Government Contracting Basics
How the US government buys, and the fundamentals every new contractor should understand.
7 articles
- What are the three big challenges in government contracting?
- What levels of government award contracts, and what does SLED mean?
- Where do agencies post contract opportunities, and why are they hard to find?
- Why do contracts go to the best prepared, not the best businesses?
- What are set-aside contracts and sole-source awards?
- What is positioning and why does it matter so much?
- Is the system fair to new and small businesses?