Posts by The JetCo Solutions Team
Case Study: Order Fulfillment Company
After recently deciding to diversify into government, a highly innovative order fulfillment company hired us in 2014 to serve as their government sales team. Company leadership was familiar enough with government contracting to understand the massive information barriers they would have to overcome, and chose to outsource the effort to maximize their leadership team on their core functions.
Continue ReadingThe importance of women-owned businesses
March is Women’s History Month, giving us the perfect excuse to recognize the importance of women-owned businesses, particularly in federal contracting. That’s right. We can tie just about any topic…
Continue ReadingProcess Improvement
The JetCo team is a tad obsessed with process improvement lately. We have a lot of confidence in how we manage the entire bid life cycle, from capture through proposal…
Continue ReadingB2G Sales: How to Decide If It’s Right for You
The idea of selling to the government might be something you’ve thought about from time to time. Or, maybe you have decided you want to tackle the government market but still feel overwhelmed, and maybe even a little doubtful, about the prospect. That would be understandable, considering the size of the marketplace.
Continue ReadingNew Set-Aside Rules Benefit Women-Owned Contractors
Amid all the lunacy and frustration surrounding federal budgets, the near-miss with the fiscal cliff and looming sequestration, there is a very bright spot, even a miracle, as one observer…
Continue ReadingGrateful
We’ve had an outpouring of support for our wish list drive… we anticipate gathering a huge quantity of items for the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans. Today, we feel overwhelming gratitude…
Continue ReadingResolution for the New-Government-Year
We are in the last month of the government fiscal year. (The federal government and many state governments run on an October 1 – September 30 fiscal year.) For our team,…
Continue ReadingSilly Season
And this is also not a partisan post. We have a bipartisan household and business, and quite frankly, we’re too smart to piss off clients with political jabber. Recently, the…
Continue ReadingSAM Migration Update
The federal government’s migration from CCR / ORCA to SAM (System for Award Management) is progressing. This week, some CCR registrants could not log into their CCR profiles because Phase…
Continue ReadingSupplier Diversity – SBA Grades Federal Agencies
The Small Business Administration publishes an annual scorecard to grade federal agencies on their progress toward reaching small business procurement goals. They literally grade them. For example, the Department of…
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