Leidos Awarded $82 Million Contract for Operational Readiness at Naval Health Research Center [repost]
Katie Keller / Sep 14, 2020 ClearanceJobs DEFENSE CONTRACTS VALUED AT $7 MILLION AND ABOVE DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY JL Kaya,* Miami, Florida (SPE1C1-20-D-1317, $323,030,400); Unifire,** Spokane, Washington (SPE1C1-20-D-1346, $209,200,000);…
Hawaii’s defense spending website aims to help businesses learn about military contracting [repost]
By Janis L. Magin – Senior Editor, Pacific Business News Sep 18, 2020, 5:50am HST Updated Sep 21, 2020, 11:41am HST Defense spending in Hawaii accounts for 7.7% of the state’s gross…
Federal contracts to Pittsburgh region topped $30 million during COVID-19. But the true extent of the deals is murkier. [repost]
DANIEL MOORE Post-Gazette Washington Bureau SEP 19, 2020 1:34 PM WASHINGTON — Providing medical supplies, N95 masks and testing equipment for the U.S. Department of Health and Human…
Announcing OFCCP’s Promotions and Accommodations Focused Review Landing Pages [repost]
OFCCP recently announced that it would be conducting focused reviews on promotions and accommodations. To help contractors understand how these focus reviews will be conducted and provide…
“The Federal Last Minute Spending” Webinar Wrap Up
First, Mid-Tier Advocacy is pleased we were able to present to you Friday, September 18 on “The Federal Last Minute Spending”. We want give a very special…
[Webinar] Exiting From the Valley of the Shadow of Death: Successful Growth Strategies for Small Businesses Moving to the Mid-Tier – September 16th, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET
It is well known to nearly all small business federal contractors (including SDVOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB) that exceeding your size standard can be a death knell. Companies…
Portman, Peters Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Require The Defense Logistics Agency To Issue Long-Term Contracts For American-Made PPE [repost]
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced bipartisan legislation that will strengthen efforts to onshore production of personal protective equipment (PPE)…
New rules, new challengers for contractors [repost]
It’s been two years since Congress passed legislation aimed at purging equipment made by untrusted telecom companies like ZTE and Huawei from the federal supply chain. Last…
Government Surpasses Small Business Contracting Goals in Fiscal 2019 for Seventh Year [repost]
The federal government exceeded its overall small business contracting goals for the seventh consecutive year in fiscal 2019 by awarding $132.9 billion in prime contracts, which was…