SW MI APEX Accelerators

SW MI APEX Accelerators Southwest Michigan APEX Accelerators (formerly PTAC) is a non-profit agency funded by the federal and state governments. Joseph and Van Buren.

SWMI APEX Accelerator is a satellite office of Northeast Michigan APEX Accelerators with offices at WMed Innovation Center. The government (federal, state, local) purchases billions of dollars in goods and services each year. APEX Accelerator (formerly PTAC) counselors are trained to help you navigate this market. APEX Accelerators help businesses sell their products and/or services to the federal

, state, and local governments. Our service is free of charge and available to businesses in the following seven counties: Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. We provide leads for opportunities (bid match report), training, and solicitation and proposal reviews. Services APEX Accelerators offer: One-on-one counseling-marketing strategies, bid preparation, regulations review, and more. Training events-Meet the Buyer, seminars, networking, webinars. Procurement History-military procurement history and technical data (if available) for parts with National Stock Numbers (NSN). Bid Match-federal, state and local government bid search service, custom keywords for your business, searches over 3,500 agencies daily. Subcontracting assistance-identify subcontracting prospects, guidance on marketing to primes, and networking opportunities. Government registrations- federal government’s System for Award Management (SAM), State of Michigan and local vendor registrations.

*This APEX Accelerator (formerly PTAC) is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense. The Southwest Michigan APEX Accelerator is funded in part by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and is a satellite office of Northeast Michigan APEX Accelerators. The reproduction, reformatting, and/or distribution of APEX Accelerator materials in part or in whole, in addition to the reselling of APEX Accelerator services, is strictly prohibited.

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08/27/2026

A really great explanation of the new SBA proposed Small Business size standard rule (including the history). Long, but well worth the read.

The 1984 policies were still largely intact until the current SBA decided to help “non-dominant” mid-size businesses

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07/31/2026

Essential Government Contracting News and Training

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07/29/2026

Help determine the direction of the revision of CMMC Levels 2 and 3.

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Knowledge is invaluable to government contracting success

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New "bright & shiny" AI is being rolled out. Supposed to the greatest & latest. One caveat: It's powered by the Chinese company "Moonshot". If you are a government contractor - beware and be sure you have your cybersecurity policies and procedures in place, and have established "use" policies BEFORE your employees try it. Be SAFE, not sorry.

Your employees may soon ask whether they can use Kimi K3, a powerful new artificial intelligence model just released by Chinese company Moonshot, or...

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05/28/2026

When meeting government and prime contractors, share a government ready capability statement.

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Email from Northeast Michigan APEX Accelerator Your APEX Accelerator Counselors Hope You'll Attend   Attend Matchmaking Events with a Government Capability Statement to seek Success SBA Matchmaker Eve

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect directly with decision makers and learn about resources to grow your business! Re...
05/26/2026

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect directly with decision makers and learn about resources to grow your business! Registration for one-on-one matchmaking closes Friday, May 29th!

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Kalamazoo, MI
49007

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Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30pm

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+2694916585

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