Your System for Award Management (SAM) and Small Business Administration (SBA) profiles are critical elements in the federal contracting marketplace. Those are the profiles that federal decision makers, and potential teaming partners and prime contractors are going to look at before deciding to do business with you. How well do your profiles stand up to... Read More
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Get to Know Contract Decision Makers with Free Collaboration Tool: FedBizOps
Successful contractors know that Vendor Collaboration Events are an excellent way to get in front of target agencies and learn about upcoming procurement opportunities. The no-cost, FedBizOpps (FBO) web site contains a new Vendor Collaboration Central Event Listing tool. This tool enables you to get to know contract decision makers in your area and build... Read More
GSA Proposes Radical Shift in Price Reduction Clause
By Dismas Locaria and Nathaniel S. Canfield of Venable LLP. Few regulations governing federal contractors cause as much consternation as 48 CFR § 552.238-75, or as it is more commonly known, the Price Reduction Clause (PRC). On March 4, the General Services Administration (GSA) requested industry feedback on proposed changes to the PRC that would... Read More
To Protest or Not To Protest, That is the Question
By Gloria Larkin With the majority of large federal contract awards being protested, many contractors ask “What are my chances of actually winning a protest?” The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO at www.gao.gov/) recently released its “Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2014” which sheds light on the protest win rate. This... Read More