b' 13 SBA 504 loans approved for$12.5MMLoans approved in 9 different communities across the state.During the last year, MT companies that13 SBA 504 loans funded for$8.3MMwere assisted by our six PTAC locations securedLoans funded in 7 different communities across the state.$89,061,0735 additional RLF/SSBCI loans funded for$586k Fun and Fancy Free Learning Center, SBA504 Projectin federal, state and local contracts. Of that, contracts valued at 138 Jobsto be created/or retained $32,248,826 were awarded to PTAC clients/companies served by the Billings location.SUCCESS STORYFun and Fancy Free Learning Center in Polson MT.The SBA 504 Loan program, in partnership with Glacier Bank, financed the expansion and new construction of the daycare facility serving the rural community of Polson N E E A E U S N O T N R E S U V E E I D S N S I O M N M E S B R T L Y M D N E WN M I I L T E U B D V I & T U C S G S N G C I P I Nand the Flathead Indian Reservation.The daycare has been serving the community since 1998.The new building BILLINGS LOCATION AT BIG SKY EDA allowed the owners to consolidate three locations into one, modern facility and increase capacity by 35%.Billings based advisors have provided1,066 counseling sessions (611 hours)to 317 unique entities in our regionand have held 9 training events. STATEWIDEAll six MT PTAC centers (including Billings) have provided3,772 counseling sessions (2,472 hours) to 991 unique entities and have held 34 training events on various government contracting subjects (610 companies in attendance).Montana Taphouse, SBA504 ProjectNorthwest Industrial Supply, Inc. first contacted PTAC for assistance in 2007. Since then, PTAC has assisted the company with registrations, market research, finding opportunities, etc. The company contacted MT PTAC in Billings last October and requested assistance with pricing issues on its GSA Schedule. Because of inflation and supply chain issues, the company was starting to lose money on orders from its GSA schedule. PTAC assisted the company with assembling a business case to GSA for an economic price adjustment per the procedures in the Federal Acquisition Regulation. PTAC submitted a request for assistance to GSAs Small Business Liaison who escalated the issue through additional GSA channels. It was a collective effort from GSA staff in Denver to Kansas, Oakland, and Washington D.C. On 3/17/2022, GSA issued a Temporary Moratorium on Enforcement of Certain Limitations Contained in Certain GSA Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) Contract Clauses. This enabled the company to adjust its prices on the schedule so that it could once again sell products at a fair profit to federal agencies.5 BIG SKY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BIGSKYECONOMICDEVELOPMENT.ORG'