PEX Accelerator (formerly referred to as the PTAC, Procurement Technical Assistance Center) helps regional businesses create and retain jobs by increasing sales of goods and services to government agencies. The APEX Accelerator provides businesses with the individual guidance and resources necessary to develop strategies for securing a share of lucrative local, state and federal government markets.
The APEX Accelerator accomplishes its mission by assisting businesses with:
- Completing necessary vendor registrations
- Securing applicable socio-economic certifications for state and federal contracting
- Researching procurement trends and specific contract histories.
- Identifying viable bid opportunities
- Providing applicable specifications and drawings
- Assistance with preparing legitimate proposals & bid responses
- Complying with contract requirements post-award
The APEX Accelerator also facilitates contracting-related training, networking opportunities, and assistance to federal, state, and local agencies.
Since 1987, The APEX Accelerator at Southern Alleghenies has partnered with three of the State’s other APEX Accelerator’s in order to share costs while providing enhanced outreach services. Southern Alleghenies operates as the lead agency in this partnership which includes the sub-recipients, North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission (NCPRPDC) and Northern Tier Regional Planning and Development Commission (NTRPDC). The combined effort encompasses a service area covering eighteen (18) contiguous counties in Central Pennsylvania.
This APEX Accelerator is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED).
Contact:
James F. Gerraughty, MBA, CPP
Government Procurement Program Manager
apex@sapdc.org
814-949-6500
