Insights and Trends
Extra approvals implemented on Fed contracts
The new administration is imposing new reviews prior to award on numerous contracts in various departments and agencies. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has implemented an agency requirement that contracts valued at $100,000 + must be signed off in her office before award. The new policy will affect three key parties in the federal procurement...
Federal, State and Local Opportunities – PLUS
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...
Major increase in contract opportunities
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...
Federal: Major change in professional services contracting
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...
FAR 2.0 – remaking the rules of the road for govcon
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...
BC2Match brings multiple GovCon tools to one app
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...