Who is crushing? 7% of Government Contractors Who is just getting by? 22% of Government Contractors Who is MISSING THE MARK? 70% of Government Contractors Where do you fall? Most likely you fall in the Missing the Mark category. It’s time to take a pragmatic look at your bottom line sales and take a cue... Read More
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Sole Source Authority for Women Business Owners
Women-owned small businesses realized a huge victory with the Sept. 11, 2015 announcement by the Small Business Administration (SBA), effective October 14th, allows for the use of sole source authority in the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract Program. The FY15 National Defense Authorization Act provided agencies with statutory authority to award sole-source contracts to... Read More
To Protest or Not To Protest, That is the Question
Should you consider protesting any bid that you submitted and lost? If so you would not be alone. But you may be disappointed with the results. With the majority of large federal contract awards being protested, many contractors ask “What are my chances of actually winning a protest?” The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO at... Read More
Winning Sole Source Contracts
What is a sole source contract? The short answer is that a sole source also known as a direct award contract, is something unique in the federal marketplace that allows a company to be awarded a contract without going through the competitive bidding process. Our clients have won over 3.5 billion dollars in federal contracts... Read More