by Lea Anne Burke | Jul 12, 2017 | Blog, Procurement, Small Business Information
Some of the most common questions we hear at Native PTAC are variations of “How do I work with the Tribes?” As there are currently 567 federally recognized domestic sovereign nations within the United States, there is no one-size fits all direct answer. Each Nation is...
by Lea Anne Burke | Jul 5, 2017 | Blog, Small Business Information
No. Native PTAC offers our procurement counseling and BidMatch services free of charge. What’s the catch? Fairly painless, as it turns out. As our client, we ask that you “pay” Native PTAC by completing our performance surveys (quarterly), event...
by Lea Anne Burke | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog, Small Business Information
Reprinted with permission from SmallGovCon. By Ian Patterson The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Council has added a new provision to the FAR to restrict the permissible terms of employee confidentiality agreements. Effective January 19, 2017, contractors...
by Lea Anne Burke | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog, Small Business Information
Reprinted with permission from SmallGovCon. By Matthew Schoover Debriefings play a vital role in the procurement process. When conducted fully and fairly, a debriefing provides an offeror with valuable insight into the strengths and shortcomings of its proposal, thus...
by Lea Anne Burke | Dec 21, 2016 | Blog, Press Releases, Procurement, Small Business Information
First, remember that registration and renewals in the System for Award Management (www.SAM.gov) is ALWAYS free! That being said, there are several legal, for-profit companies with slick, official-looking advertising campaigns that market to small business to either...
by Lea Anne Burke | Aug 22, 2016 | Blog, Procurement, Small Business Information
Want to get paid? Don’t let your CAGE code expire! Keep SAM happy, and your CAGE will be alright. SAM stands for System for Award Management. In essence, it’s the federal government’s vendor database. If your company wants to do business with the federal government,...
by Lea Anne Burke | Jul 14, 2016 | Blog, Opportunities, Procurement, Small Business Information
Changes at GSA opens doors for young companies to get involved on GSA schedule 70 The IT Schedule 70 Startup Springboard initiative focuses on innovative IT companies with less than two (2) years of experience. The goal of this initiative is to get the latest...
by Lea Anne Burke | Jun 28, 2016 | Blog, Procurement, Small Business Information
Submission of Invoices for Fast-Pay Orders through the Invoicing Receipt and Property Transfer (iRAPT) System Beginning Monday, June 27, 2016, invoices that contain fast-pay terms will require an associated receiving report prior to submission of the invoice. The...
by Lea Anne Burke | Jun 17, 2016 | Blog, Small Business Information
The Supreme Court ruling in Kingdomware case is a huge boon to VOSB’s ans SDVOSB’s. This decision reminds the federal contracting world that wording does matter. The court concluded that “shall” means mandatory when Congress includes it in law...
