SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE THE FEDERAL CONTRACTING INDUSTRY AND WIN FEDERAL CONTRACTS BY KNOWING THE RULES AND UNDERSTANDING THE STRATEGIES. ChallengeHER works specifically with Women-Owned Small Business to assist in leveraging federal awards, learn the federal procurement process, and to connect with the right people. With this knowledge, you are much better positioned to grow your business and increase your revenue. Event is free; seating is lim...

SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE THE FEDERAL CONTRACTING INDUSTRY AND WIN FEDERAL CONTRACTS BY KNOWING THE RULES AND UNDERSTANDING THE STRATEGIES ChallengeHER works specifically with the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) federal contracting program as a tool to help leverage federal awards, learn the federal procurement process, and to connect with the right people. With this knowledge, you are much better positioned to grow your business and increase yo...

This advanced-level session is the follow-up to the recent Give Me 5 webinar: Accelerating Growth, what it takes to add a zero to your income (see below for link). We will cover next steps in the actual execution of your plan to drive aggressive growth and business development in the federal market. Updates include: Funding trends and using them to your advantageContract vehicles: go or no goPositioning to win market shareThe real federal d...

In navigating the federal procurement landscape, you may have wondered why the Government uses so many different types of contracting vehicles, and what the differences between them mean for you. Why are some contracts competed as IDIQs and others as BPAs? How do GSA Schedules line up in all of this? And, most importantly, what do these differences mean for you and your ability to compete for work? In this complex federal marketplace, it...

Joint Ventures are a very useful tool to gain a competitive advantage and provide a winning solution for government contracts. However, to take full advantage of this tool, you need to understand how to best form and operate a joint venture. There are many decisions that go into a joint venture, such as the type of legal entity to use, the management structure, and whether the joint venture should have its own employees. In addition, when the...

5 Things You Should Know About Simplified Acquisition Opportunities Simplified Acquisitions are a type of procurement that allow buyers to make purchases for goods and services in an expedited manner allowing agencies to engage with small businesses with far greater ease and speed. In Fiscal Year 2017, 68 federal agencies, boards and commissions issued and administered contracts and orders valued at nearly $22B, continuing an upward trend in u...

The free ChallengeHER Minneapolis/St.Paul event will educate attendees on growth opportunities in government contracting as well as how to participate in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract program. ChallengeHER is a national initiative designed to promote the WOSB Federal Contract Program, bring more women-owned firms into the federal government’s supply chain and provi...

Congressman Steve Chabot, Chairman of the U.S. House Small Business Committee, will speak to women business owners at the October 16 ChallengeHER Cincinnati event where attendees will learn key strategies to market and sell their products and services to the federal government. Now in its third year, ChallengeHER is a national initiative designed to promote the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract Program, bring more women-owned...

Last August, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that the federal government reached its 23% small business contracting goal for the first time in eight years. Of the $83.1 billion spent with small businesses in FY13, 4.32% was awarded to women-owned small businesses (WOSBs) – up from 4% in 2012 and 3.98% in 2011 – but still short of the government’s 5% goal. On Friday, June 12, SBA Administrator Maria Cont...

Small business owners in the construction industry are among businesses that spend the most seeking federal contracts, investing an average $172,058 per contract, according to a survey by American Express OPEN. Once awarded a contract, however, competitors still have the option to appeal, or protest, the decision and may attack the eligibility of your business for the contract you have won. The Give Me 5 program is hosting a series of webinars...