At the NASA Business Opportunities conference, there were hundreds of companies gathered to learn how to do business with NASA. One of the presentations was from the Federal Technology Center. (www.theFTC.org) They are a non-profit which provides small businesses help in working with federal procurement in California. They are an organization called a PTAC - Procurement Technical Assistance Center. These are federally funded non-profits focused on supporting local businesses.

In Oregon, the PTAC is GCAP - http://www.gcap.org/

 Contact the GCAP office closest to you:
 Willamette GCAP
 1144 Gateway Loop, Suite 203
 Springfield, OR 97477
 Phone: (541) 736-1088
 Toll free: (800) 497-7551
 Fax: (541) 736-1090