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The Pentagon awarded Oracle a $6.99 billion, 10-year IDIQ on July 23 — the largest single software consolidation contract in DoD history. Here is what…
The SBA is conducting a program examination of Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business certifications — requesting three years of personal and business tax returns. Here…
July 24 is the hard deadline for contracting officers to bilaterally modify existing federal contracts to include FAR 52.222-90 — the anti-DEI clause that bans…
The Federal Reserve confirms small businesses are bearing the heaviest tariff burden while the government just mandated fixed-price contracts as the default. That collision —…
Secretary Hegseth’s ban on military attendance at Harvard, Yale, MIT, Columbia, Princeton, Brown and 17 other universities takes effect this fall as the 2026-2027 academic…
The House passed the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act on July 22 — $1.15 trillion in national security spending, a renamed Department of War, and…
The compliance matrix is the most important document you build before writing a single word of a federal proposal. Here is exactly how to build…
Losing a federal contract bid does not have to be a dead end. A post-award debriefing is your legal right — and the single fastest…
The federal contracts worth the most money are often too large for a single small business to capture alone. Teaming agreements and joint ventures are…
A federal RFP looks overwhelming the first time. It is not. Once you know which sections carry the most weight and in what order to…
Past performance follows every federal contractor into every future evaluation. Here is how to build the record, protect your CPARS ratings, and use commercial work…
A contractor just filed a landmark protest over the FAR Overhaul. Bid protests are one of the most powerful tools in federal contracting — and…
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