Resources

What is Govology?

Govology is an online hub for government market education covering many essential topics in government contracting, from marketing to certifications to accounting systems and much more. Govology training features experienced government market experts with a solid reputation for helping small businesses succeed in government contracting.

Govology training is a valuable supplement to the workshops we at SWCC APEX Accelerator offer year-round. It allows you to learn at your own pace when you have a short break in your busy schedule. One of the unique features of Govology is that they record all of their live webinars and then make them available on-demand to registered users. So, if you can’t make it to the live webinar, you can still watch it later on-demand by logging into your account on Govology.com and navigating to your My Courses area.

Through our partnership, SWCC APEX Accelerator clients can access Govology’s weekly live webinars and their extensive library of on-demand training , free of charge with our special discount code.

Here’s how to get started:

Create a free account on govology.com.

1. Visit Govology’s calendar of live webinars or their on-demand library of courses.
2. Choose a webinar or an on-demand course you’d like to watch and email us  to request the discount code.
3. When you are ready to register, add the desired training to your cart. Then enter the discount code in the coupon field and click Apply coupon. This will change the price of your chosen training to $0.
4. Next, click Proceed to checkout and complete the billing details form (you’ll have to do this only once).
5. When finished, click Place order.
6. If registering for a live webinar, check your email (inbox and spam) for a confirmation message (from the “Govology Team”) with your webinar link. If registering for an on-demand course, go to My Courses area (left sidebar) – your course will be there.
7. If you need assistance, email support@govology.com.

After you register for a webinar or an on-demand course, you’ll start receiving notifications from Govology about upcoming live training events. If you don’t want to receive these notifications, you can easily unsubscribe from future emails. Govology does not spam or sell its users’ information to third-party companies as per their Privacy Policy.

To locate the APEX Accelerator for your specific area:

Visit: https://www.apexaccelerators.us/#/service-area-locator

Community Colleges:

Mountain Empire Community College:  www.mecc.edu

New River Community College: www.nr.edu

Patrick & Henry Community College: www.patrickhenry.edu

Virginia Highlands Community College: www.vhcc.edu

Wytheville Community College: www.wcc.vccs.edu

Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs):

Southwest Virginia Community College SBDC: www.sw.edu/sbdc

Mountain Empire Community College SBDC: www.mecc.edu/sbdc

Virginia Highlands Community College SBDC: vhcc2.vhcc.edu/sbdc

Blue Ridge Crossroads SBDC: https://brcsbdc.org/

Greater Roanoke & New River Valley SBDC: https://roanokesmallbusiness.org/

• • Small Business Administration – SBA’s Free Online Training

• • Vets First Verification Program – Information Flyer

• • Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) – sba.gov/hubzone.

• • Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) – sba.gov/wosb

• • Small Business Size Standards –  sba.gov/sizestandards

• • Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business – sba.gov/sdvosb

• • For information on the formal certification for the Department of Veterans Affairs, go to VetCert FAQ

• • 8(a) Business Development – sba.gov/8a

• • Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) – https://acquisition.gov/

• • Contract Opportunities – https://sam.gov/content/opportunities 

• • North American Industry Classification System – https://www.census.gov/naics/ 

• • SAM – System for Award Management – https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

• • Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) –   https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/

• • General Services Administration – https://www.gsa.gov/

• • Defense Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS)  – http://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/dodwarning.aspx?goto=/

• • The Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), The Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) program (SBIR/STTR) – https://www.sbir.gov/about/about-sttr

• • Department of Homeland Security/FEMA – https://www.fema.gov/

Basic JCP Certification: DVIDS
United States Joint Certification: How to fill out the DD Form 2345 (USA version) (open caption)

https://www.dvidshub.net/video/826732/united-states-joint-certification-fill-out-dd-form-2345-usa-version-open-caption

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United States Joint Certification: How to fill out the DD Form 2345 (USA version) (open caption)

Enhanced JCP (EJCP) Needed to sell to DLA:

https://www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/EnhancedValidation/

Learn the steps on how to properly fill out the DD Form 2345. This form is the military critical technical data agreement for U.S. vendors who want joint certification. For more information please visit:

https://www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/Services/JCP/

• • Virginia State Procurement System (eVA) – https://eva.virginia.gov/index.html

• • SWAM Certification – https://www.sbsd.virginia.gov/certification-division/swam/

• • Small Business Supply Diversity (SBSD) – https://www.sbsd.virginia.gov/