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I'm trying to bid on a county road paving job, NAICS code 237310. It's an Invitation for Bid (IFB) and the deadline is next month. The county...

A subcontractor in government contracting is a firm that performs work for a prime contractor, which holds the direct contract with the government....

I run a small medical supplies distributor in central Florida, and most of our VA business so far has been one-off orders from a VA medical center:...

We won our first prime contract, a county renovation job, 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. It's not a set-aside, just a...

I keep hearing the term "government contractor" on podcasts and in ads, and I always picture huge defense firms with badges and clearances. My...

The contracting officer's statement that CPARS ratings are only for larger contracts is incorrect. A CPARS past performance evaluation is required...

I formed my LLC last year and am now working on registering in SAM.gov so I can bid on federal contracts. I've been looking through all my paperwork...

I registered my landscaping company in SAM.gov a few months ago and now I'm trying to bid on a federal grounds maintenance contract I saw posted as a...

Since registering my landscaping company in SAM.gov back in March, I have been getting calls every week. They all say they can find me federal,...

I'm a general contractor, and I'm used to seeing county construction jobs as an Invitation for Bid (IFB) where we submit a lump sum, and then there's...

Hey everyone, we're a small landscaping company with nine employees, and we've been trying to get into government work this year. Our main target is...

This is not a normal arrangement for a joint venture on an SDVOSB set-aside; it raises a significant red flag regarding the limitations on...

I'm new to this, registered in SAM.gov in March, and I'm trying to figure out what codes the government actually uses. SAM.gov only asked for NAICS...

Contract bundling happens when an agency combines two or more requirements that were previously provided under separate smaller contracts into a...

Yes, you absolutely need to register in each state's system separately. Tom is right about that; there is no central system like SAM.gov for state...

Hey everyone, I'm new to federal contracting. My shop does signs and printing, and we're just starting to bid on federal RFQs. My APEX Accelerator...

Your nine-person company can bid on Requests for Quotation (RFQs) and solicitations, which include Requests for Proposal (RFPs) and Invitations for...

My facilities maintenance firm keeps losing out on federal base contracts to the same two companies. We bid on federal contracts for NAICS 561210,...

Yes, a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) certification is different from a state MBE and WBE certification because DBE certification is a...

I've been running a saved search on SAM.gov for landscaping services under NAICS 561730 and I also have an account on my local city's procurement...

I'm the founder of a staffing agency, and I've been in business for three years. I keep seeing posts about 8(a) certification, and how 8(a) firms can...

My partner and I run a two-person IT shop outside Columbia, mostly commercial network and help desk work. A mid-size prime found us through our SAM...

My company is teaming up with another small business for an 8(a) Business Development Program competitive bid on a federal contract. This is for...

I own a HUBZone-certified IT firm and we have no federal awards yet. We do custom software development, NAICS 541511. I am trying to figure out how...