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MATC Offers Training Seminars to
Help Businesses Win Government Contracts;
July 27 Sessions Will Focus on General Services Administration and Proposal Writing
Madison
Area Technical College (MATC) will help area businesses learn how to effectively
compete for contracts to sell their products and services to the
federal government at four training seminars to be held on Thursday, July 27,
2006. The training sessions will be conducted by the Business Procurement Assistance
Center (BPAC) in the TEC Center located at 3591 Anderson Street, Madison, WI
53704. A $25 fee for each seminar will cover the cost of materials.
Each year
more and more federal buyers use the General Services Administration
(GSA) Schedules to do their buying. Businesses can learn more about GSA by
attending one or both of the seminars. The morning seminar, “General
Services Administration (GSA) Part I,” to be held from 9:00
- 11:30 a.m.,
addresses many of the challenges a business will face when deciding whether
or not to pursue a GSA
contract. The afternoon seminar, “General Services Administration (GSA)
Part II” from 1:00 – 3:30 p.m., will focus on completing the GSA
solicitation paperwork. Contract negotiating and contract compliance issues
will also be discussed along with how to market your GSA contract.
Two other
seminars will be offered that day. “Proposal Writing 1" will
also be held from
9:00 - 11:30 a.m. This training provides a systematic approach
to responding to a solicitation. Attendees will learn how to efficiently
read a solicitation
package, where companies often make mistakes as well as tips for cost estimating,
fact finding and negotiating. “Proposal Writing 2” will follow
in the afternoon from 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. Attendees will design
actual submittals to real government solicitations and come away more confident
in their own abilities
to write a compelling proposal.
Registration for the BPAC seminars is required
and can be done either online or by phone. Visit http://matcmadison.edu/bpac/events.htm for
online registration and additional information. Registrants may also contact
BPAC by email
at bpac@matcmadison.edu or by phone at (608) 243-4490.
BPAC, established by Madison Area Technical College
in 1988, provides technical and marketing assistance to Wisconsin
businesses. In 2005, BPAC helped
companies win 13,150 government contracts valued at over $292 million,
resulting in
the creation or retention of 8,588 jobs in Wisconsin.
MATC is one of the
largest of the Wisconsin Technical College System’s
16 colleges. It provides a comprehensive curriculum of technical, liberal
arts and science, adult basic education and life enrichment studies and
activities,
as well as customized employee training. MATC offers associate degrees,
vocational diplomas and certificates, and non-degree courses in more
than 140 programs of
study. The college serves parts of 12 counties located in southcentral
Wisconsin and offers instruction through five campuses and numerous community
locations
throughout the district.
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Last
Modified:
June 6, 2006
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