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HOW TO DO BUSINESS
WITH THE
GOVERNMENT
Riverside Community College District
Procurement Assistance Center (PAC)
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Government Contracting Assistance
• The PAC is funded through DoD and the Riverside
Community College District.
• Part of a nationwide network of Procurement
Technical Assistance Centers (PTAC).
• Our mission is to help business firms market their
goods and services to federal, state and local
government agencies.
• The program purpose is to increase the number of
qualified suppliers, reduce costs to government
entities and develop job opportunities.
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PROCUREMENT ASSISTANCE
CENTER, RIVERSIDE
• 14745 Riverside Drive
Riverside, CA 92518
(March Air Reserve Base)
Phone: (909) 571-6442
Fax: (909) (909) 653-1051
• http://www.rcchelpsbusiness.com
• Bob Truex, Director
Deborah Slayton, Specialist
Susan Terberg, Assistant
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PURCHASING
CONSIDERATIONS
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Commercial items
Past performance
Best value
Reverse Auction (submit Internet bids)
Responsive & Responsible
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
http://farsite.hill.af.mil/
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WHO BUYS
• Individual federal agencies
• Individual military facilities
• Consolidated purchasing - the three largest
interagency programs are administered by
the General Services Administration (GSA),
the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), and
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
• Individual military & civilian personnel
• Military exchanges & commissaries
• Prime contractors
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IMPORTANT REGISTRATIONS
• CCR
• PRO-NET
• Procurement Assistance Center Bid
Matching system
• Individual buying activity web sites
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CCR
• Register at http://www.ccr.gov/
• Get NAICS & SIC at
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
• A DUNS number, provided by Dun & Bradstreet
(D&B), is required for registration in Central
Contractor Registration (CCR) at 800-333-0505.
• D&B profile address must match CCR address
input before initial registration will be accepted.
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PRO-Net
• Pro-Net is an Internet-based database of
information of small businesses used by
government agencies and prime contractors
seeking small business suppliers.
• PRO-Net is a self-certifying database.
• CCR automatically registers in PRO-Net if
“Small Business” is checked in CCR.
• PRO-Net site is http://pro-net.sba.gov/
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OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
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HUBZone designation
Small Business size
Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)
8(a) Program
Woman-owned Small Business (WOSB)
Veteran-owned Small Business (VOSB)
Service Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business
(SDVOSB)
• Mentor-Protégé (DoD, DoT & Treasury)
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WHERE TO FIND
OPPORTUNITIES
• Trade shows, seminars & conferences
• Procurement Assistance Center Bid
Matching system
• FedBizOps - https://www.fbo.gov/
• DoD EMALL https://emall.prod.dodonline.net
• GSA, DLA &VA
• Procurement Gateway http://progate.daps.dla.mil/home/
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