Seven and a Half Biggest Pricing Mistakes Government Contractors Make
By Marsha Lindquist on January 22, 2021 Contractors often claim they did everything they could to get to the right price. Then they lose that important contract award. Most of them are surprised by the winning price. It...
Read moreIs GSA’s Planned Alliant 2 Small Business Replacement Right for You?
By Global Services on September 25, 2020 By the end of 2020, GSA plans to release the Draft RFP for a replacement for the canceled Alliant 2 Small Business (A2SB) contract vehicle. In this post, we’ll take a...
Read moreGSA Works to Enhance COVID-19 Contract Opportunities for SBs
By Global Services on June 26, 2020 Since the appearance of COVID-19, government agencies have refocused to meet the unique challenges of the health crisis. From providing safety guidance to the public, to providing funds for struggling families...
Read moreFedBizOpps Is Dead, Long Live the Improved SAM.gov!
By Global Services on Friday, November 1, 2019 Since its creation in 2002, FedBizOpps (FBO) has been the go-to site for locating federal contracting opportunities. Now, after 17 years, FBO is slated for decommissioning beginning November 8, 2019. FBO’s...
Read moreGUEST POST: How Good Cyber Hygiene Can Enhance Your RFP Response
By Angela Dingle on Friday, May 3, 2019 As a government contractor, you face increased oversight and heightened competition on a daily basis. As a result, you must leave no stone unturned in your efforts to retain and successfully...
Read moreGSA: “Substantive Changes” Coming to OASIS; SB Pool 1 On-Ramp Bidders Must Resubmit
By Global Services on Friday, April 26, 2019 Last week, GSA announced that it would be making “substantive changes” to the OASIS Small Business (SB) on-ramps. As a result, contractors who submitted to last year’s Pool 1 on-ramp will...
Read moreWebinar: GSA Sunsetting the Schedules’ Sales Reporting MAS and IFF
By Global Services on Friday, April 12, 2019 GSA will soon sunset the legacy system currently supporting the Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) Sales and Industrial Funding Fee (IFF) Remittance program. It will be replaced with a “more modern and...
Read moreGovCon Opportunities Await for Women-Owned Businesses
By Global Services on Friday, March 29, 2019 Paying homage to Women’s History Month, on March 27, 2019, hundreds of Woman-Owned Businesses, partners, and industry experts gathered to discuss the opportunities and impact women in government contracting (GovCon) have...
Read moreGSA’s Cloud SIN Now Includes IT Professional Services
By Global Services on Friday, March 15, 2019 GSA has expanded the Cloud Special Item Number (SIN), 132-40, under IT Schedule 70 to include cloud-related IT Professional Services. Previously, the Cloud SIN included Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software...
Read moreGSA to Reduce Project Experience Requirement for Professional Services Schedule
By Global Services on Friday, February 15, 2019 So what exactly is changing with this GSA Schedule? In a draft version of the Professional Services Schedule (PSS) Refresh #34, GSA has announced that PSS proposals will only require one...
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