Small business contracting

General Services Administration (GSA)

GSA’s new approach to small business matchmaking

GSA’s Alliant 3 contract includes an evaluation factor to encourage large businesses to meet with small firms in one of 11 emerging technology areas.

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A troubling small business trend is getting worse

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Sen. Ernst hopeful about fixes to small business contracting

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OFPP expands small business ‘rule of two’ to multiple award contracts

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Concerns over NASA’s SEWP VI small business strategy come to surface

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OFPP’s acquisition workforce modernization effort to kick into gear in 2024

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Busy federal fourth quarter to bleed into just as crazy first quarter of 2024

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DISA’s plan to solve the facility clearance conundrum for small businesses

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Commerce’s CATTS procurement exemplifies all that’s wrong with federal small business contracting

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Employee Assistance programs, EAP

DHS’ Courtney: FirstSource III will include on-ramp opportunities

Paul Courtney, the chief procurement officer at the Homeland Security Department, said he didn’t consider opening up the multiple-award IT products and…

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2 new tools aim to reverse decade-long decline in small business industrial base

The Biden administration developed a supplier base dashboard and a procurement equity tool to help agencies identify potential new small businesses to…

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FILE - Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro speaks at the 80th Pearl Harbor Anniversary ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in Honolulu. Del Toro announced Thursday, May 19, 2022, that a future destroyer will be named USS Telesforo Trinidad in honor of a Filipino sailor who rescued two crew members when their ship caught fire more than a century ago. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia,File)

Navy to break up some big contracts to increase small business participation

The Navy will also look to hold prime contractors accountable to meeting small business subcontracting goals.

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