The General Services Administration awarded 43 small business blanket purchase agreements for tablets, mobile products, monitors, video teleconference equipment, laptops, desktops, notebooks, netbooks and data center equipment. The 43 BPAs were awarded to small businesses including women-owned, … [Read more...]
Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development – November 2012 Highlights
Empowering Veterans through Entrepreneurship U.S. military veterans own 2.4 million businesses, or nearly 1 in 10 of all businesses nationwide. 8.3 percent of veteran business owners have service-connected disabilities. Veteran-owned businesses generate $1.2 trillion in … [Read more...]
Borenstein Group a Top 500 Agency Per Ad Age Magazine
Happy Anniversary and congratulations Borenstein Group! Borenstein Group Marks 18th Year Anniversary as Top 500 B2B Integrated Branding, Digital Marketing & Social Media Agency The Borenstein Group, a leading Washington DC-Metro integrated digital marketing agency celebrates its 18th … [Read more...]
GovCon Needs This Now More Than Ever: Creative Firm Specializing in Bid Support Announces Launch
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2, 2012 New Business, Bridged Design, Inc., Announces Launch HERNDON, VA – Bridged Design, Inc., a firm specializing in visual communication with proposal industry expertise and creative talent, announces the launch of their new business. With headquarters in … [Read more...]
White House Tells Contractors to Hold Off on Layoff Warnings
The White House on Friday told government contractors worried about fiscal cliff spending cuts to hold off on warning employees about possible layoffs. The government said it would cover legal costs if contractors are forced to slash their payrolls because of the looming $109 billion in automatic … [Read more...]
Chinese Hackers Break in to White House Military Office Network
Hackers linked to China’s government broke into one of the U.S. government’s most sensitive computer networks, breaching a system used by the White House Military Office for nuclear commands, according to defense and intelligence officials familiar with the incident. One official said the cyber … [Read more...]
2012 GovCon Awards Finalists Announced
Each year the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce recognizes some of the exceptional organizations and individuals involved in government contracting in the Greater Washington-area. The award categories and the 2012 finalists for each category are: Contractor of the Year Presented to a Greater … [Read more...]
Fully Immersive Dismounted Soldier Training System
Intelligent Decisions announced the roll-out of the First-Ever, Fully Immersive Dismounted Soldier Training System to 28 U.S. Army Installations Worldwide over the Next 6 Months. Watch the video below of the system (#DSTS). … [Read more...]
Wham, Bam, Thank You Sam!
WHAT IS SAM? The System for Award Management (SAM) is a free web-site (sam.gov) which consolidates Federal procurement systems and the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. Currently CCR, FedReg, ORCA and EPLS have been migrated into SAM. Over the coming years, additional system migrations will … [Read more...]
Chalk one up for seven small contractors!
Seven small contractors win $249.6M contract (via Washington Technology) CONTRACT AWARDS Seven small businesses won a $249.6 million task-order contract from the Navy for engineering and technical services. The winning contractors are as follow: Centuria Corp. Forward Slope Inc. … [Read more...]
100 Words That Kill Your Proposal
100 words that kill your proposal (via Washington Technology) COMMENTARY Inexperienced proposal writers seem to use words that should be avoided when writing proposals. These inappropriate words and phrases can weaken a proposal, annoy evaluators, and even undermine the bidder’s … [Read more...]
Uncertainty Leads to Decline in Small Business Loans in 2011 According to SBA
The SBA Office of Advocacy released their annual study of Small Business Lending in the United States and the study found that overall lending and borrowing by financial depository institutions and small businesses in 2011 declined from the prior year. The study found that although business lending … [Read more...]