SBDC Business Assistance Programs

BUY ALASKA
BUY ALASKA encourages in-state purchases of goods and services through a multi-media public awareness campaign and by assisting Alaskan businesses, government entities and consumers in finding competitive, local sources for goods and services previously purchased outside Alaska. The program provides direct assistance through the BUYER-SELLER network which matches Alaska’s buyers with sellers statewide, and provides free in-state sourcing for buyers and sales referrals to suppliers. BUY ALASKA, a state of the art online directory, may be accessed on-line at www.buyalaska.com. 
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TBD, Director
Winnie S. Cichosz, Marketing Coordinator
(907) 274-7232
(800) 478-7232 Toll free outside Anchorage
(907) 272-0565 Fax

The Procurement Technical Assistance Center
PTAC provides one-on-one counseling and training to small business owners in an effort to increase the level of Alaska business participation in state, federal and local government procurement activities, both in the number of business contracts executed and in the dollar volume. PTAC has offices in both Anchorage and Fairbanks. Visit www.ptacalaska.org.

Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)  
Anchorage Center
Robert Brunett, PTAC Program Director
Alison Brunstetter, Program Specialist
(907) 274-7232
(800) 478.7232 Toll free outside Anchorage
(907) 274.9524 Fax

Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
Wasilla Center  
Robert Brunett, PTAC Program Director
Kendra Conroy, Program Specialist
(907) 373-7232
(877) 373-7232
(907) 373-7234 Fax

Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
Fairbanks Center
Mary Sheehan, Center Director
Wesley Dalton , Program Specialist
(907) 456-7232
(800) 478.1701 Toll free outside Fairbanks
(907) 456.7233 Fax

 

The Technology Research and Development Center of Alaska
Trend assists small businesses in accessing and applying technologies and assists Alaskan businesses competing for federal research and development dollars through proposal preparation and review. In 1994 the Alaska Small Business Development Center started the trend of small business research and development in Alaska when it created trend, the Technology Research and Development Center of Alaska to support and promote the innovation and commercialization of new technology in the last frontier.
Visit www.trendalaska.org.

Carolyn Pratt, Director
(907) 274-7232
(800) 478.7232 Toll free outside Anchorage
(907) 274.9524 Fax

 

The Alaska Performance Excellence Program
APEX will assist interested Alaska organizations in improving their performance and will recognize outstanding systemic processes in small and large organizations throughout Alaska. APEX design and operations are based upon the Baldrige National Quality Program and designed to provide specific criteria and feedback to organizations throughout Alaska in the areas of Leadership, Strategic Planning, Customer and Market Focus, Information and Analysis, Human Resources, Process Management and Results. The BNQP, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce since 1988, provides the highest level of national recognition, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, for performance excellence that a U.S. organization can achieve.

The Baldrige criteria provide an integrated management framework, embracing the leading edge of validated management practices. There are six sectors in which organizations can compete: Business (three sectors: Manufacturing, Small Business and Service), Education, Health Care and Not-for-Profit (new in 2006). Baldrige promotes a systematic approach for fact-based improvement initiatives, social responsibility, ethical behavior, benchmarking of processes, measurable results and improved effectiveness. This approach provides accelerated change through competition and examiner feedback.

Forty states have each created a state-level award program based upon Baldrige criteria in order to raise the level of performance in their organizations and to serve as a building platform to assist interested organizations in achieving national recognition. Visit www.akapex.com.

Benjamin Park, Director
Tami O' Neal , Office Manager
(907) 274-7232
(907) 748-7919
(907)272-1940 Fax