You find prime contractors looking for subcontractors by researching past awards, attending industry events, and leveraging your HUBZone status. Your...

A teaming agreement is a written agreement between two or more companies to form a team to compete for a government contract. To prevent being...

CMMC Level 2 incorporates the 110 security requirements of NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2. CMMC Level 2 builds on NIST 800-171 by adding assessment and...

You file a protest with the agency or with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and the cost to go to GAO is a $500 filing fee, plus any legal...

Paid bid-finding tools for federal and state opportunities often aggregate data from many sources beyond just SAM.gov and a single state's...

Getting a GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract involves preparing a comprehensive offer package, and the timeline can vary significantly. The...

Jordan, you are right to look for a specific portal because the city procurement code requires the purchasing department to post all solicitations to...

SAM.gov registration is free, and you do not need to pay any third-party services to complete it. The SAM.gov help desk is available to assist users...

There is a middle ground between free searches and a five-figure subscription, but the best approach depends on whether you are looking for federal,...

Yes, your company can get work on these task orders as a subcontractor to an IDIQ holder. An Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract...

After you submit a proposal for a federal contract, the government evaluates it against the criteria outlined in Section M of the solicitation,...

SAM.gov registration typically takes about 10 business days to become active after all required documentation is submitted, but it can take longer...

A bid tabulation is a list of all bids received for an Invitation for Bid (IFB), typically showing the names of the bidders and their total proposed...

Nadia, you do not need to read 53 parts of the FAR to understand the clauses in your RFQ. Most of what you need to know about the FAR for a specific...

To find open solicitations on SAM.gov, you need to use the "Status" filter and select "Active" or "Combined Synopsis/Solicitation." Jordan, the issue...

State and local government entities, educational institutions, and non-profits can use cooperative contracts like Sourcewell; a vendor gets on one by...

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

The actual order of operations for a small services company involves understanding the different procurement levels and their respective processes....

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

A sources sought notice is how the government conducts market research to see who is out there and what capabilities exist. Responses to a sources...

A joint venture is a separate legal entity formed by two or more businesses, while a teaming agreement establishes a prime contractor and one or more...

You can find award information for federal contracts on SAM.gov, and for state or local contracts on the relevant state procurement portal. For the...

HUBZone certification is a small business program that provides contracting preferences for businesses located in historically underutilized business...

Yes, for an Invitation for Bid, the lowest price wins if your bid is responsive and you are a responsible contractor. Grace is correct that for a...

Jordan, a postaward debriefing can tell you whether your price was too high, but not how it compared to other specific offerors. The contracting...