Insights and Trends
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...
AI guidelines for Federal Agencies
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...
When business slows down – BD teams speed up
Are you seeing fewer opportunities from government agencies? Are new projects cratering? Is your pipeline getting thin? Now’s the time to be squeezing BC2Match to find and respond to new opportunities, whether prime contracts or via subcontracting and partnering. BC2Match’s Expiring Contract Alerts give you a heads-up on recompetes a year ahead...
Heads Up – Recent events
BC2Match is located here in Washington DC, and plugged in on an hour-to-hour basis with what’s going on in the federal government. We also are connected to several state and local government information resources to help you keep current. Some recent federal action s that have, and will continue to, impact the contracting environment: Experienced...