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Your Guide to the Dynamic World of Government Evaluations

Federal Government contracting is a billion-dollar business annually. FY 2022 should end up around $625B in total, with about $350B for DoD and $275B for Civilian (note - this [...]

Joe Salgado2023-03-23T10:38:32-04:00November 7th, 2022|Categories: Federal Contracting, Government Contracts|Tags: government evaluation, point scoring bids|

The Magical Mystery Tour of Point-Scoring Bids (Part 2)

In the first iteration of our two-part blog series on point-scoring bids, we addressed how point-scoring is used, provided a run-down of current and upcoming point-scoring bids, and provided [...]

Red Team Expert2022-07-18T08:29:02-04:00July 18th, 2022|Categories: Federal Contracting, Government Contracts, Proposals|Tags: point scoring bids|

The Magical Mystery Tour of Point-Scoring Bids (Part 1)

We, at Red Team Consulting, get more questions about the recent spate of point-scoring bids than any other topic. We’ve done some digging and thought through our experience helping [...]

Red Team Expert2022-11-09T08:18:42-05:00July 11th, 2022|Categories: Federal Contracting, Government Contracts, Proposals|Tags: point scoring bids|

How to Prepare for GSA Services MAC

We pride ourselves on providing you with valuable and timely opportunity updates. Today, we’ll shed some light on the upcoming GSA Services MAC (multiple-award contract). While the occasional rumor [...]

Red Team Expert2022-02-04T09:04:39-05:00January 31st, 2022|Categories: Federal Contracting, Government Contracts|Tags: federal procurement, GSA Services MAC|

What’s Going On With the FY 2022 Federal Budget?

This post was updated on December 6, 2021 to provide the latest context on the hectic congressional situation, including appropriations, debt ceiling, BBB Act, and the 2022 NDAA. [...]

Tris Carpenter2022-04-06T10:43:02-04:00August 12th, 2021|Categories: Federal Contracting, Government Contracts|Tags: federal budget, slider, Tris Carpenter|

CIO-SP4 Amendment 9: Deep Thoughts and Practical Tips

So here we are—Amendment 9 for CIO-SP4 and the updated proposal submission date of August 20th. Before I state the obvious regarding the dramatic twists and turns on this [...]

Jeff Shen2023-03-23T10:40:18-04:00August 4th, 2021|Categories: Federal Contracting, Government Contracts|Tags: CIO-SP4|

CIO-SP4 Amendment 7 Impacts and Recommendations

On Monday, July 19th at 9:00 PM EDT, NITAAC released Amendment 7 of the CIO-SP4 RFP. This amendment extends the due date for proposals to Tuesday, August 3rd at [...]

Red Team Expert2023-03-23T10:40:41-04:00July 20th, 2021|Categories: Federal Contracting, Government Contracts|Tags: CIO-SP4, slider|

Does CIO-SP4 Amendment 6 Impact Teaming (Again)?

I want to make sure everyone reads our assessment of the latest Amendment 6 from NITAAC for NIH CIO-SP4. In addition to this summary, my colleague, Tris Carpenter, shared [...]

Jeff Shen2021-07-14T19:46:22-04:00July 14th, 2021|Categories: Federal Contracting, Government Contracts|Tags: CIO-SP4, Jeff Shen, slider|

CIO-SP4 Amendment 6 Impacts and Recommendations

It’s time again to review another amendment to the NITAAC CIO-SP4 solicitation. Amendment 6 was released late afternoon on Friday, July 9th. We’ll take a quick look at what [...]

Red Team Expert2023-03-23T10:40:53-04:00July 13th, 2021|Categories: Federal Contracting, Government Contracts|Tags: CIO-SP4|

CIO-SP4 Amendment 5 Impacts and Recommendations

As we were preparing to go to press with this article we learned of several pre-award protests filed with the GAO on CIO-SP4. Since NITAAC is not obliged to [...]

Joe Salgado2021-09-15T14:09:33-04:00July 6th, 2021|Categories: Federal Contracting, Government Contracts|Tags: CIO-SP4, Joe Salgado|