Glossary / Agencies, Programs
APEX Accelerator
APEX Accelerators are the government-funded counseling centers, formerly called Procurement Technical Assistance Centers, run through the Department of War's Office of Small Business Programs with state, university and nonprofit hosts. They help companies at no cost with registrations, certifications, bid matching, understanding solicitations and the rules of government contracting, federal and state and local alike. There are centers in every state and in several territories, and their counselors often have contracting-office backgrounds.
Why it matters to your pipeline
An APEX Accelerator is free help from people who know the rules, which makes it a resource a company should use alongside whoever is doing its selling. It does not find the opportunities a company fits, qualify them or run the pursuit; that is what GovSmith's vCM and Search do. The two work well together.
When this term shows up in an opening GovSmith finds for you, your vCM explains what it means for that pursuit and does whatever it calls for. You decide; we do the work.
Example
A veteran-owned trucking company meets its state's APEX counselor to confirm its SDVOSB certification and SAM.gov registration are in order, while GovSmith's vCM builds its pipeline of DLA and FEMA freight openings.
Find out what applies to you
Some terms will matter to your business right away and some won’t for years. A vCM can tell you which are which.