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Updated:10-Dec-25See new notes below starting with number 005)

NOTE #DATEDAYS POSTEDCOMMENT

001  20-Dec-24-355WATCH THE DOL JOB CORPS CENTERS FOR VALUABLE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS

 

002  01-Feb-25-312WATCH FOR JANITORIAL, WASTE, HVAC/BOILER CONTRACTS AS BACK TO WORK DEMANDS WILL REQUIRE MORE OF THESE SERVICES.

 

003  19-Feb-25-294ACCEPTED ACRONYM - SABER - Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements (SABER) . Well we now have another SABER in town. This is designated from DARPA DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) ) who now says SABER is "Securing AI for Battlefield Effective Robustness (SABER)"... DARPA should adapt this as SAIBER ASAP.

 

004  19-Feb-25-294VA IS POSTING RFP'S FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES IN THE U.S. (SPECIFIC DUE 21 MARCH 2025 IN INDIANA - 36C25025B0017 )

 

005  05-May-25-219SAM.gov is not posting the correct DUE dates on all projects. Make sure you open the RFP and look for the Standard Form due date. Found 4 postings today with different due dates.

 

006  06-Jun-25-187Guard and Reserve Units seem to be having a little trouble finding food services - looks like supply and demand might be able to twist some arms for higher prices.

 

007  24-Jun-25-169Govt caceled the Miami Grounds Maintenance bid pre-award ..  Expect to see this back out very soon. Also expect it was canceled because the bids were all too high for them. They know not what they do.

 

008  24-Jun-25-169From the end of March 2025, Security Solicitations have been very dominant on the Federal System for Award Management of contracts. (11 Postings)

 

009  10-Jul-25-153nonprofit Keep Us Posted, which represents consumers, nonprofits, newspapers, greeting card publishers, magazines, catalogs and small businesses, is calling on incoming Postmaster General David Steiner to put a hold on another price hike scheduled for July 13. It would raise the price of a first-class Forever stamp from 73 cents to 78 cents. 

 

010  10-Jul-25-153For comment 009 above; In 1984 as a young Seargeant in US Army Europe I was paying 76 cents for local european postage cost. Based on 009 above this would be a 6.8% increase to current postage rates in the US.

 

011  10-Jul-25-153fluctuating costs for materials and equipment between 2023 and 2025, primarily influenced by supply chain issues, inflation, and increasing demand for services. It has been about 10% for 2023-2024 and 6% for 2024-2025.

 

012  10-Jul-25-153Make sure you use "Active" and "Inactive" searches on SAM when you search. Government employees are having a hard time posting the right solicitations for the product and service code AND they have been placing a short posting time by making the "Inactive" date too soon.

 

013  16-Jul-25-147Why does the Secret Service need tents in NYC?? See Security Worksheet.

 

014  21-Jul-25-142Noted on some SAM.gov postings: attachments must be downloaded using the 'Download All' command. This prpovides you a zip file to save. Individual file links do not work.

 

015  22-Jul-25-141The current administration SAM.gov has changed format and they call this the GOVERNMENT POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). The new format has a section or position for 'Place of Performance' but I have found this to be blank. All designed to stimulate your view of the link (click through stats)

 

016  15-Aug-25-117SAM.gov NAICS Code Search for 561720 (Janitorial) results in 225 procurement listings - Go to CELL Colmn G1 to see those first 25.

 

017  10-Sep-25-91AI WILL NOT CLEAN YOUR TOILETS!! BUT AI AND IoT Technology along with BIO safe chemicals will be able to cut your human labor obligations by over 20% - so take 20% of the total project value/cost in labor- save it for a rainy day… works both ways!   WIN-WIN

 

018  18-Sep-25-83Google AI will take a UEI and send you a comprehensive report on that company with links to USAspending.gov and others.

 

019  26-Sep-25-75VA is posting SS projects that by laws since time began would require SDVOSB set aside - they are using the Regs that allow GSA Schedule to be utilized by other set asides as an option for actual marketing. Best you market GSA SKED as the primary (as a SDVOSB), BUT also request a Sole Source award to your company.

 

020  08-Oct-25-63Over the last several years, we've heard growing concerns about the size and capabilities of the defense industrial base. But there has been little discussion on the civilian industrial base, which provides key technologies, services and products to every agency from the Department of Homeland Security to the Justice Department to the Agriculture Department. New data from Bloomberg Government shows the CIB - vs. the DIB - is in bad shape. BGov found the number of companies in the CIB dropped by 32.3% between 2010 and 2025 and a 45.2% reduction small business over the last 15 years. BGov reported that the number of small businesses dropped 4% to 51,632 in fiscal 2025 alone, which is the 14th year-over-year decline in the last 15 years.

 

021  28-Oct-25-43nuclear football possession, “It really would be impossible to overstate the grave risk that all of us are at right now.”

 

022  04-Dec-25-6More moves to reorganize the Army take effect this week. On Friday, the new Army Western Hemisphere Command will officially come into being with its headquarters at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The new organization combines the existing U.S. Army North, U.S. Army South and Army Forces Command under one umbrella - before those organizations are formally disestablished next October. The new command will also absorb the Army's 18th Airborne Corps, Air Traffic Services Command and the 1st Army.

 

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