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LaMATS BidBoard and LA-PTAC<br />
Team Up on Vendor Recruitment<br />
Because a strong<br />
vendor base is<br />
key to success<br />
at the BidBoard<br />
Procurement<br />
Network, LaMATS has<br />
partnered with the<br />
nonprofit Louisiana<br />
Procurement Technical Assistance Center (LA-PTAC),<br />
located on the campus of ULL, a move that will bring<br />
news of local government bids to hundreds of contractready<br />
Louisiana product and service providers.<br />
LA-PTAC, a free service that offers specialized assistance<br />
to Louisiana businesses seeking contracts with federal,<br />
state and local governments, has facilitated more than<br />
$8.6 billion in contract awards for its clients since 1989.<br />
The new partnership with LaMATS BidBoard will give<br />
LA-PTAC clients immediate access to LMA members’<br />
sealed bids and reverse auction opportunities by<br />
automatically pulling BidBoard postings into its popular<br />
bid matching database and helping vendors understand<br />
and respond to local government solicitations.<br />
“Pairing up with LA-PTAC is a natural match,” said<br />
LaMATS Procurement Director Paul Holmes. “As LaMATS<br />
posts bid opportunities for municipal members, their<br />
local vendors and contractors will receive notice of the<br />
opportunity by having registered, free of charge, with<br />
LA-PTAC. This should increase responses to member<br />
solicitations and expand access to new business for LA-<br />
PTAC clients.”<br />
Sherrie Mullins, LA-PTAC Program Manager, agrees.<br />
“We have a common goal to make municipal bids easily<br />
available to Louisiana small businesses,” said Mullins.<br />
“Our vision is that the LAMATS Bid Board System will<br />
become a dynamic list of municipal bid opportunities<br />
to share with Louisiana companies, therefore expanding<br />
their opportunities for success in the government<br />
marketplace and boosting the economy of Louisiana.”<br />
To take advantage of this new partnership, LaMATS<br />
encourages all Louisiana vendors interested in doing<br />
business with local government to register with LA-<br />
PTAC through its online application form [http://<br />
www.ptassist.com/services/ptac_web_application.<br />
php?id=6F40B16274].<br />
Applicants to the site will be matched with a counselor<br />
and included in LA-PTAC’s bid matching program, which<br />
conducts customized lead searches based on vendor<br />
needs and geography and<br />
will now include all current<br />
solicitations from participants<br />
in the LaMATS Bidboard<br />
Procurement Network.<br />
LMA member municipalities<br />
that wish to participate in the<br />
BidBoard should register for<br />
access at lamatsbidboard.com<br />
or contact Paul Holmes via<br />
email at paul@lamats.net.<br />
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