Marianne Swager At the end of fiscal year 2016, more than 1.7 million businesses had completed a SAM Registration, but less than 500,000 actually were eligible to receive a government contract. Why? Because the other 1.2...
GSA Schedule 73 -- Food Service, Hospitality, Cleaning Equipment and Supplies, Chemicals and Services -- is now open to new offers, according to Stephen Nieswiadomy, Supervisor Contracting Officer for the Schedule 73 Program. Nieswiadomy, in an e-mail to US Federal...
John Lynch Contributed by John Lynch, acquisition specialist at US Federal Contractor Registration Recently, a former client of US Federal Contractor Registration received a $1 billion contract. That’s billion with a B. $1 billion. A small veteran-owned business...
Contributed By US Federal Contractor Registration Federal Bid Trainer John Wayne II Here’s what I know to be true – if you want to improve your chances of winning a government contract, then take advantage of all relevant and applicable classifications that you...
Contractors who want to work with the federal government must report past labor law violations, according to a rule finalized and published on August 25, 2016. This rule, part of President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (which...
HUBZone program changes approved by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) earlier this year take affect tomorrow, August 24. These changes expand the SBA's HUBZone application process as well as HUBZone joint ventures. By revising 13 C.F.R. § 126.306, the SBA...
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) on Wednesday, June 15, published a final rule outlining for federal contractors rules around discrimination on the basis of gender and affirmative action (i.e., treating all applicants and employees equally without regard to gender). This is the...
The U.S. General Services Administration on Thursday, April 6, 2016, launched what it is affectionally calling its "Making It Easier (MIE)" program. The MIE program, according to GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth, makes working with the government easier for new and innovative...
The “pay for success” movement in the non-profit world is starting to take hold at the federal, state, and local levels. But a prerequisite is having some way of measuring success—and ensuring that funding models encourage it. The Urban Institute...
