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GovCon Winners Announced
The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of the 9th Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor (GovCon) Awards Contractor of the Year Winners: CPS Professional Services – less than $25 million Agilex – $25-75 million Systems Planning and Analysis – $75-300 million Vangent – Over $300 million Executives of the Year: Dolly Oberoi [...]
Tom Mazich to head Deltek’s GovCon Business Unit
Earlier today Deltek announced that Tom Mazich will oversee enterprise software sales and consulting services for Deltek’s GovCon business unit that delivers comprehensive solutions that power the complete business lifecycle of government contractors. As the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Deltek’s GovCon business unit, Mazich will oversee sales for Deltek’s Costpoint, GCS Premier, [...]
Congratulations InScope International
Inc. Magazine has named Reston VA based InScope International a Top 20 Small Business Workplace finalist. For a complete list click here: Top 20 Small Business Workplaces Perhaps the seriousness of their mission of ‘Advancing the Global Good’ gives each member of the InScope team a sense of purpose. Or perhaps it’s because my brother-in-law, [...]
Survivor: Federal Contracting Island
This article by Guy Timberlake explores why the small business community continues to struggle with government contracting. Survivor: Federal Contracting Island Many ‘advocates’ seem focused on how to outwit, outlast and outplay other small businesses instead of standing up to policies and processes that threaten small business concerns across the board. Never thought it would [...]
Veterans Win Significant Procurement Battle
Last year, the United States Association of Veterans in Business (“USAVETBIZ”) urged Congress for agovernment-wide preference in contracting and set-aside programs that extended the existing preference for service-disabled veteran owned small businesses (“SDVOSB”) to all veteran-owned small businesses. While that has not happened yet, the set aside program for SDVOSBs has been recently strengthened. Read [...]
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Avoiding the SBA 8A Graduation Trauma: Preparing Your Brand for Higher Valuation
This article by Gal Borenstein was written with 8(a) firms who are approaching the end of their 8(a) life in mind, but it is useful for any company seeking to increase it’s value to a potential acquirer: Avoiding the SBA 8A Graduation Trauma: Preparing Your Brand for Higher Valuation Remember that feeling of accomplishment you [...]
Federal Acquisition Regulations by Judy Bradt
Judy Bradt wrote a series of blog posts covering the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARS). FARS are as important to understand when selling to the government as are laws governing our roads when driving down the road. Not understanding the regulations in either case can be costly and potentially dangerous. Regulations being as they are Judy [...]
