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Top Strategies for Successfully Selling to the Government

Select GCR

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This guide breaks down the crucial steps: identifying contracting opportunities, understanding procurement processes, and building relationships with government buyers. Dive in to learn strategies that can help you secure lucrative government contracts. Research is a key component of this process.

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How to Bid on Government Jobs: A Practical Guide

Select GCR

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Discover how to navigate the process and secure government contracts for your business. Key Takeaways Bidding on government contracts presents significant growth opportunities for businesses, especially small enterprises, with substantial revenue and credibility benefits. Why Bid on Government Jobs?

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Mastering SAM Government Contracting

Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Diving into government contracting with SAM requires a clear roadmap to success. SAM.gov stands as a crucial portal for businesses seeking federal contracts. This article delivers a concise guide on effectively using SAM, from completing your registration to enhancing your contracting strategy.

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Simplifying Public Sector Procurement: Strategies to Increase Sme Participation

The Procurement School

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Seasoned practitioners in public procurement can be jaded from situations that have gone wrong, and it is common for inexperienced public buyers to experience risk aversion and fear of the unknown. Relationships will benefit when buyers promptly respond to SMEs’ queries and consider them as a valuable and positive part of the job.

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Paraguay’s procurement is open for small business

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

They leveraged Paraguay’s high quality, publicly accessible open contracting data to measure the existing participation of these smaller businesses and to understand their challenges in working with government buyers. A key insight was that entrepreneurs didn’t know much about government contracting.

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Sustainable and Circular Procurement Practices in Public Sector Procurement

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This will allow buyers to have clear information on their approach, and how to overcome current risks and promote sustainable changes. The Act requires that all public entities consider the social value and impact of procurement decisions, and comply with the Government Buying Standards.

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Chile’s procurement monitoring system now open to the public

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Chile’s public procurement agency, ChileCompra, created its “ Public Contracting Observatory ” service in 2012 to detect, prevent, and fix irregularities in government contracting procedures. Since updating the site in December 2023, visitors to the Observatory microsite have increased by more than 300%.

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Private Sector Tender Platforms and Databases

Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 16, 2024

The platform provides real-time alerts, detailed project insights, customised dashboards, and tailored support for buyers, making it one of the best tools for companies seeking to stay ahead in their business proposals. A good profile makes it easier for your clients to trust you, which will likely attract more buyers.

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Enhancing Competition in Public Procurement: Lessons from the NAO Report

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This analysis will explore the main NAO findings, look at their wider significance and propose steps to reinvigorate competition in government procurement. The report also revealed that supplier diversity needs to be improved, with many government contracts going repeatedly to a narrow set of large firms.

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Free vs. Paid Tender Portals: Which is Right for Your Business?

Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 28, 2025

Public sector procurement information and contracts are available through both free and paid tender search engines. Clarification questions play a crucial role in the tender bidding process, allowing bidders to clarify details related to tender invitations through a built-in messaging system on procurement portals.

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Buying local, inclusive and green: How Iowa’s capital, Des Moines, is living its values through better procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Their process wasn’t friendly to new vendors, leading to low levels of competition and bidder diversity, and they didn’t have good data to inform further improvements. The fair allowed businesses to network and develop relationships with local government agencies and other businesses in the government contracting space.

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How to Sell to the Government (SLED)

GovSpend

APRIL 5, 2023

Evaluation of bids: Government agencies will evaluate bids based on a variety of criteria, including cost, technical capabilities, and past performance. Award of contracts: The winning bidder(s) will be awarded a contract to provide the goods or services required by the government agency.

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How to Sell to the Government (SLED)

GovSpend

APRIL 5, 2023

Evaluation of bids: Government agencies will evaluate bids based on a variety of criteria, including cost, technical capabilities, and past performance. Award of contracts: The winning bidder(s) will be awarded a contract to provide the goods or services required by the government agency.

Government

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Key Principles of Public Procurement: Transparency, Value, and Fairness

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

The fundamental tenets of fairness, value for money, and transparency form the foundation of public procurement and contribute to the development of an atmosphere that benefits suppliers as well as buyers. This principle also supports economic growth by encouraging diverse suppliers to contribute to government contracts.

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B2Gov: Meet the open data bundlers turning binners into winners

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Her passion for helping others understand government contracting led her to join forces with data scientist Marcelo Blanco and establish B2Gov. Participating in public contracting represents a massive opportunity for businesses, but one that many fail to seize. “The If I sell computers at 100, how much was the second offer?

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Four essential tips to help contractors get in on the $1.2 Trillion U.S. Infrastructure Bill

Bonfire

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Many contractors are trying to determine what they need to know in order to bid and win government contracts tied to the new Infrastructure Bill as funding flows into cities and communities across the nation. Then, get on the pre-approved bidder list on the General Services Administration (GSA).

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Mastering Bidding on Government Contracts: Pro Tips & Strategies

Select GCR

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

How can you win a government contract ? This article will show you the steps to take, from understanding different contract types to crafting a winning bid, including how to find government contracts and bidding on them. Get ready to navigate the world of government contracts with confidence.

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The Essential Stages of the Contract Management Lifecycle

The Procurement School

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Sometimes, the stated insurance dollar limits are too high given the actual risk and can exclude qualified bidders. Including the contract or the form of agreement in the bid document allows bidders to understand the proposed contract and decide if they want to submit a bid. and Manage the Contract – Buyandsell.gc.ca

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Best Practices for a Winning Proposal for Bid

Select GCR

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

RFPs are typically used for complex projects where detailed plans are needed, such as government contracts. They describe the project, its goals, and the organization sponsoring it, while also outlining the bidding process and contract terms.

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Friday Flash 04/25/2025

The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 24, 2025

Thank you for Joining us for a Discussion on the New Federal Market The Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement (Coalition) would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who joined us for Navigating Government Contracting in the New Federal Market on April 24 at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons.

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Top Strategies for Successfully Selling to the Government

How to Bid on Government Jobs: A Practical Guide

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Mastering SAM Government Contracting

Simplifying Public Sector Procurement: Strategies to Increase Sme Participation

Paraguay’s procurement is open for small business

Sustainable and Circular Procurement Practices in Public Sector Procurement

Chile’s procurement monitoring system now open to the public

Private Sector Tender Platforms and Databases

Enhancing Competition in Public Procurement: Lessons from the NAO Report

Free vs. Paid Tender Portals: Which is Right for Your Business?

Buying local, inclusive and green: How Iowa’s capital, Des Moines, is living its values through better procurement

How to Sell to the Government (SLED)

How to Sell to the Government (SLED)

Key Principles of Public Procurement: Transparency, Value, and Fairness

B2Gov: Meet the open data bundlers turning binners into winners

Four essential tips to help contractors get in on the $1.2 Trillion U.S. Infrastructure Bill

Mastering Bidding on Government Contracts: Pro Tips & Strategies

The Essential Stages of the Contract Management Lifecycle

Best Practices for a Winning Proposal for Bid

Friday Flash 04/25/2025

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