Business Insights

Seeking out and bidding on government contracts can help your business to grow, be more profitable, and create opportunities to develop long-term business relationships. In order to be successful in the contract marketplace, you must be sure to comply with all applicable regulations and laws when submitting federal, municipal or county bids in response to RFPs. If you have all your ducks in a row, then submitting your government bid proposal should be a breeze. City bids, as well as other local government bids including those for county and municipal contracts, are just as stringent in terms of regulation as federal contract opportunities. It is important to ensure that your company meets all of the compliance requirements detailed in RFPs before bidding.

Since sequestration has begun, increasing the possibility of budget cuts that may affect the government contracting market, as a contractor you may be asking yourself: what effect will all of this have on enterprises that do business with the government?

Federal, state and municipal governments regularly publish RFPs to source and purchase a vast array of goods and services every year, which are then fulfilled by companies submitting city, county and federal contract bids using a bid service. If you have a quality product or service to offer, chances are that there are currently open government contracts that require what you are selling.

Although Earthquakes do not come around very often, on the West Coast they pose a more significant danger to people and property than elsewhere in the United States, and due to the risks associated with them cannot be ignored by state and federal governments.