Dissecting Law Enforcement and Firefighter Uniform Growth Year Over Year and by Level of Government An examination of state, local and education (SLED) uniform supply opportunities (bids & RFPs) revealed that the strongest area of growth for the last two years (2013-2014) was in the law … [Read more...]
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Contracting Trends in State, Local and Education Governments
Employee Assistance Programs, or EAPs, are easily defined as benefit programs that are designed to help employees navigate life circumstances that might impact their job performance, health, and well-being. For the past three years (2012-2014), hundreds of unique agencies across the country awarded … [Read more...]
SLED to FED: 7 Tips for State and Local Contractors Pursuing Federal Sales
This guest post by Ms. Shené Commodore, CPCM President at Commodore Consulting, LLC was originally published by Onvia. SLED to FED: 7 Tips for State and Local Contractors Pursuing Federal Sales Growth is a part of every business strategy, yet many companies are hesitant to work with … [Read more...]
President Obama Announces New Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal and Other Cybersecurity Efforts
By Joyce Bosc: Cybersecurity continues to hit the GovCon and business press in a big way as the White House unveiled on Tuesday an updated set of proposals to address our country’s increasingly challenging cyberscape. From a GovCon perspective, the proposed legislation seeks to encourage our … [Read more...]
Significant Changes on the Horizon to Key SBA Regulations
By Amy Laderberg O'Sullivan and Olivia Lynch with Crowell Moring: On December 29, 2014, the Small Business Administration issued long overdue proposed amendments to its regulations (with 60 days for comments) to implement many of the provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 … [Read more...]
The Future Will Be Printed – in 3D
The use of 3D printing is growing. From kayaks to pancakes to human and canine prosthetics, a diverse array of 3D printed products have been delivered. 3D printing has also been named one of the top technology trends in 2015 that organizations should incorporate into their strategic planning. In … [Read more...]
5 Things to Know About Guaranteeing Your Company’s Debt
By Barbara Weltman: When your company needs financing, it may be difficult or impossible to obtain it unless you give your personal guarantee. This means if the company fails to pay its debt, you’re on the hook. Obligations for which you may be asked for your unsecured promise to pay if the … [Read more...]
Cracking The Sole Source Code
By Judy Bradt, CEO Summit Insight: Time after time, I hear business owners saying, “I can never win at that Federal agency. The Contracting Officers (CO’s / KO’s) only want to work with HUBZone, 8(a), Veterans, or (soon) women-owned, businesses they can sole source to.” Don’t get … [Read more...]
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals Rules No Relief for Fraud
By Sarah Schauerte: In the Appeal of Atlas Int’l. Trading Corp., on December 2 the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) held that a contractor’s bribery of an agency’s program manager made the contract at issue in its appeal void ab initio (“from the beginning”). As set forth in … [Read more...]
Top 20 Federal Opportunities for FY 2015 – Deltek
Which federal opportunities are sitting on top in FY 2015? Enter the new fiscal year with industry-leading data and analysis on 20 high profile procurements totaling more than $220 billion in business. Deltek’s free report Top 20 Federal Opportunities for FY 2015 details the $59.6 billion … [Read more...]
State and Local Agency Set Aside Opportunities
Source: Onvia - Total government spending at all levels, including state and local agencies, represents about 28% of the US GDP, or roughly $3.3 trillion (estimated for 2015). How much of this falls into the set aside category varies widely from state-to-state. State-by-State Spending State and … [Read more...]
The 10 Categories Where Federal Agencies Spend the Most on Contracting
Source GovExec: For the last several months, the Obama administration has trumpeted its initiative to simplify the federal acquisition process. The main component of that overhaul is “category management” -- sorting agencies’ purchases into the most common groups of products and services. The … [Read more...]