GACO receives $220,290 grant
The Government Agency Coordination Office, sponsored by California University of Pennsylvania, was awarded a $220,290 grant from the Defense Logistics Agency of Fort Belvoir, Va.
The federal grant will support continuing contracting assistance services to area businesses from Sept. 1 to Aug. 31, 2017.
GACO is a Procurement Technical Assistance Center that helps businesses interested in pursuing federal, state and local government contracts and subcontracts.
According to director Deborah Wojcik, GACO is providing contracting assistance services to 1,676 businesses in western Pennsylvania. Businesses aided by GACO have reported receiving more than 55,702 contracts and subcontracts totaling more than $3,461,236,364 since 1985.