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govcon.forum is a question-and-answer community for people who sell to US government buyers and for the buyers themselves. It is run by RFPFinder and...

Procurement forecasts are released by individual agencies and can be found on their websites, typically under their Office of Small and Disadvantaged...

A compliance matrix also helps you identify what the contracting officer looks for first: the "go/no-go" requirements in Section L that can make your...

Nadia is right about identifying mandatory flow-down clauses, and you need to look at the FAR for federal contracts; state and local contracts will...

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...

A performance bond guarantees to the owner that the contractor will complete the project according to the contract terms and conditions. The school...

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,...

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

The Davis-Bacon Act applies to federal contracts in excess of $2,000 for construction, alteration, or repair, including painting and decorating, of...

My company, a landscaping firm, has only ever done fixed-price contracts for city parks and school grounds. We just got a call from a prime...

I'm looking at some federal RFQs for grounds maintenance at military bases and federal buildings around Jacksonville, mostly under NAICS 561730. I...

We're bidding a rooftop unit replacement at two campuses for an ISD here in central Texas. The bid packet came with the district's own prevailing...

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...

SAM.gov is the System for Award Management, the primary database for entities doing business with the U.S. federal government, and you do need to...

My firm is a woman-owned management consulting company with eight employees. We're looking at federal contracts and I keep seeing references to WOSB...

My company mostly does janitorial and facilities work for county and school district contracts. We get a mix of firm-fixed-price and...

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...

Yes, a Unique Entity ID (UEI) can be obtained without completing a full SAM.gov registration. The UEI is a 12-character alphanumeric value assigned...

You need to find contracts that do not require government past performance, which often means starting with smaller opportunities below the...

A good capability statement for a federal agency meeting focuses on how your commercial experience translates to solving government problems, and it...

Your performance bond rate will drop once you have a few jobs done, especially if they are similar in size and scope to the city park project. The...

My SAM.gov saved search for 561730, Landscaping Services, has been bringing back a bunch of different notices for federal grounds work, mostly for...

The state agency for the Human Services Consulting Services RFP just released Amendment 0002. It includes answers to 80 vendor questions and moves...

The due date stated in the amendment is the official due date, and your bid should be submitted by the new deadline. The county's procurement code...

Hey everyone, Jordan P. here from Jacksonville, FL. My company runs a 9-person landscaping crew. We decided this year to go after government work,...