Business Development Center

Government Contracting Services

One-on-One Counseling/Assistance

(Please call ahead to make an appointment to ensure counselor availability.)

One of the PTAC of Schoolcraft College’s most requested services, one-on-one-counseling, provides an opportunity to address specific client issues; for example:

  • Bid review/preparation assistance
  • Subcontracting opportunities
  • Marketing strategies
  • Troubleshooting
  • Guidance tailored to client-specific needs

This service is free of charge and can be utilized by contacting the PTAC at inforeq@schoolcraft.edu or (734) 462-4438.

On-the-Spot Assistance via Phone or Email

Many PTAC clients are accustomed to utilizing our services/knowledge on an as-needed basis. We encourage you to contact us via telephone or email as questions or concerns arise regarding your government contracting needs. Frequently we are able to quickly answer questions in just minutes. Otherwise, we may need to conduct research or suggest setting up an appointment to assist you in addressing your need.

This service is free of charge and can be utilized by contacting the PTAC at inforeq@schoolcraft.edu or (734) 462-4438.

Research and Support

At the PTAC of Schoolcraft College we are proud of our ability to provide excellent real-time research and support for all of your government contracting questions and hurdles. There is no charge for this valuable service. We encourage our clients to contact us with contracting issues as they arise:

This service is free of charge and can be utilized by contacting the PTAC at inforeq@schoolcraft.edu or (734) 462-4438.

Bid Match

The PTAC of Schoolcraft College’s Bid Match subscription provides solicitation notices related to the products/services your company wishes to sell to the government. This service scans a variety of federal, local and state government agency and international procurement postings to provide a report specific to your company's products/services. The notices are emailed directly to you and come from the following sources:

  • Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) and Federal Grants (FedGrants)
  • Small Federal Buys from Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), electronic bulletin boards and web sites, including Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC) DIBBS, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Defense Supply Center Richmond (DSCR), and Procurement Gateway
  • Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Purchases from FACNET, Department of Energy, Department of Veterans Affairs, Defense Automated Addressing System (DAAS) - DLA and Navy EDI Bids, Waltrip - NASA and State/Local EDI Bids
  • USABID® -state, county, city, local, and other federal government agencies
  • International Opportunities — international agricultural leads, Foreign Trade Opportunities database, Canadian opportunities, MERX, information from embassies and consulates around the world, Iraq — Coalition Provisional Authority, and Asian Development Bank
  • Department of Defense Blue Tops — DoD press releases issued for contract awards at $5,000,000 or more
  • Additional Agencies/Opportunities: Small Business Administration (SBA) Subcontracting Network (SubNet), USDA Forest Service, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)/USDA, Navy Electronic Commerce Online (NECO), Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NFEC), Tank-automotive Command (TACOM), US Army Corps of Engineers - Huntsville Alabama, National Science Foundation, Hill Air Force Base – Utah, AirportLink Solicitations Board, and Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)
  • Base — Utah, airportlink Solicitations Board, and Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)

We offer a one-month free trial so you may evaluate the usefulness of this service. Clients who wish to continue the subscription after one-month trial are charged a $300/year fee.

Procurement Histories

(NSN, Part Number, CAGE reports)

Our Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS) database provides military procurement history and technical data, if available, on National Stock Numbers (NSNs), Part Numbers (P/Ns) and CAGE codes. Reports will be provided free of charge to clients within 24 hours.

Requests may be submitted via:

Specifications, Standards and Drawings

The PTAC of Schoolcraft College has access to specifications that are frequently used by our clients. Our collection consists of military specifications/standards and industry specifications/standards, available at $1 per page. We pride ourselves on delivering specifications in a timely manner. The specifications available through the PTAC include military standards, (MIL, MIL STD, MIL HDBK, DOD STD, FED STD, MS, QQQ, and PPP) and DOD-adopted industry standards, including ASTM and AIA/NAS documents. (Please note, that many specifications and standards are available free of charge at: assist.daps.dla.mil.) In addition, we are more than happy to assist you in locating drawings that pertain to solicitations upon which you are interested in bidding.

For additional information on obtaining any of these documents, please call (734) 462-4438 or email inforeq@schoolcraft.edu

State of Michigan Bid Opportunities

The Michigan Department of Management and Budget (DMB) has two purchasing arms: Purchasing Operations and Facilities Administration. Purchasing Operations buys goods and services on behalf of State agencies. Facilities Administration handles construction and renovation of State buildings, as well as real estate leasing.

Purchasing Operations buys goods and services on behalf of State agencies, managing a diverse portfolio of more than 2,200 contracts valued at more than $11.6 billion. The 27 buyers in Purchasing Operations have 379 years of collective professional experience. Purchasing Operations strives to foster a welcoming, fair environment for vendors, while demanding that they compete aggressively for State contracts and provide the best value for Michigan taxpayers.

To find bid opportunities with Purchasing Operations:

The Design & Construction Division manages architectural and engineering projects required to have professionally prepared bidding documents for over 6,000 buildings owned or managed by the State of Michigan.

Federal Publications

Government contractors frequently find they must reference government regulations. Typically the regulations act as terms and conditions of potential contracts and are extremely important to a bidder.

Resource Library

Our resource library contains educational publications and books on government contracting issues. In addition, it is a Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) Business Resource Center (BRC). The BRC offers the latest computer technology, hardware and software, and extensive small business reference library of hard copy books, and publications. Please call ahead for business hours.

GSA Assistance

The General Services Administration (GSA) is a federal government agency which manages IDIQ (indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity) contracts that allow federal agencies to purchase from vendors. Obtaining a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) is appealing to vendors since some federal agencies are required to purchase certain products/services from vendors on a schedule.

The first steps to getting on a GSA Federal Supply Schedule:

  1. Go to the GSA Schedules e-library at: www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov
  2. In the Search field, enter a keyword that describes your product or service.
  3. Click Search.
  4. In your results, the "Source" column is a Schedule number (the "Category" is an item or section of the Schedule listed on the "Source" column).
  5. You will need to identify a schedule(s) that apply to your product/service. Refer to the “Descriptions” to determine this. Once you have determined an appropriate schedule, click on the schedule number.
  6. (You may want to repeat the last four steps more than once to be sure there is not more than one schedule that is appropriate).
  7. When you determine the schedule(s) that is appropriate for your company, you should also contact the point of contact to confirm your company is correctly suited for this schedule. Contact information is available at the Schedule Summary page (step 5) or in the solicitation document (step 11).
  8. At the next page, click on the box that says "Vendors click here to view the current solicitation on FedBizOpps".
  9. Next you will need to click on Solicitation.
  10. This will take you to another page that will likely list several documents.
  11. Download/print all the documents and read them in their entirety while making notes along the way.
  12. If you run into questions or need assistance along the way, please contact the PTAC of Schoolcraft College.

Business Services - Government Contracting

Telephone: (734) 462-4438
Email: inforeq@schoolcraft.edu