Great Falls APEX Helps You Achieve Your Government Contracting Goals
The government buys everything, but are you positioned to sell to them? If you are pursuing government contracting on local, state, and/or federal levels, The Great Falls APEX Accelerator can help your business navigate the intricacies of government contracting.
Great Falls APEX Advisors provide consulting, training, and tools for businesses interested in contracting with government agencies. Designed to offer the most personalized and timely advice possible, our services are offered via:
- Matchmaking Events
- Telephone Consultations
- In-Person Appointments
- Zoom Meetings
- Training Webinars
- Workshops and Seminars
Whether you are located in a remote, rural area of Montana or on a city’s main street, you can take advantage of APEX services. Our consulting, training, and support services are available to all Montana businesses that are interested in – and suited to – working with federal, state, and local agencies or prime contractors.
The Great Falls APEX Accelerator serves Cascade, Chouteau, Hill, Liberty, Pondera, Teton and Toole counties. To locate an APEX Accelerator near you, please visit Montanaapex.org.
Consulting, Training & Support
The Great Falls APEX Accelerator can also help you:
- Examine whether government contracting is suitable for you.
- Explore and pinpoint target markets.
- Identify agencies’ buying trends.
- Review bids and proposals.
- Find networking events.
- Understand purchasing methods and contracting basics.
- Learn how to locate bid opportunities.
- Navigate the requirements for doing business with the General Services Administrator (GSA).
- Obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and get registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) and other government websites.
Small Disadvantaged Business: The federal government awards about 10% of all federal contracting dollars, or roughly $50 billion in contracts to Small Disadvantage Businesses. Eligible businesses can self-certify if they meet the criteria set by the Code of Federal Regulations. The firm must be 51% or more owned and controlled by one or more disadvantaged persons. The disadvantaged person or persons must be socially disadvantaged and economically disadvantaged. The firm must be small, according to SBA’s size standards.
Mentor Protégé Program (MPP): To qualify as a protégé, a business must be small according to SBA size standards, be for profit, and have a proposed mentor prior to applying for the program. To qualify as a mentor, a business must be for profit, be able to carry out its responsibilities to assist the protégé, possess good character, not appear on the federal list of suspended or debarred contractors, and be willing to impart business knowledge and guidance to the protégé.
DBE or SBE State Certification: DBE (Disadvantaged Business Enterprise for 51% woman or minority owned) and SBE (Small Business Enterprise for 50/50 husband/wife or 100% white male owned) Programs provide business assistance to contribute growth and self-sufficiency of businesses in the transportation industry. Eligible businesses must be small according to SBA size standards. The majority owner(s) must have a personal net worth under $1.32 million, be for profit, and the majority owner must be a US citizen.
Apply For Small Business Programs & Certifications
Explore the possibilities of small business programs and certifications through the government, guided by the expertise of Great Falls APEX Accelerator Advisors.
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Training Webinars
Whether you are starting a new business, looking to expand, or working to secure government contracts, our team has value-driven webinars to help!
View the calendar and sign up to attend one of our upcoming FREE training webinars.
Our latest webinar, U.S. Forest Service Fire Contracting: Rumors, Reality, and Changes, was our most popular to-date and partnered with the USDA & US Forest Service. You can view the slides from that webinar HERE.
Speak with a great Falls APEX Advisor
This GFDA APEX Accelerator is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense (DoD).