California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC), through a federally funded partnership program, is providing services to several small manufacturers that enable them to find and bid on Department of Defense (DOD) procurement opportunities. As the current recession has significantly impacted manufacturing both in Southern California and nationwide, small and medium-sized manufacturers are looking to find new markets and see the DOD as a potential stable market for selling parts and assemblies to expand their sales.

CMTC has developed new tools and methods to enhance the ability of small manufacturers to identify and compete for open and competitive solicitations published daily by the DOD. The tools reduce the time consuming complexity for bidding on DOD solicitations by sorting, filtering, and prioritizing opportunities based upon specific manufacturer's capabilities and interests. CMTC assistance also employs new techniques to convert the associated DOD technical data packages to a more user friendly format so they can be applied. The new CMTC tools are currently being piloted with about twelve manufacturers to bid, primarily on parts and assemblies for fielded or "legacy systems" vital to the U.S. military readiness, procured by the Defense Logistics Agency's Defense Supply Centers.

"Southern California, having more manufacturers than any state, has a huge potential to supply parts to DOD and our new tools make it practical to increase real opportunities for small businesses. The manufacturing companies participating in CMTC's pilot program have told us our tools remove many of the impediments that have previously discouraged them from selling to the DOD, and they are now optimistic about finding new DOD business opportunities," said David Braunstein, President and CEO of CMTC.

About California Manufacturing Technology Consulting

A private, nonprofit corporation established in 1992, CMTC serves Los Angeles, California through San Diego/Imperial County. CMTC provides high value consulting services for improving management and production of high tech and traditional small and medium-size manufacturers. CMTC Defense Services provides consulting services to manufacturers for bidding and qualifying parts for sales to the defense department. For more information, visit www.cmtc.com.