By the Numbers: Government Contracts in Alaska
March 12, 2010
By Jason Dinneen, State Director of the Alaska Small Business Development Center.
Right here in Alaska, small businesses have been pursuing government contracts in a broad array of industries, including (but not limited to):
- Facility maintenance
- Construction
- IT management
- Lodging
- Food service
- Fuel delivery
If you haven’t considered the role of government contracting in your business strategy, you might want to examine the opportunities.
Sum of Contracts Awarded in 2009
In FY 2009, federal spending in Alaska was in excess of $482 million. 130 Alaska Small Businesses statewide were awarded federal, state, and local government contracts that totaled almost $150 million.
Let’s break that down and look at the values of awarded contracts, by five Alaska districts:
- The Central (Mat-Su Valley) and South Central (Anchorage) regions totaled $114,301,603
- The Southeast region business reported $2,773,500
- The South West reported $271,528
- The Gulf Coast received $30,817,950
Looking Ahead
In 2010, it is anticipated that the federal government will award over 4,500 small business R&D grants totaling $1.9 billion. If you haven’t considered a strategy for doing business with the government, now is the time. Your customer is waiting for you.
We’re ready to help
PTAC (the Procurement Technical Assistance Centers of Alaska) is ready to guide you through the pursuit of government contracts. PTAC assists your business through the process – bolstering its capacity to deliver – so that your first venture into government contracting is a successful one.
The Interior Regions Procurement Fair will include representatives from federal, state, and local government agencies, prime contractors, and business professionals that will present a series of procurement forecasts, panel discussions, and educational presentations. The focus of this event is to: