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A Day Worth Celebrating: National PTAC Day Sept. 18

Friday, September 13th, 2019
NH PTAC Team: Jane Brezosky; Dave Pease; Danielle Bishop

Sept. 18 is National PTAC Day, so this is a great time to put the spotlight on our team at the New Hampshire Procurement Technical Assistance Center.

Program manager Dave Pease, Danielle Bishop and Jane Brezosky work with hundreds of New Hampshire businesses each year to help them bid on – and win – contracts with local, state and federal agencies. These are great clients to have, but unlike regular B2B, contracting with the government involves complex processes and procedures, to ensure transparency and fairness.


If you think you don’t, you probably do have a product the government wants to buy. Just ask the Country Braid House of Tilton. See its story here.


Is it worth it? It sure is to our economy. Last year, New Hampshire businesses scored $2.7 billion in federal contracts.

When you think about government contracting, you may think about aerospace and defense – that’s what the government is interested in, right?

Wrong! Government needs what any business needs, so if your business provides goods and services, there could be a market for it.

For instance, the NH PTAC team has worked with these businesses to secure government contracts:

  • Stacey Thomson of Orford is contracted for tree clearing and planting at the New Boston Air Station and Saint Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish.
  • Granite Commercial Real Estate of Nashua provides warehousing for Hanscomb Air Force Base, and classroom space rental in Washington, DC  for the US Department of Treasury.
  • Normandeau Trucking, Inc. of Groveton has a contract with the US Fish and Wildlife Service for dumpster hauling.
  • O’Connor Legal, Medical and Media Services in Manchester provides federal grand jury transcription services.
  • Radiation Safety & Control Services in Seabrook conducts radiation safety audits for the US Food and Drug Administration
  • Prenax, Inc. in Concord provides annual newspaper subscriptions to inmates at the Federal Correctional Complex, Florence, Colo.

Ready to see if your business is ready for government contracting? Check out the NH PTAC website; call 603-271-7581 or via email.

Happy National PTAC Day!




NH Businesses Hit it off with Government Agencies, Prime Contractors at New England Region Matchmaker

Monday, April 18th, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jEH5MK6mw0

The New England Region Matchmaker was held last week in Portland, Maine and more than 40 New Hampshire businesses were represented, taking advantage of a rare opportunity.

Matchmakers are an intense day, when small businesses, who have the kind products and services Uncle Sam needs, can meet with representatives of federal and state agencies who are in charge of procuring them.

We caught up with just a few Granite Staters at the Matchmaker. For some, it was their first time at the event; others are seasoned veterans who value the chance to meet with decision makers, saving them a lot of time and effort in figuring out with whom to connect about their businesses.

The US government is the world’s largest buyer of goods and services and in 2014, New Hampshire manufacturers and service providers met its needs to the tune of $1.7 billion. But landing a government agency is a bit more complicated than regular business to business dealings, in large part because the process has to be fair and and transparent to make sure every one has a fair chance.

The New Hampshire Government Contracting Assistance Center can help you get started on the process, as our team has done for the people we caught up with last week. We’ll stand by for your call.

And next time, we’ll include your photo in the slideshow.

Lorna Colquhoun
Communications Director
Division of Economic Development