Bidspeed Blog
Best Practices on Government Contracting.Proposal Management Plan
The Proposal Management Plan (PMP) documents the roles, responsibilities, tasks, schedules, and deadlines before contributors start developing proposal sections, volumes, and ultimately the complete proposal. The plan becomes the “evergreen” guide to keep the team on...
Native 8(a) Program (NACA) Has a Big Win in Court
On October 16, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a writ of Certiorari filed by the Rothe Development, Inc. Essentially, Rothe wanted to challenge the constitutionality of NACA’s existence and thus dismantle the program entirely. NACA, a 501(c)6 trade association...
Equifax Just Won a Contract with the IRS and Everyone is as Confused as You Are
It seems impossible, but it’s true. Equifax just won a $7.25 million award to verify taxpayer identities and help prevent fraud for the IRS. Considering the fact that a recent Equifax data breach exposed the personal information of up to 145 million Americans, this is...
Bidspeed is Presenting Sponsor of the 7th Annual SBA 8(a) Conference for 2nd Year in a Row
On April 12, 2017 Bidspeed was the Presenting Sponsor of the 7th annual Small Business Conference held at Hotel Irvine in California. The conference boasted more than 400 attendees and over 35 buyers. There were some big fish on that buyer list, among them Boeing, the...
Meet APTAC
Bidspeed is proud to announce our new partnership with the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance centers (APTAC.) We’re joining good company with APTAC’s premiere partners, among them the ISVN Group and The Contracting Education Academy at Georgia Tech....
Bidspeed Signs Co-Sponsorship Agreement with the Small Business Administration (SBA)
Bidspeed and the US Small Business Administration (SBA), Santa Ana District, have agreed to cosponsor an activity that will provide Government contracting opportunity webinars to small businesses in the Santa Ana District.
Develop a Strategy – Execute with Knowledge
Companies who make the commitment to do business in the Federal marketplace should always begin with establishing a strategy. This strategy will prove valuable to their success with obtaining new business (Win).
Why You Should Respond to Sources Sought
There is a myth out there in industry…”If an opportunity is on FBO, it is too late”. This myth is absolutely untrue and for the naysayers, have a look at FAR 19.
State and Local Data Now Available
Announcing the integration of state, county, and city procurement opportunities. Bidspeed is dedicated to bringing you the most opportunities possible, and the recent addition of this new data in a bold step in the path of our vision. Our new support staff and network...
What we’ve learned
When we launched Bidspeed almost 4 years ago we had a somewhat different vision of where we would end up. Our first thought was that we were a tool that would help tame the madness that is Federal contracting. So we built that, and, as far as we can tell from our...