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    The JARI PTAC Recently Expanded Their Service Territory To Now Include Pennsylvania’s Allegheny, Armstrong, Cambria, Fayette, Indiana, Somerset and Westmoreland Counties.

    12/9/2020
    The Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP) was authorized by Congress in 1985 in an effort to expand the number of businesses capable of participating in the government marketplace. Administered by the Department of Defense’s Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the program provides matching funds through cooperative agreement grants with state and local governments as well as non-profit organizations to operate Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) for the purpose of providing procurement assistance to all businesses – particularly small businesses – interested in participating in the government marketplace.

    Since 1991, the JARI PTAC has been offering services to businesses located in Pennsylvania’s Cambria and Somerset counties. The JARI PTAC service area grew to also include Allegheny, Armstrong, Fayette, Indiana and Westmoreland counties this past August after the closing of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) PTAC and the retirement of longtime Director Ron Moreau. JARI has contracted with the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) to host a PTAC subcenter to assist businesses located in Allegheny, Armstrong and Westmoreland counties.
     
    Lenora Leasure, JARI PTAC Program Manager, said the expansion is a great opportunity for the program and looks forward to working with the businesses in the expanded service area. The two programs worked closely before the closing of the IUP center to make the transition as seamless for clients as possible.
    JARI’s President, Linda Thomson, agrees that this a great opportunity for businesses in our region to expand their capabilities, with the chance to now work more closely with businesses in the expanded service area.
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