Learn How the Government Issues Solicitations:
- Federal Market Foundations - Government is a Decentralized Marketplace with Hundreds of Buyers
- Know That There Are Governing Rules for the Government
- Navigating the Federal Acquisition Regulation and Agency Guidelines
- Know the Main Types of Government Contracting
- Indefinite Delivery Vehicles (IDVs) For Unknowns or Current Work Can Be Grouped with Future Work
- GSA Schedules
- Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantify (IDIQs) and Multiple Award Contracts (MACs) and Getting on a Vehicle
- Some Vehicles May Give You More Chances to Get On
- Once a Client Made it On the Bus, They Must Compete Again
- Task Orders are Usually “Mini Proposals”
- Over 2000 Different Vehicles
- Best-in-Class (BIC) Vehicles
- Opportunity Transforms Based on Chosen Acquisition Strategies
- How Contracting Officers Decide on a Vehicle
- To Understand the Government, Know the Government Procurement Process
- Example of the Award Decision-Making Flow on Government