FY2021 is upon us so this is as good a time as any to recap some of the wins and losses that ended FY2020. Knowing these contract wins is not only key for situational awareness, but to keep current with what past performance and success stories your competitors may use in the future. Let’s take…
This is a post from Brian Lindholm. He’s the Managing Principal and Owner of FedSavvy Strategies. I’ve always found quotes to be helpful means to make complex ideas into simple ideas. Here’s one of my favorites. “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” – Mike Tyson What does this mean? Plans…
The Clinical Research Management System (CRMS) contract opportunity is a great opportunity for the small business contractors on the Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) IDIQ. The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) should be looking to re-compete its CRMS contract late this spring. Currently,…
When we last blogged on ACES, we focused on the basics of what ACES is. No doubt you’ve spent quality time reviewing our blog and a plethora of USAID materials to either get smart on ACES or to simply revisit your long-lost friend of an opportunity (remember DRAGON? We do!). The intention of this blog…
This is the artist formerly known as Democratic, Responsive and Accountable Governance (DRAGON) which has been moving oh so very slowly for a number of years. Alas, USAID is getting closer to release it as a real RFP before FY2017 is over. For all of you that have been tracking, forgotten, tracking some more, and…
Many of you know what a Black Hat Review Session is (Black Hat for short) or a least one of the countless variations. Many more of you have heard of the term, but you don’t necessarily know what it really is and what the point is. Perhaps this blog post will sharpen the pencil for…
