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Before you do anything, find out where the money is and who is in charge spending it. We can tell you who is buying from your competition and how much of your tax dollars are going into thier bank accounts.

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If you want to sell to the government, you will need a contract vehicle – your ticket to the dance. We can help you get a contract vehicle that doesn’t kill your margins.

Develop Your Strategy

The Federal marketplace is huge, confusing and challenging. We can help you navigate the system and create a plan to get your where you need to be.

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People buy from people they like, and they can’t like you if they don’t know you. Getting your company in front of decision makers and conracting officers is critical to your success.

The Winning Edge

Your isiFederal Business Development Unit plugs right into your operation. We help manage the bid process from start to finish and work to maximize your effectiveness by working on winnable opportunities.

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Secret Agencies
November 2, 2010 – 8:28 am | No Comment
Secret Agencies

Secret Agencies
We are not talking about NSA, CIA or any other spy agencies, we are talking about unknown agencies would drive right past their office and not know they were there. I should know, I …

Sole Source Contracts
November 1, 2010 – 12:35 pm | One Comment
Sole Source Contracts

Sole Source Contracts at 31% according to GAO
According to John Hutton the Director of Director of Acquisition and Sourcing at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Federal spending for non-competed contracts dropped from 36% to 31% …

3 Steps to doubling Your Profits in 180 days
October 5, 2010 – 8:03 am | No Comment
3 Steps to doubling Your Profits in 180 days

3 Steps to doubling Your Profits in 180 days…
Did you know 20% of your clients make up 80% of your profits? These are your “A” list customers. Did you know that 80% of your internal …

MythBusters- FedBizOps
October 1, 2010 – 8:30 am | No Comment
MythBusters- FedBizOps

Mythbuster: FedBizOps
Myth: Is the best place to find new opportunities really FedBizOps? If you go there right now you will find around 38,400 opportunities. Huge, right? Look closer… those 38,400 are categorized in one of …

Finding Less Competition in Federal Opportunities
July 19, 2010 – 6:38 pm | No Comment

85% of federal opportunities have less than 4 competitors…

We recently compiled a federal intelligence report for our utility construction client located on the east coast… Over the past two years $3.9 Billion was spent with contractors on various forms of utility construction for the federal government and ¼ of the opportunities had only ONE response. 85% of the 11657 of the contracts awarded had less than 4 responses. That’s $2.7 B in awards that had less than 4 competitors.

How Smart Are You?
May 14, 2010 – 4:31 pm | No Comment
How Smart Are You?


What do a Blood Pressure Kiosk, a Lobster Tank and Coca-Cola have in common? They, along with thousands of other purchases, were all executed by the very same contracting officer in the federal government…

Green Initiatives Gather Momentum
April 20, 2010 – 12:35 pm | No Comment
Green Initiatives Gather Momentum

Earlier this month USDA announced a joint effort with the Navy to Encourage the Development and Use of Renewable Energy.  This is in addition to the USDA announcement of their collaboration with GSA on a $500 …

Federal Construction News
April 10, 2010 – 1:13 pm | 4 Comments
Federal Construction News

Last week was no April fools. In the first 5 days of the month, 368 contracts were awarded in 47 states for a total of $414,815,821.60 – all under ONE construction NAICS classification 236220.
That is one …

Federal Government Forecasting Links
April 7, 2010 – 2:10 pm | No Comment

Excerpted from Doing Business with the Government Handbook by Dave Lowe
A friend of mine was asking how we can get an idea of what is coming down the pike for opportunities with the federal government, …

Hot New Intelligence Products- Get your company smart about where the money is…
March 3, 2010 – 3:29 am | One Comment
Hot New Intelligence Products- Get your company smart about where the money is…

Before you do anything, find out where the money is and who is in charge spending it. 
isiFederal Intelligence Products tell you who is buying from your competition and how much of your tax dollars are going …

Get Smart
February 25, 2010 – 9:47 pm | Comments Off

Before you do anything, find out where the money is and who is in charge spending it.
isiFederal Intelligence Products tell you who is buying from your competition and how much of your tax dollars are going …