Tuesday 31 March 2015

The Big Contracting Secret Fortune 500 Companies Don't Want Small Businesses To Find Out About

By Celeste Osborne


Every successful federal contractor keeps their strategy for success a well guarded secret. This makes it very difficult for newcomers to break into the federal market, usually leaving them to rely on hearsay and trial and error. One of the most closely guarded secrets to success is the Simplified Acquisition Program.

Federal Acquisition Regulations mandate that Simplified Acquisition rules apply to contracts between $2,500 and $150,000 in size, although some industries may allow such rules for contracts as high as $6.5 million. The Simplified Acquisition Program is based upon these contracting regulations.

Simplified Acquisition contracts help all kinds of businesses in the federal market: small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, and large firms all gain advantages through these kinds of contracts.

The Simplified Acquisition Program allows businesses to build relationships with procurement officers to ask about their available solicitations and make real person-to-person connections. This is extremely important because most government agencies will not post contracts from time to time that range from $2,500 to $25,000 to FedBizOpps (FBO) or another federal bid board. Agencies will also use SMART Pay Cards, blank purchase agreements, miscellaneous purchase agreements, and even cash on simplified acquisition contracts. Normal bids are not given this much leeway because large contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold must be reported in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS). Being able to bid on government contracts that are not even released yet gives a business using the Simplified Acquisition Program a much needed leg up on their competition in the federal marketplace.

US Federal Contractor Registration's Simplified Acquisition Program has helped many vendors find success in federal contracting, generating millions of dollars in contract awards for small businesses including Mac Made Easy, Creative Tent International, Excel Concrete, Suburban Surgical Co., Inc, and Nancys I.T. Guy. Participation in the program provides customized service and support necessary to start winning federal contracts such as System for Award Management registration, a seven page website in the standard Federal Government format, branded domain name and hosting, search engine optimization, customized official government profile, monthly email bid notification and contract support.

US Federal Contractor Registration is the world's largest third party registration firm that conducts everything from System for Award Management (SAM) to GSA Schedules. US Federal Contractor Registration testimonials and reviews are second to none with having registered over 65,000 businesses in System for Award Management. US Federal Contractor Registration has also registered and provided federal marketing solutions for businesses like McGraw Hill, HP, Wells Fargo, Xerox, GoodWill, Dixie, UPS, Heinz, Sheraton Hotels, Marriott, Westin, Interstate Oil, CITI, and Coldwell Banker; as well as academic institutions and colleges like NYC, Northwestern, Oxford, Southwestern, and Mercer. Numerous federal agencies like US Army, US Navy, Veteran Affairs and United States Department of Agriculture have also had their government paperwork facilitated by US Federal Contractor Registration Case Managers




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