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Four Strategies To Beat The Mid-Tier Squeeze: A Commercial Banking Perspective
Feb 20, 2017
Mid-tier government contractors are too big to be small – and are thus ineligible for mandated government contract quotas – and too small to be big, missing the benefits of scale that drives both business development reach and operational cost efficiencies.This report was produced by...
Seeking experts in FAA AMS
Feb 20, 2017
Hi everyone,I wanted to let the community know about an opportunity for procurement professionals who consider themselves experts in FAA’s Acquisition Management System. Qualified candidates would need to feel confident writing SOWs, developing IGCE’s, crafting acquisition strategies, and...
Mid-Tier Advocacy: A Growth Path For Emerging Small Business
Feb 17, 2017
Too often businesses that experience growth beyond the “small business” category face challenges when they “graduate.” Mid-Tier Advocacy argues that increasing federal contracting opportunities for emerging small businesses promotes the long-standing policy objectives of the Small Business...
The 8(A) Impact: Participants Perspectives
Feb 17, 2017
In this report, researchers spoke with numerous participants in the federal government’s small-business set-aside program to learn what works, what doesn’t work, and what makes the investment to chase federal contracts worthwhile.
The following document is a part of Public Spend Forum’s...
809 Panel Congressionally Mandated
Feb 17, 2017
Section 809 is from the National Defense Authorization Act. The National Defense Authorization Act’s purpose is to “authorize appropriations for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe...
Public Procurement News Round-up | 2/16/2017
Feb 17, 2017
IT Acquisitions Remain on GAO High-Risk List
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released its annual High-Risk List, identifying large challenges faced by federal agencies. Improving the management of IT acquisitions and operations remains on the list, though this year it gets credit for...
Unintended Outcomes Of Small Business Legislation & Policy
Feb 17, 2017
The Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise looks at the impact of small business policy, and where there are opportunities for improvement.
The following document is a part of Public Spend Forum’s Mid-Tier Advocacy Community, and requires membership.
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Mid-Tier Federal Contractor Growth Challenges & Transition Tactics
Feb 17, 2017
This brief collects insights from a study on challenges faced by mid-tier federal contractors. The purpose of the study was to identify the challenges that firms shared a common loss of contracts and the ability to re-compete for prime work on which they have previous experience and excelled at,...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 2/16/17
Feb 17, 2017
IT Acquisitions Remain on GAO High-Risk List
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released its annual High-Risk List, identifying large challenges faced by federal agencies. Improving the management of IT acquisitions and operations remains on the list, though this year it gets credit for...
UK Ministry of Defense – Is New Procurement System Running Into Trouble?
Feb 17, 2017
There appears to be trouble brewing over a new procurement systems implementation at the UK’s Ministry of Defense (MOD). Last year, the MOD announced that it was “changing and improving its procurement systems, to provide a more, effective and efficient way of interacting with its supply...
European Public Procurement Newswire — 2/17/17
Feb 17, 2017
This is our weekly European public procurement news roundup, reporting on how more than a trillion Euros of taxpayer money is being spent.
The Independent this week covered the story on Austria’s defence ministry and allegations of corruption and bribery around Airbus. It is said that Airbus...
Why Suppliers Bid For Public Sector Contracts Part 2
Feb 17, 2017
In part 1 here we looked at an exercise we’ve used to get buyers and commissioners in the public sector to think about what encourages potential suppliers to bid. Clearly, any buyer wants to have a good, competitive field of organizations competing actively for the contract, so in an ideal world...
