GTSC Awarded “Excellence in Partnership” by U.S. Department of Treasury
The U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization, presented the Government Technology & Services Coalition (GTSC) with the Excellence in Partnership award for “Moving Treasury’s Small Business Program Forward” through its work to develop a robust program for small businesses interested in working with the Department.
“GTSC leadership worked with us to develop and execute an extensive program to help small companies understand the Department of the Treasury, our needs, and where small businesses could help our mission in both every day execution and in how they invest in their business. Their leadership and members participated with us in a number of projects to educate our contracting workforce and to improve the market research around how Treasury finds new vendors. We are extremely pleased to present GTSC with this award.”
Treasury assists, counsels, and advises small businesses of all types (small businesses, small disadvantaged business, women-owned small businesses, economically disadvantaged women-owned small businesses, veteran owned small businesses, service disabled veteran owned small businesses, and small businesses located in historically underutilized business zones) on procedures for contracting with Treasury.
In 2015, the Department greatly expanded its small business program hosting its first Small Business Roundtable with leadership from Treasury and small business organizations, hosted its first Small Business Industry Day, and worked with the U.S. General Services Administration to develop a video-training tool for Contracting Officers (COs) used government-wide.
“A debriefing is one of the most impactful communications that takes place during the acquisition process, because of the of the various implications it has to both parties. Delivering a debriefing is a skill, and like most things worth doing, it is best executed with practice. My colleagues from GTSC and I were honored to be a part of the Department of Treasury’s mock debriefing training. Knowing our efforts will be used to train hundreds of procurement professionals is very rewarding,” said Carolyn Muir, Executive Vice President of SE Solutions and GTSC’s Chair of Acquisition & Procurement Initiatives. Companies that participated included SE Solutions, Keep It Simple Technology Solutions, McMenamin (MCG) Consulting, LeapFrog Solutions, and Rigil.
“We are extremely grateful and honored by this award,” said Kristina Tanasichuk, Founder & CEO of the Coalition. “In response to Treasury’s commitment to small business, GTSC added the Department as one of our partner agencies this year. They recognized the value of small business and have made a tremendous contribution to the small business community by engaging deeply, understanding the strengths of what these innovators have to offer, and educating their workforce on the benefits of this community. We are proud to work with them to find the innovation, creativity, and professionalism needed to execute their mission while supporting the small business community.”
