Community guidelines

House rules

1. Answer first, explain second. Put the direct answer in the first sentence, then the reasoning and the steps.
2. Cite the rule. FAR part, SBA regulation, the portal's vendor guide, the state procurement code, or your own bid history described as experience. Say which.
3. No selling in answers. No consultant, software, prime or vendor recommendations, no links to your services, no "DM me". Describe what a good one does instead. Advertising is removed and repeat offenders are banned.
4. No invented numbers. Thresholds and deadlines come from the regulation with the citation. Win rates, prices and "averages" without a source are removed.
5. Buyers speak for themselves. Government members post as individuals, never for their agency, and never about a source selection that is still open.
6. Nothing confidential. No source selection information, no competitor pricing you saw in a debrief, no documents marked for official use only.
7. Be specific when you ask. Agency level, the NAICS or service, the set-aside if any, the deadline, what you have already tried.
8. Keep it civil. Disagree with the answer, not the person.

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