APEX Accelerator helps businesses tap into the federal marketplace
Tracy Courage The Arkansas APEX Accelerator, a free business service that provides free guidance for securing government contracts, is helping businesses navigate the federal marketplace. The training sessions, "Arkansas Small Business Boost: Navigating Success in the South and Delta," will be offered in Hot Springs. Participants will learn about selling to the government, how small business certifications may increase their chances of receiving a government contract, and how marketing to the federal government differs from the private sector. The Accelerator is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense. It has offices in Little Rock, Arkansas, NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville, and Arkansas State University's Delta Center for Economic Development in Jonesboro.
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LITTLE ROCK -- The U.S. government is the largest customer in the world, buying more than $745 billion in goods and services in the 2023 fiscal year, but navigating the federal government marketplace can be murky.
The Arkansas APEX Accelerator offers Arkansas businesses free guidance in securing government contracts through workshops and one-on-one counseling.
Participants will learn how to sell to the government, how small business certifications may benefit their chances of receiving a government contract, how marketing to the government differs from the private sector, and a few Department of Defense-focused sessions of training.
One of the training sessions, "Arkansas Small Business Boost: Navigating Success in the South and Delta," will be offered in Hot Springs from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at The Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce, 659 Ouachita Ave.
In Arkansas, APEX Accelerator services are delivered through the Cooperative Extension Service, part of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
This Accelerator is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense. It has offices at the Cooperative Extension Service state office in Little Rock, and satellite offices at NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville and at Arkansas State University's Delta Center for Economic Development in Jonesboro.
To register for any of the June training sessions, visit:
June 26 -- Defense Production Act and Title III webinar, 11 a.m. to noon.
Thursday -- 8(a) and Small Disadvantaged Business Certifications, 2-4 p.m., NWACC Center for Health Professions, The Oak Room, 3201 NWACC Blvd., Bentonville.
June 19 -- Marketing to the Government, 10 a.m. to noon, Arkansas Tech University, Rothwell Hall, Room 308, 106 W. O St., Russellville.
June 25 -- Introduction to Government Contracting, 10-11 a.m., Ouachita Partnership for Economic Development, 570 Ben Lane, Camden.
June 27 -- Mastering Your Capability Statement, 11 a.m. to noon, Arkansas State University Delta Center for Economic Development, 319 University Loop, Jonesboro.
June 27 -- Delta Dreams: Financial Empowerment for East AR Entrepreneurs, 1-4 p.m., PCCUA Stuttgart Campus, Grand Prairie Center, 2807 US 165, Stuttgart.
Participants can also contact Arkansas APEX Accelerator counselors for additional one on one support after the training.
In-person office hours are scheduled throughout June in Camden, Conway, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Heber Springs, Little Rock, Newport, Pine Bluff, Russellville and Texarkana. To find a training session, email [email protected] or visit:
Tracy Courage is with the U of A System Division of Agriculture.