This is a special notice to provide information about the upcoming Notice of Funding Opportunity to establish APEX Accelerators in Fiscal Year 2025. The Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP) was established by section 1241 of the
Department of Defense (DoD) Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1985 (Public Law 98-525) to
expand the number of businesses capable of participating in government contracts. Under this
announcement, the Department of Defense will award cost sharing cooperative agreements to
eligible program participants who will establish or maintain APEX Accelerators. The APEX
Accelerators serve as a resource for businesses to obtain information and training related to
contracting opportunities with DoD, other federal agencies, state and local governments and with
government prime contractors. Procurement professionals at the APEX Accelerators provide
critical assistance to businesses seeking to participate in government contracts and most of the
assistance they provide is free.
B. Program Description/Objective:
Award recipients must establish and maintain an APEX Accelerator with physical location(s) to
serve as a resource for large and small businesses to obtain procurement technical assistance.
Procurement technical assistance means professional, specialized assistance provided to clients
that enables them to identify potential contractual opportunities and obtain or perform under
contracts, innovation and technology grants, and other DoD-funded instruments, with DoD, other
Federal agencies, State and/or local governments, and with Federal, State and/or local
government contractors. Clients may include any business pursuing or performing these types of
contracts or subcontracts at any tier. As used in this part, the terms “State” and “local
government” have the meanings provided in 10 U.S.C. 4951. Innovation and technology grants
refer to awards issued pursuant to the Small Business Innovation Research and/or Small
Business Technology Transfer programs. You must collaborate with DoD and other Federal
agencies and work cooperatively with them to accomplish the work under this award.