The federal government has created a national reporting system housed within the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) to maintain transparency for COVID-19-specific spending. The most recent report states that $17.3 billion in contracts have been awarded to companies worldwide since March 13, 2020. Of those contracts, Maryland-based companies received over $1.3 billion in COVID-19-specific awards.... Read More
Tag Archives: Federal Contracting
2020 Growth Strategy: Diversification a Must
While the federal government remains the world’s fortune one customer, spending over $500 billion purchasing services and products every single year, the market is constantly changing and confounding large and small businesses alike. As one takes stock of the successes and failures in reaching last year’s sales goals and planning for growth in 2020, it... Read More
NCMA World Congress – Stay in the Know
Last month, I was honored to speak on the Contractor Performance Assessment Rating System (CPARS) at the 60th Annual National Contract Management Association (NCMA) World Congress, the single largest gathering of federal contracting professionals in the country. More than 2,200 contracting professionals come together to contribute to and learn from other thought leaders, establish new,... Read More
Senate Stalls on Changes Affecting Small Business
The Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship postponed an important vote on a bill affecting all small businesses before taking summer recess because it failed to agree on proposed critical regulatory changes. Now that Congress is back in session, the Committee may choose to consider the draft legislation which contains 15 changes that, if... Read More