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If your employees perform acquisition functions close to inherently governmental work, FAR requires you to prevent personal conflicts of interest. Here’s the duty.
Hiring former government officials creates personal conflict-of-interest and post-employment risk that the contractor — not just the employee — has to manage.
On its 73rd anniversary, SBA launched a modernized SBA.gov to streamline access to capital, counseling, and contracting — with a sharpened focus on manufacturers.
Agencies are buying AI, cyber, and modernization at scale. If your capability statement still leads with staff augmentation, it’s costing you teaming invites.
GSA’s Polaris small-business IT GWAC is making phased awards across WOSB, HUBZone, and SDVOSB pools. Why set-aside firms should be positioning now.
SBA’s shift to a discrimination-based 8(a) test plus aggressive DOJ False Claims Act enforcement means set-aside firms must keep eligibility documentation current.
FY25 8(a) awards dropped to a decade low as ~800 firms were removed. How to diversify beyond 8(a) and protect your federal pipeline.
SAM, UEI, NAICS, RFP, IDIQ, 8(a) — federal contracting runs on alphabet soup. Here are the 40 government contracting acronyms every new contractor needs, organized…
NAICS codes are the six-digit numbers that determine which federal opportunities match your business, whether you count as ‘small,’ and which set-aside competitions you can…
The federal government buys nearly $800 billion a year — and there’s a learnable, 90-day path from Main Street business to registered, certified, bid-ready federal…
Every federal contract moves through the same lifecycle — forecasting, market research, solicitation, evaluation, award, performance, and closeout. Understanding where you can influence each stage…
WOSB, 8(a), SDVOSB, HUBZone — in a shifting FY2026 landscape, which certifications deliver real contract access, in what order should you pursue them, and what…
