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...
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What is the Dynamic Small Business Search DSBS?
The Dynamic Small Business Search is a website that is primarily used by procurement officers to track down and locate qualified government contractors that meet federal small business acquisition needs. Thanks to the Small Business Act of 2008 every procurement...
GovernmentContractingTips.com: End of Fiscal Year Approaches with Billions Left to Spend
As we move closer and closer to the end of the fiscal year, procurement officers are about to spend truck loads of money to hit their spending quotas. Many procurement officers rush to spend the last of their budgets. This...
Historically Underutilized Business Zone for Information Technology GWACs
Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) firms now have available for Information Technology GWACs. These contracts enable federal agencies to fulfill their information technology (IT) requirements through the utilization of small businesses that are located in HUBZones. Agencies have a statutory goal...
FedBizOpps Officially Has Over 31,700 Available Opportunities for Registered Government Contractors this Month
Ever wonder how many available government contracts there are up for bid? Well, there is a website that can show small businesses all of them. To date, there currently over 31,700 available government contracting opportunities to large and small businesses onFBO.gov (FebBizOpps) this...
DHS Advanced Acquisition Planning System
According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acquisition Planning Forecast System (APFS) provides the DHS Forecast of Contract Opportunities in accordance with Public Law 100-656, Section 501. The Forecast data is for planning purposes and is not a...
Understanding an Individual Subcontract Report (ISR)
This report collects subcontract award data for a specific federal government agency when a Prime/Subcontractor: (a) holds one or more contracts over $550,000 (over $1,000,000 for construction of a public facility); and (b) is required to report subcontracts awarded to Small Business (SB), Small...
DoD’s Clause Logic Service (CLS) will Improve the Quality and Quantity of Government Contracts for Small Business
After much anticipation the Department of Defense (DoD) has finally released their much awaited web-service that will help refine and broaden procurement efficiency. The main objective for this new web interface is to allow provisions and clauses to DoD procurement...
How to Register for Federal Set-Asides in Government Contracting
US Federal Contractor Registration released a brand new edition to their series of The SAM Assistance Program titled ‘What are Federal Set-Asides in Government Contracting?’ Host Max K. Timko describes some of the key federal set-asides that provide billions of...