Government Contracting
Recent Results:
1. Our Algae Fuel company is having its fuel tested by the US Army. We are also bidding on the Air Force Fuel requirement.
2. Four of our clients were submitted by the Los Angeles World Airports for a Mentor/Protege arrangement with Grainger.
3. December 2011: Introduced a national teaming arrangement to a multi-billion dollar federal contractor and they received a small business award as part of a 4 million dollar BPA (Blanket Purchase Agreement).
4. March – December 2011: one of our 8(a) manufacturers received an opportunity to bid 10 different RFQ’s with no competition for a large defense contractor.
If your company is looking at government contracts as a way of building your business, you have hit the JACKPOT!
If your company has:
- Two years of successful business
- A long term large client or customer with great service history
- And a product, good or service and the ability to deliver it excellently every time, then you may be the:
THE NEXT GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR
Did you know if you are a minority (mbe), small business (sbe), a disadvantaged small business (dbe), Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Service Disabled Small Business (SDVOSB), or in a historically underutilized business zone (HUB ZONE), you can receive preference on government contractors. The government and all of its agencies want to do business with small businesses, particularly if you have one of the certifications described above.
At CFR & Associates, we specialize in helping you market your company to the United States government. Just recently, we have begun to help the small business in identifying and securing state, county, and local agency contracts as well.
We help your business with several important factors in being a government contractor:
- Determining whether your company is ready for government work using our innovative CCP formula (Capability, Capacity and Performance).
- We do a complete analysis of your company to see if your capacity can support becoming a government contractor and if so, at what level.
- We coach you in preparing to become a government contractor. A division of our company will help you prepare all of applications and certifications necessary to become a government contractor. Including CCR, ORCA, and Government certifications.
- We will coach you and guide you as to what certifications, if any, will be of benefit to you, both in the short term and long term in becoming a government contractor.
- We will coach you as to whether teaming agreements, mentor/protégé agreements, or sub-contracting opportunities are an appropriate step for your company.
- We will help you identify which government sectors would be the most compatible for your company and which contracts would be best suited to pursue. AND THEN HELP YOU GO AFTER THEM!
- We will help you to understand the RFQ, RFPs, develop a Line Card, Statement of Capability, and SOQs (if you don’t have them) as well as anything else you need. And we have even have an in house or referral sources to help write or respond to the RFP’s and RFQ’s.
Helping your company provide valuable products and services to the United States Government by matching the available opportunities to your company.
- A unique strategy that CFR specializes in is helping the small business team or partner with larger businesses to win contracts.
- We also help match 8(a) companies in Mentor/Protege relationships
- And create Teaming agreements so that our clients can win government contracts
Below is a link to a terrific company that provides an extremely affordable service to manage your searches, Contract submissions, communications with contracting officers, and awards.
David Armstrong