Federal Procurement, Programs / GWACs / IDIQs
CBP/USACE Continues Sourcing for Border Wall
15 Jun, 2017
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UPDATE: On January 18th, 2018, Barnard Construction Company, Inc. was awarded a fixed price contract worth over $73 million for Santa Teresa Fence Replacement. On June 7, 2017 the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), through the Fort Worth District, held a border wall remote-industry day for firms interested in qualifying as sources for “Horizontal Construction Contracts For Southwestern Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements.” After firms are properly qualified and placed on the Prequalified Sources List, they will then receive separate...
Federal Procurement, Programs / GWACs / IDIQs
DHS Still Planning TACCOM II
12 Jun, 2017
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UPDATE 9/5/2017: DHS has released the final solicitation for TACCOM II today, with proposals due on September 22. Importantly, DHS has changed the requirements for the small business size standards. Potential small business contractors are no longer required to hold the main (and now only) NAICS codes of 334220 and/or 541330 in their SAM registrations. However, they must still certify that they meet the small business size standards for those task category NAICS codes in the cover letter for the final proposal....
Federal Procurement, Other Topics
VA Announces New Push for Modernized EHR System
05 Jun, 2017
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UPDATE: The VA is facing two major obstacles to a new EHR implementation with Cerner. The first obstacle, a skinny FY18 funding bill known as the Make America Secure Appropriations Act for DOD-funding, includes a provision which limits full IT-funding to the VA until it can explain, among other issues: its sole-source solicitation to Cerner, how the DOD platform can be replicated, and a strategic implementation plan. The second obstacle, reported on August 24th, is a lawsuit from EHR vendor CliniComp,...
Federal Procurement, Leveraging Set-Asides
Are Federal Agencies Meeting Their Small Business Goals?
02 Jun, 2017
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The Federal government has continued efforts to provide contracting dollars for certified small businesses. With new rules and set-asides in place, and the final procurement numbers from FY16 published by the SBA, EZGovOpps can report on some of the successes and failures of Federal agencies in meeting their small business goals. Overall, the SBA graded Federal government small business efforts in FY16 with an “A,” with some real success evident in certain areas of procurement. Small disadvantaged businesses, for example,...
Federal Procurement, Getting Started
Federal Contracting Revenue: How to Report and Research
01 Jun, 2017
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For companies just getting started in Federal contracting, a first important step is registering in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov), as every company looking to do business with the US Government is required to have an entry in the database. Once you are registered, you have the opportunity to expand the picture of your company for interested customers. For companies seeking more information on competitors or possible contracting partners, this presents a good source of information, but certain challenges...
Federal Procurement, Other Topics
A Glimpse of IT Modernization Plans for FY18
25 May, 2017
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Latest Update: Now that we have entered Fiscal Year 2018, take a look at our FY18 Forecast series for some of the other major contracts expected from Federal agencies. Update: With President Trump’s signature on December 12th, the MGT Act was officially codified as a part of the FY18 NDAA. Update: The MGT Act was passed in the Senate as an amendment to the FY18 NDAA, like other issues with contracting impact which have been passed in the NDAA in years...
Federal Procurement, Getting Started
How to Track and Forecast Subcontracting Awards
24 May, 2017
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According to SAM.gov, only less than 23% of registered Women-Owned Small Businesses have been awarded prime contracts. This is a great example of how important winning subcontracting awards is for small businesses involved in Federal procurement. EZGovOpps is here to provide some methods for researching subcontracting data, some shortcomings of publicly reported data, and the benefits of using a market intelligence platform for hunting down future subcontracting opportunities for your company. While prime contractors are required by the Federal government...
Federal Procurement, Getting Started
Trending the Top NAICS Codes in Federal Procurement for 2017
18 May, 2017
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An important aspect to working in the Federal contracting space, beyond hunting down specific opportunities, is understanding the broader trends that are shaping the Federal marketplace. Using Federal reporting data, EZGovOpps has compiled a list of the North American Industry Classifcation System (NAICS) codes which received the highest obligated award dollars in fiscal years 2015, 2016, and what has been awarded (so far) in 2017. With this list, we can build a picture not only of where the Federal government...
Federal Procurement, Getting Started
Building a Business Development Pipeline
11 May, 2017
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As a part of our guide to small business contracting, we emphasized that you should not rely on the “throw things at the wall and see what sticks” kind of business development strategy, especially after going through all of the steps necessary to get your business ready for Federal contracting. With that in mind, EZGovOpps analysts have put together a guide on how to develop and a implement a business development pipeline for use in the Federal contracting market. The...
Federal Procurement, Other Topics
Federal Procurement and the new FY17 Budget
04 May, 2017
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With the House of Representatives approving a new Omnibus Appropriations bill this week which could fund the Federal government until the end of Fiscal Year 2017, and a Senate vote due soon, EZGovOpps has put together some analysis on the procurement impact of the spending plan as well as budget comparisons. The budgets we will compare, in particular, are the spending plans President Trump unveiled for FY18 (covered by EZGovOpps here and here), and the similar proposal from the President...