Oklahoma Bid Assistance Network Procurement Technical Assistance Center
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Oklahoma Bid Assistance Network
Oklahoma’s Statewide Procurement Technical Assistance Center Since 1986, OBAN has helped Oklahoma businesses receive billions of dollars from government contracts. These contract dollars help create and retain jobs for Oklahoma workers. As a procurement technical assistance center, OBAN will lead you through the maze of supplying goods or services to government agencies. This network, established in 1986 by the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, trains Oklahoma firms to successfully compete for and perform government contracts. OBAN procurement counselors are professional, knowledgeable trainers who teach local clients the skills needed to become successful contractors. OBAN assists in finding business opportunities, clearing technical hurdles and developing marketing strategies in government markets. Protect yourself from missing valuable opportunities. OBAN provides detailed information on the goods and services that government agencies are buying today. They provide rapid access to valuable research information, including information on previous buying trends. Call your nearest bid assistance center today for more information. OBAN, as part of Oklahoma’s CareerTech System, also serves as an entry into CareerTech’s management, operations, continuous improvement systems and safety training programs.
OBAN COORDINATOR
Judy Robbins-Warren
Simply listening, providing information and making recommendations were part of what OBAN coordinator Judy Robbins-Warren did to help Prime Architects. She also helped the company apply for federal certifications and provided information to help with specific contract opportunities. Because of her help, the company was able to focus on developing proposals and building relationships with government entities and other businesses and use its certifications to win government contracts. “I love working with small businesses. These folks take the risks that many of us would not take in order to build organizations that provide the products and the services that we need. They get out there every day and do the hard work. They compete for work, perform the work and build their businesses. I respect the small businesses, and I feel privileged to be able to share my knowledge of government contracting to help them when they enter that arena.”
OBAN CLIENT
Prime Architects
Architect/Owner Gene Lavastida contacts his OBAN coordinator when questions arise. Francis Tuttle Technology Center helped him apply for and receive government certifications that help small businesses win contracts, including Small Business Administration-certified 8(a), service-disabled veteran-owned small business, disadvantaged business enterprise and HUBZone. “It’s like having an unpaid executive on staff.”
OBAN COORDINATOR Donald Bain
OBAN coordinators helped Fair Wind get its first contract at Fort Sill, which led the company to diversify from oil field products and services to wind farms, its primary service today. OBAN coordinator Donald Bain continues to provide bid match services and help Fair Wind when needed, but OBAN’s work has helped the company become more self-sufficient as it continues to grow. “I have been an OBAN coordinator since 2010 and really enjoy helping clients find additional or new revenue sources for their business.”
OBAN CLIENT Fair Wind LLC
Great Plains Technology Center’s Economic Development Center helped Fair Wind LLC with training in bid assistance for government contracting, business plan development, financial services, human resources, trademarking, exporting and safety.
OBAN COORDINATOR Ron DeGiacomo
OBAN coordinator Ron DeGiacomo says helping clients is a continuous process. His work helping Shilog Inc. stay abreast of government bidding opportunities and competitors allows the company to focus on the medical orders it receives and expand into new industry sectors. The training and equipment OBAN provides for T. McDonald Construction Inc. helps the company connect to resource partners and increase its capabilities. “I enjoy working with business and industry and being a part of their success. OBAN is results-driven, and business and industry need results to grow. It makes for a good partnership.�
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OBAN CLIENTS Shilog
“Federal government contracting is all about timing, communication, follow-up and follow-through. Because of Ron’s ability to communicate in the business arena and find the right match for Shilog, this year we have teamed with a brush hog manufacturer, wood preservative supplier, packaging material distributor and hardwood lumber manufacturer to win federal contracting dollars.” Bud Gaberino, Shilog president and CEO “Government contracting is a really competitive market. Sometimes a $3 million bid is missed by a penny a pound. That’s where OBAN’s knowledge comes in handy. Our OBAN coordinator knows what bids went for the last time so we can have greater chance at winning the bid.” Connie Clemons, office manager, Contracts and Billing
T. McDonald Construction Inc.
“The most significant service provided by our OBAN coordinator was in writing a request for proposal. He linked us with a company to help, and we were the successful bidder, which resulted in two multimillion dollar solicitations within three weeks.” Julie McDonald, vice president T. McDonald Construction Inc. CEO Tubby McDonald
OBAN COORDINATOR Dawn Brakey
OBAN coordinator Dawn Brakey and her predecessor, Teresa Smith, helped Schatz Publishing Group get established in government contracting and receive bid match services and continued training so it could grow into a multimillion dollar government contracting company. Brakey also helped Mach 1 Construction and Parker Pest Control get HUBZone certified and learn about government contracting principles. “They now have a better understanding of where to find opportunities in their industry,” she said. “I serve as an OBAN coordinator because I love helping small businesses grow and prosper.”
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“Nearly every dollar we have made since 1998 can be attributed to the services our company has received from Pioneer Tech’s Oklahoma Bid Assistance Network. They completely changed the course of our company, which has made over $20 million during its 24 years and shown growth nearly every year.” Sheree Lewis, co-owner, operations manager Schatz Publishing Group LLC
MACH 1
Pioneer Tech helped MACH 1 owners learn how to bid on contracts with prospective governmental clients, helped them gain access to local, state and federal government contracting opportunities and got them registered with Dunn and Bradstreet and the U.S. System for Award Management. They worked with them to build an extensive contact database used to pursue new business prospects.
Parker Pest Control
“There is no way I or anyone could do this complex, huge quantification process without assistance from OBAN. So many documentations take so much time and effort that most companies quit before they start.” J. Brad Parker, president and CEO Parker Pest Control Inc.
OBAN COORDINATOR Dana Harwell
OBAN coordinator Dana Harwell’s work has helped companies expand and diversify. When Southwest Oklahoma Plumbing opened, she helped the owner with bid opportunities that he could handle alone and then larger projects as his company grew to six employees. She also helped Duncan Machine Products Inc. owners certify their business as a historically underutilized business zone company and a woman-owned small business, along with registering to bid for federal contracts and submitting bids. “I believe bid assistance is an economic development tool that allows me the privilege of helping small businesses grow and hire more employees, which in turn improves the employer’s and employees’ families’ lives by increasing their income. This growth helps our communities and state as the money the small business owners and employees earn is spent in our local communities and state, which provides other businesses with revenue and our communities and state in sales, property and income taxes. Small businesses drive the economy, especially in Oklahoma.”
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OBAN CLIENTS Southwest Oklahoma Publishing
“The service OBAN provides my company is priceless. Without it, I couldn’t afford to be a member of each separate plan room. And by having access to Red River Technology Center’s plan room and blueprint plotter, I don’t have to take a day to travel to Oklahoma City to print blueprint copies. It’s like having an extra office right here.” Edward Gluckowski, owner Southwest Oklahoma Plumbing
Duncan Machine Products Inc.
Duncan Machine Products Inc. went from a new business launched from a backyard lean-to shed with two employees and a precision machine to a 27,000-square-foot building with 28 employees. With help from Red River Technology Center, the company worked through complex government documentation to become a small business, certified womanowned business and certified HUBZone company.
OBAN COORDINATOR Larry Findeiss
OBAN coordinator Larry Findeiss helped CLV Enterprises register as a small veteran-owned business and set up a bid match service to identify appropriate federal, state and local contracting opportunities. Through his assistance, CLV Enterprises, doing business as Samaritan EMS, won a contract to provide ambulance services at Tinker Air Force Base and continues to pursue contracts with federal agencies throughout the United States. “We can’t claim that we have provided any magic to the process with any client, but all OBAN counselors help to make the path more understandable and perhaps contribute incrementally to the success and/or the experience of the effort.”
OBAN CLIENT
Samaritan Emergency Medical Services
“When my wife and I started our business, it was not our intention to do business with the government. Now that we have seen how it works, our goal is to serve a client base that is 40 percent federal government and 60 percent state and local. This would never have happened without our OBAN coordinator. “Our goal is to grow our own company. Most emergency medical technicians and paramedics in Oklahoma are trained through the CareerTech System, and all are tested there, most of our leadership included.” Charles Vetters, NRP, owner/director Samaritan Emergency Medical Services
OBAN Locations Autry Technology Center 1201 West Willow Enid, OK 73703-2598 580.242.2750 FAX: 580.242.2015 Caddo Kiowa Technology Center PO Box 190 Fort Cobb, OK 73038 405.668.2434 FAX: 405.643.214464 Eastern OK County Technology Center 4601 N. Choctaw Rd. Choctaw, OK 73020 405.390.9591 FAX: 405.390.9598 Francis Tuttle Technology Center 12777 N. Rockwell Oklahoma City, OK 73142 405.717.4741 FAX 405.717.4771 Gordon Cooper Technology Center One John C Bruton Blvd Shawnee, OK 74804 405.273.7493 FAX: 405.273.6354
Great Plains Technology Center 4500 W. Lee Blvd. Lawton, OK 73505-8304 580.250.5554 FAX: 580.250.5566 High Plains Technology Center 3921 34th St Woodward, OK 738017000 580.571.6185 580.571.6051 fax Indian Capital Technology Center 2403 N. 41st ST. E. Muskogee, OK 744031799 918.348.7940 FAX: 918.682.5595 Kiamichi Technology Center 1004 Hwy 2 N Wilburton, OK 74578-0548 918.465.2323 FAX: 918.465.3666 Mid-America Technology Center 27438 State Hwy 59 Wayne, OK 73095 405.449.3391 FAX: 405.449.3421
Pioneer Technology Center 2101 N. Ash Ponca City, OK 74601.1110 580.718.4261 FAX: 580.765.5101 Red River Technology Center 3300 W. Bois D `Arc Duncan, OK 73533 580.255.2903 FAX: 580.255.0491 Southwest Technology Center 711 W. Tamarack Altus, OK 75324 580.480.4737 FAX: 580.477.0139 Tulsa Technology Center 3638 S. Memorial Drive Tulsa, OK 74147-7200 918.828.5435 FAX: 918.828.5439 Tulsa Technology Center Owasso Campus 10800 N. 140th E. Ave. Owasso, OK 74055 918.828.1422 FAX: 918.828.5009
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