There has been a dramatic increase recently in counseling requests from small businesses inquiring about entering federal government contracting. This article will address some basic things for you to consider in testing that prospect.
You can’t quite say the Technology Modernization Fund Board has $55 million burning a hole in its pocket. But the chunk of change remaining in the TMF for fiscal 2018 is heading out the door over the next two months.
Alan Thomas, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at the General Services Administration and a member of the board, said last week another “slew of proposals” are going through the review process.
Now what Thomas didn’t say, unfortunately, was how many and from which agencies.
Source: 20 projects vying for the remaining $55M in the Technology Modernization Fund – FederalNewsRadio.com
Over the last several months we have been counting down the top 10 Hotspots in Government Contracting for 2018, revealing the fastest-growing areas in state, local, and education (SLED) government contracting, one by one.
Source: Why Government Contracting for Flying Drones is Taking Off | GovWin+Onvia
People may not be shocked to learn that Lockheed, Boeing and General Dymanics remain the top three government contractors in terms of revenue. But that fact belies how dynamic the more than $500 billion market really is. Daniel Snyder, senior contracts researcher at Bloomberg Government, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the highlights from its latest annual report on the top federal contractors.
Source: Government contracting market is more than just its biggest players
This week’s episode covers cost accounting, artificial intelligence, and protest news, and is hosted by partners David Robbins and Peter Eyre. Crowell & Moring’s “Fastest 5 Minutes” is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without. Listen: Crowell.com… Continue Reading
Source: Fastest 5 Minutes The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without – Government Contracts Legal Forum
The Defense Department on Thursday officially began accepting proposals for its highly-anticipated Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract.
Source: Bidding Begins for Pentagon’s Controversial $10 Billion War Cloud – Nextgov
A contractor has many requirements when submitting a claim against the federal government. But the government must also abide by some of the same rules.
Source: CBCA: Government Also Bound by Six-Year Statute of Limitations – SmallGovCon
The Defense Department has released the long-awaited final proposal for its $10 billion warfighter cloud acquisition, Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program.
Source: Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud buy hits the street — FCW
The Pentagon released its long-awaited final solicitation for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract on Thursday, opting to stick with an approach that would award the massive cloud computing deal to a single vendor despite widespread concern among contractors and members of Congress.
Source: DoD unveils final JEDI Cloud RFP, sticks with single-vendor approach – FederalNewsRadio.com
NAICS code appeals can be powerful tools. A change in a solicitation’s NAICS code–and corresponding change in the small business size standard–can significantly broaden or narrow the competitive playing field. And statistically speaking, NAICS code appeals are often successful.
Source: Reminder: No NAICS Code Appeals of RFIs – SmallGovCon
