Guides
How federal procurement actually works.
Reference guides for service businesses selling to the government. Every number here is checked against the FAR or official documentation, with the source linked and the date it was verified.
Federal Set-Aside Programs, Explained
8(a), HUBZone, WOSB, and SDVOSB explained: what each program requires, what the government is obligated to spend, and which goals it actually missed in FY2025.
Read the guideFederal RFP Notice Types, Explained
What Sources Sought, Presolicitation, and Combined Synopsis/Solicitation actually mean on SAM.gov, which ones you can bid on, and how long you get to respond under FAR 5.203.
Read the guideFederal Contract Dollar Thresholds, Explained
The micro-purchase threshold is $15,000 and the simplified acquisition threshold is $350,000 as of October 2025. What each threshold changes about how the government buys, and why most guides online still print the old numbers.
Read the guideHow to Automate Federal RFP Search: Alerts, APIs, and AI Matching
Three ways to search federal RFPs automatically: SAM.gov saved search alerts, the Get Opportunities API, and AI relevance matching. What each costs, what each misses, and how to build a monitor you will actually keep using.
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