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Success Story – Emergency Response Fire Medical
Emergency Response Fire Medical, LLC was recently awarded a five-year VIPR contract totaling $20 million from the United States Forest Service. ERFM provides medical care for wildland firefighters and government employees. They will be providing these services as line medics for the awarded contract. Business owner Jason Olson heard about APEX Accelerators from other contractors […]
Success Story – CRANK Marketing Group
CRANK Marketing Group LLC contacted SC APEX Accelerator in the summer of 2022 to learn about state contracting opportunities. “Our SC APEX Procurement Counselor, Ashley Duwel, recommended that we focus our contracting efforts at the SC state level since we were a new company that needed past performance in order to compete effectively at the federal […]
Success Story – Valkyrie Tactical Solutions
Valkyrie Tactical Solutions is a veteran owned and operated business whose mission is to provide training, leadership development, functional fitness and team building for their customers. Business owner Thomas Tardo initially contacted SC APEX Accelerators for bidding assistance. “I was lost and overwhelmed with the bidding process. In search of help, I went to SC […]
Success Story – Travel the World
Veronique Sarad owns and operates a full-service travel agency that handles the hassle of trip planning for her clients. Travel The World LLC focuses on assisting corporate and government organizations with their lodging and travel needs. Sarad takes charge of the entire process from research to negotiation and travel support. Sarad came to SC APEX for assistance […]
Success Story – Triple C Rebar
Chanting Hemphill signed up with SC APEX Accelerator for System For Award Management (SAM) assistance for Triple C Rebar. He also wanted to learn more about the government contracting process, specifically bidding. “SC APEX helped me in understanding the bidding process and what needed to be submitted. There were times when I needed assistance immediately […]
Success Story – Crawford Marketing
Crawford, a marketing and branding agency, needed assistance attaining its Women Owned Small Business certification. After hearing about SC APEX Accelerators from the South Carolina Department of Commerce, Crawford Senior Vice President Allison Mertins reached out to SC APEX as a potential resource. “I initially sought out SC APEX because I thought they would be […]
Success Story – I.T. Phalanx
I.T. Phalanx’s CEO Charline Perry was awarded a $24,000 contract from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs for Information Technology services. Perry says that SC APEX counselors assisted her through the entire process – from the solicitation to the award. “Mrs. Ashley Duwel and Mr. Ron Conner helped me by answering all the many questions […]
PTAC SC Clients Awarded $1,000,000 in Government Contracts
To date, the Procurement Technical Assistance Center of South Carolina (PTAC SC) has served 140 clients from 29 counties. 50 of these clients are Woman-Owned Small Businesses, 21 are Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and 47 are from Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone). “In just 6 months, PTAC SC has established themselves as a vital tool for […]
Success Story – Coast to Coast Custom Mobile Vending
Coast to Coast Custom Mobile Vending founder Tyler Hagan went from running a food truck, to building them. “After running my own food truck, I realized there was good money to be made by actually building trailers and trucks for like businesses or restaurants and schools. We have a private industry focus for restaurants, schools, […]