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...
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Steps to Succeeding as a Government Contractor
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...
Women-Owned Businesses Up, According to 2012 Survey
Nearly three decades after the passage of The Women’s Business Ownership Act (H.R. 5050, there are 10 million women-owned businesses in the U.S., according to Carla A. Harris, chair of the National Women’s Business Council. “H.R. 5050 was a big...
Demand for Federal Contractors up in Advance of Jonas
Flights across the northeast have been cancelled. Snow plows in states along the eastern seaboard are on alert. Power companies, like Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke Energy, have reallocated resources to North Carolina and other states expected to be hardest hit this...
Winter Storm Could Bring Contracting Opportunities
Duke Energy is closely monitoring the winter storm forecasted to bring snow, sleet and freezing rain to North Carolina and South Carolina as well as the Eastern United States Thursday night through the weekend (January 21-24, 2016). Line technicians, service crews, customer service representatives and other personnel...
Contracting Trends: What’s In, What’s Out
Portions of this originally appeared in the Federal Times on September 23, 2015 Michael P. Fischetti of the National Contract Management Association published a very thorough rundown of current government contracting trends. Breaking down these trends into two lists, Fischetti...
Basic Government Marketing Tips for New Federal Contractors
Why even become involved in government contracting if you aren't going to market your business? That is the number one thing I tell business owners over the phone right after they have been certified to work for the United States...
New SAM Registration Questions Attempt to Remedy Small Business Contract Spending Issue
sam registration Yes it is true. The GSA has made more amendments to the System for Award Management (SAM) registration. In what seems like a positive move for small businesses is currently only resulting in confused...
SAM Registration: 9 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Registering in System for Award Management
SAM registration Deciding whether or not you should perform your own System for Award Management (SAM) registration can be a tough pill to swallow. Making the attempt to conduct the process on your own as a brand new user...