
Discover how government contracting works and why small businesses should pursue b2g sales, with abundant opportunities, aging procurement staff, fewer competitors, and the government's reliable payments.
Identify your product or service, determine the PSC or FSC, and assess government demand to target agencies. Evaluate competition, pricing, licensing, insurance, and startup costs to shape a business plan.
Explore the five self-registered small business set-aside certifications—small business, small disadvantaged, women owned, economically disadvantaged women owned, and service disabled veteran owned. Learn eligibility criteria and how to qualify.
Discover how the SBA's ADA program and Hubzone certification boost small business opportunities through sole sourcing, mentor-protege collaboration, best-value awards, and a 10% price preference.
Navigate the government acquisition process from need identification to award, and learn how lead times, dollar estimates, and thresholds drive reviews and small-business set-asides.
Explore fixed price and cost reimbursable contracts, including firm fixed price. Understand cost plus contracts and incentive variants, with option years up to five.
Explore how the Davis-Bacon Act and the Service Contract Act govern standards, wage determinations, and overtime, and compare the statement of work with the performance work statement in service contracts.
Determine trade compliance for government supplies under the Buy American Act and Trade Agreements Act by applying the two part test, price evaluation penalties, waivers, and FOB terms.
Explore government contracting ethics, including gifts and gratuities limits, the False Claims Act, conflict of interest types, and the Truth in Negotiations Act, with practical compliance guidance.
Learn how to find government contracting opportunities, navigate RFI, RFP, and RFQ processes, and leverage BPA and Idiq contracts with agencies like GSA.
Learn to read government solicitations, identify SF 1447/1449/33 forms, and navigate blocks and clauses. Understand delivery addresses and payment terms such as net 30, plus wage determinations and clause references.
Craft a concise one-page capability statement by detailing who you are, core competencies, past performance, differentiators, and corporate data to market your government contracting readiness.
Learn to prepare quotes and proposals for RFQ or RFP responses by reading solicitations, outlining your approach, detailing costs, and following up after submission.
After winning a contract, contact the contracting officer and the technical point of contact, cc the contract specialist, and ensure only the contracting officer authorizes changes within the original scope.
Learn how to bill the government, including payment due rules and required invoice details, and navigate invoicing systems like IRAPT and EIP to ensure timely payments.
Learn to manage excusable delays in government contracting, including acts of God and shutdowns, using stop-work orders, contingency planning, and clear subcontractor guidance.
Spot six common B2G contracting mistakes and learn to focus on high-value tasks, pursue opportunities proactively, understand customers, use set-asides, and leverage SBA resources.
Did you know that the US Government is the largest buyer in the world spending $410 billion dollars in government contracting each year?
This course Government Contracting for Everyone aims to teach you the basic knowledge of government contracting or B2G sales. B2G is business to government and unlike Business-to-Consumer or Business-to-Business sales, starting a B2G company can be complicated, and finding the most current and relevant information you need can be frustrating. And that is why I created this course.
Whether you are a current small business owner, recent graduate or startup entrepreneur exploring new opportunities, this course is designed to make government contracting and its convoluted regulations fun and easy to understand for everyone.
This course is broken down into 5 different sections or modules, 28 lessons, in chronological order from the first step of forming your business to the last step winning and successfully performing your first government contract.
After each section will be a short quiz to help you remember the key take-aways. Also as a bonus for Udemy only, I added a bonus video at the end of the course to go over some of the most common B2G mistakes I came across since consulting small businesses.
I hope you enjoy this course.