The 4-Stages of a Government Contracting Bid, WOSB Example (Must-Know to use Sam.gov) 

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What do we do if we are the accounting firm looking for bids? We are not contracting out work we would be doing it ourselves?

hello, This may be a stupid question, but where can I get a RFQ or RFP template?

What is the difference between place of performance state and place of award state?

I am interested in starting in the notary business and event planning speaking and training my husband a retired veteran.

Hello what if your looking for a awarded bid for a certain NAIS Code

What softwares are you use to run your company.

How do you get into contact with a Contract Officer, or how do they reach out to you?

when responding to a sources sought, should I have everything set up already. Or is this just letting the company know that I am interested?

First awesome video man, so helpful. I have two questions: 1. In Sam.gov when they have active solicitation but expired response deadline, do you know what does that mean? 2. Do you have to have certain amount of revenue/profit as small business to be able to apply for contracts or does that not matter?

Is a federal employee able to bid on contracts legally?

Hey Derek, Love your work, great content and full of value. I did have a quick question, being an Australian could you please confirm that under the FTA this shouldn't be an issue for qualifying for government contracts? I also did a bit more reading and came across the Buy American Act and from what I understand, China as a COO would be a no go for government contracts? If so, given Hong Kong is GPA designated and in close proximity to Shenzhen, could this be a viable work around? Cheers!

Anyone know the typical competitive profit margins for medical supplies? Just to get an idea of how much to bid. I don't mind getting rejected by them, but I also don't want to be ridiculous with my bidding. Thanks guys!

Hi Gov Kid. So it's my understanding that with current bids, there is no "Submit" button or "Bid" button but rather follow the instructions to submit what the contracting officer is asking for to their email. Such as an RFQ or RFP, etc...

Do you have to have a duns number and NAICS code for this?

Can you show How to literally bid on these?

Thank you so much. The is very help, but I do have a question, If you didn’t respond to the Sources Sought can you still bid at stage 3?

Hi all, being somewhat new to the space, I’d love to get your insights on two points: 1. Do you think being a middleman puts us at a disadvantage when competing with specialized service providers for contracts? 2. How do you effectively present your company’s strengths and unique value proposition on your website to impress contracting offices? Thanks for your feedback!

Hey man I’m 18, I wanna start doing this as a business. How do I start and do u have any tips?

I never submitted a proposal. I just submitted bids. I guess that's why I haven't won a contract yet. :(

Do you have a full training process or program?

Government contracts in youth work?

On a pre solicitation, where is says set aside but it does not specify which set aside. Can you explain why please?

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I am about to bid on a contract. It’s small, only 20k. I am extremely confident I am going to win because it’s a repost and it closes in a couple days and no other vendors has shown interest. I am certainly not looking to gouge the government, but what would be a price I could look at charging if I am extremely confident competition is not a factor. The items are actually a pain to find.

Can you help me bit contract?

Do you offer any kind of one on one consultation? Obviously I’ll pay you for your time to answer some general questions

Is there a big disadvantage of being white male non-veteran in government contracting? It feels like it is of theres just the smallest wift of competing bids.

Hey govkid. Another great video you answered so my questions thank you. But I’m still a little confused when searching Sam beta with a set aside 8a and SVOD. Knowing that all contracts go through the 4 stages can an 8a or SVOD be awarded a contract without posting the sources sought? If not when searching for a sources sought should I have the 8a AND SVOD filters tuned off? Kinda a stupid question but I heard some 8a contracts getting direct awards with a letter from the CO, I guess that’s why I’m a little confused

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