Fair Opportunity Is Not the Best Value
Saturday, February 24, 2018
by Guy Timberlake, CVO and Founding Partner, Government Contractors
For me, fair opportunity is not the best value in Simplified Acquisitions for agencies or small business concerns. With the recent increases to the micro-purchase threshold and the simplified acquisition threshold as a result of the 2018 NDAA, there is much more attention being paid to these procurement methods than ever before by Government and Industry. A respected
- Published in Guy Timberlake, GWAC, IDC, IDIQ, Multiple Award Contracts, Simplified Acquisitions, Small Business
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The Good, the Bad and the Just Plain Ugly Changes That Almost Were!
Thursday, February 02, 2017
by Guy Timberlake, CVO and Founding Partner, Government Contractors
Originally published February 2, 2017 on GovConVoices Having been a part of the federal contracting community for close to 30 years, I’ve seen quite a few changes in policy and process that have both improved and degraded the ability of small business concerns to participate as contractors and subcontractors. I’m not referring solely to changes where
- Published in Federal Contracting, Getting Started, Guy Timberlake, Small Business
How Small Business Got $500,000 (or More!) in FY2016
Saturday, January 28, 2017
by Guy Timberlake, CVO and Founding Partner, Government Contractors
Over the years I’ve done a number of comparisons assessing the economic impact of federal contracting dollars on small business concerns by looking at the procurement methods and the types of contracts used by federal civilian, defense and intelligence agencies. This is one of those. My approach is to observe how many small companies received obligations at
- Published in Business Resources, Federal Contracting, Getting Started, Guy Timberlake, Small Business