacts
You may also email a request for assistance at ptac@njit.edu.
For additional information online, please visit our website at www.njit.edu/ptac.
Any business seeking to become an NJIT PTAC client must meet the following requirements:
1. New Jersey-based business (excluding Union County businesses)
2. Established at least two years
3. Customer base that demonstrates past performance
4. Must not be delinquent with child support or taxes
5. Creditworthiness
6. Business bank account
7. Computer literacy
8. Company website and email preferred
This procurement technical assistance center is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Defense Logistics Agency.
Our mailing address is:
NJIT PTAC
323 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Fenster Hall, Room 490
Newark, NJ 07102
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