Expert Insights in Federal Contracting

For organizations in government contracting, acquiring and negotiating contracts can be tedious and time-consuming. GovPort sat down with FedSubK's Shauna Weatherly to discuss Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) and Multi-Agency Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (MA-IDIQ). We talked about the perceived pendulum swing toward the Government’s reliance on these larger contracts and how businesses should view them in terms of optimizing existing relationships with federal agencies to provide mission-critical solutions.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, local, state, and Federal Government agencies suspended and stopped work temporarily on Government projects around the country, with projects terminated for convenience due to shifts in funding, lack of available personal protective equipment, or changes in priorities due to a change of Administrations. The impacts that project shutdowns have had on small businesses in the Federal Government sector is of particular concern. This paper addresses barriers to success and recommendations to alleviate impacts not only to WOSBs but all small businesses.

A review of the WOSB Federal Contracting Assistance Program from the eyes of a WOSB small business living in it, This paper identifies opportunities to improve the WOSB program by identifying barriers to program success and making recommendations falling under the categories of actions, advocacy, and accountability. ​​​

​This paper identifies similarities and differences in the myriad of Federal and State WOSB and EDWOSB certification requirements and provide a recommendation that certification information be shared and reciprocity be granted between State and Federal entities, based on the more stringent requirements between the two, to alleviate the labor and cost burdens of obtaining and maintaining multiple  certifications by companies an already disadvantaged sectors of the U.S. business market.