If LaJuanna Russell had to guess, she’s missed out on hundreds, if not thousands, of federal contracts throughout her career as a small federal contractor. And it’s not for a lack of expertise.

Question: Are contract consolidation, contract bundling and the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative good for the government but bad for small businesses? Answer: Consolidating and bundling contracts ...

When asked what keeps her up at night, a top Small Business Administration official said “contract bundling,” which is when agencies bundle several different contracts together and award the work to ...

Defense Department procurement officials who combine a number of small contracts to create one larger deal now must disclose their actions on a public website, according to an interim rule published ...

Federal agencies can generate more opportunities for small companies by holding contracts to a reasonable size, President Bush said in the last of three presidential debates against opponent John ...

A HigherGov analysis of government contracting activity found that federal contracts awarded to small businesses reached a record high of $158.7 billion in fiscal year 2022. The market research ...

In an effort to reverse a decade-long decline in new federal contracts going to small businesses, two proposed rules would require greater scrutiny on bundled contracts and add more triggers for ...

Of the many hot-button issues that face small businesses, contract bundling may be the one that riles folks the most. Sure, consolidating several individual contracts into one big deal allows agencies ...

There certainly will be contract awards for the taking this month and next as the government’s 2019 fiscal year ends and fiscal 2020 begins on Oct. 1. But if trends from recent years continue, what is ...

When it comes to doing business with the federal government, the past fiscal year was one for the record books. But a key problem persists: the number of small businesses contracting with the ...

The work-around of bundling swap contracts to get around a requirement for trading on open platforms would be done away with under proposed rulemaking by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission This ...