The federal government has created a national reporting system housed within the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) to maintain transparency for COVID-19-specific spending. The most recent report states that $17.3 billion in contracts have been awarded to companies worldwide since March 13, 2020. Of those contracts, Maryland-based companies received over $1.3 billion in COVID-19-specific awards.... Read More
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Federal WOSB Program Launches Major Changes July 15th
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced that starting July 15, 2020, the certification process for Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs) and Economically Disadvantaged WOSBs (EDWOSBs) will begin to change as the SBA implements Congress’ changes to the WOSB Federal Contracting Program, as put forth in the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The... Read More
Crisis Contracting Updates for DOD and Civilian Agencies
The U.S. federal government civilian and defense agencies are in full “buy now” mode. Spending in the second half of the federal fiscal year (ending September 30) is magnified by the new needs for services and products related to COVID-19 leading to crisis contracting updates. This situation is unique because most budgeted spending is still... Read More
Government Contracting in a Crisis
All 50 states have now declared individual state emergencies and joined the President’s national emergency declaration of March 13, 2020. Government contracting in a crisis is not contracting as usual. The federal government continues actively contracting, although new channels and processes have opened to expedite procurement of goods and services to not just address the... Read More