Insights and Trends

Are you serving clients nationwide or primarily locally?  Is your pipeline full? Are you trying to save $$ on business development? We provide cost-efficient services to respond to all those scenarios. BC2Match includes contract RFP and IFB notices from all federal agencies and state and local agencies from across the country.  Sound...

The first four months of the new administration displays a significant increase in new contract postings in SAM.gov. In the 4-month period of 2023, we saw 51,289 RFPs and IFBs hit the street, and in 2024 there were 51,026 – a miniscule drop. However, so far in 2025, agencies have advertised some 68,000 opportunities. It is unclear why there is...

The Department of Defense issued new policy on May 27 regarding professional and administrative services contracts. This change may also forecast policy changes to occur across all federal agencies, military and civilian. The new policy:  Bans new contracts for IT consulting and management with integrators or consulting firms. Contracts valued at...

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy has been tasked to review the entireFederal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) with the aims of:  Eliminating duplicative regs Eliminating regs not established in law Remove burdensome requirements Develop straight-forward buyer guidesThe FAR is more than 1,000 pages long, and consists of 52 Parts...

Government contracting is a lot more transparent than selling to commercial businesses. Requirements are described in depth and everyone has a chance at bidding under known rules. BC2Match goes beyond just the bid board information. We add in pre-RFP and Sources Sought notices published in advance of the bid. We slot Expiring Contract data so you...

The government’s Office of Management and Budget has issued two memorandums about the use of Artificial Intelligence tools by federal agency employees. The memos, M-25-21 and M-25-22, are aimed at accelerating the use of AI, and lessening bureaucratic restrictions. They direct agencies to focus on these priorities: (1) innovation, (2) governance...