The NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) and the SIC (Standard Industrial Class) codes identify products and services by type of industry and are used by the government to evaluate ... |
The Solicitation Number for a specific bid opportunity is a wonderful source of information that can help you identify a procurement office. Using the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) buying centers, ... |
OK, let's get down to the nitty gritty. How do you go about finding leads on all those millions of contracts that the federal government awards each year? We discuss several ways: |
One way to find bid leads is through FedBizOpps (http://www.fedbizopps.gov), the official web site listing of all federal government contracting opportunities and awards over $25,000. Federal ... |
Another way of receiving bid leads is to get your company included on the Solicitation Mailing List (SML) of the specific buying offices likely to have a need for your product or service. The SML ... |
SUB-Net is a part of the Small Business Administration web site on which large businesses, government agencies, and other prime contractors post solicitations and bid opportunities. |
The Departments of the Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as various other Department of Defense (DoD) organizations and agencies, use electronic bulletin boards (EBBs) to inform the public about ... |
Bid boards, while still used by some buying agencies to post bid opportunities, are becoming a thing of the past, as the Internet becomes more a part of business life. |
Sometimes you can create your own contracting opportunities by submitting an unsolicited proposal. Such a proposal is a written offer to the government to perform a task or effort that you initiate. ... |
A less common way to receive bid leads is by getting registered on a qualified product list (QPL), a qualified manufacturers list (QML), or a qualified bidders list. Qualification lists are used only ... |
