Operators: Experience working with Government Contracts

by a searcher from The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

4 years ago

Question for operators.  Has anyone tried working with Government: Local, State or Federal?

I have registered myself on SAM and have a DUNS number, but I am looking for guidance on how to pursue government contracting.
Is it even worth it for a very small business to pursue government contracts or does the bureaucracy outweigh the benefits?

Please let me know if there are folks here that I can reach out to.

Thanks
Vijay

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searcher from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

We've got federal, state, county, and municipal contracts for recurring services. Generally they work pretty well and ,while they are often paperwork intensive to get started, our counterparties are generally all very nice and reasonable as long as you provide good and responsive service.

For state of CA, you will want to get yourself qualified as a small business with DGS (dgs.ca.gov)., and you can use that site and save searches to flag bidding opportunities for you. As a certified small business, you get a 5% pricing advantage.

For the feds, sounds like you are ready to get into FBO.gov to find some deals you can bid for.

For local, you should try county and city procurement sites.

4 years ago | like reply | 1 like

searcher from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Hello Vijay, I have done significant amount of government contracting as part of a Service Disabled Veteran owned company and the business response has been very good. I agree with Steve's comment above, that the Govt, especially the Federal Govt can be sticky. drop me a note if you would to bid through either an SDVOSB or Super8a company that I have affiliations with. Send me a note at --@----.com

4 years ago | like reply | 0 likes

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