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Procurement

Each year, local, state and federal governments purchase more than $300 billion in goods and services from small businesses. The Illinois Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) of Central Illinois was established to help small businesses understand and profit from government contracting. Through sponsorship from the Champaign County Chamber   of Commerce, your business can receive one-on-one counseling, technical information, marketing assistance and training to existing businesses that are interested in selling their products and services to local, state or federal government agencies.

Services include:contract

  • Help targeting appropriate government agencies
  • Automated bid lead matching services
  • Access to government specifications and standards
  • Guidance with quality assurance issues
  • Assistance with certifications
  • Identification of sub-contracting opportunities
  • Government standards and specifications
  • Bar code and packaging information
  • RFID (radio frequency identification)
  • UID (unique identification)
  • Contract administration information
  • Central contractor registration assistance
  • Review of bid packages

For more information, contact Mary Turner at the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce at 217.359.1791 or MR-Turner@wiu.edu

 

LINKS TO ONLINE INFORMATION ABOUT AND FOR VENDORS DOING BUSINESS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: 

University of Illinois Business and Financial Services - Provides links to the Higher Education Bulletin (all items that are being bid are posted here) as well as Illinois Law Governing Procurement and other information.

Strategic Procurement Group - This site provides campus units information about vendors with whom the University has already negotiated contracts, including information about preferred providers that are in U of I's “iBuy system,” and about other providers with whom master contracts are in place.