Guides

Guides for small federal contractors

Short, plain-English guides for small federal contractors. Written for owners who do the bidding themselves and don't have time to read the whole FAR.

• How to set up SAM.gov alerts so you stop missing bids
  Build saved searches around your NAICS codes and set-asides, and let SAM.gov email you the new ones.
• A bid/no-bid checklist you can run in 15 minutes
  Ten questions to answer before you spend a week on a proposal you were never going to win.
• FAR 52.204-21 in plain English: the 15 basic safeguarding requirements
  All 15 requirements in plain English, what counts as federal contract information, and where CMMC Level 1 fits.
• How to pick NAICS codes for SAM.gov (and why it matters more than you think)
  Pick a primary, add every code you can really do, and check your size under each one.