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That will depend on the size of the jobs you undertake and the type of contracts you negotiate with the government. Generally, you will be expected to use a job cost accounting system and comply with Modified Cost Accounting Standards under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Please see the following article for further details:
http://www.smalltofeds.com/2008/02/dcaa-audits-and-small-business-job-cost.html
If you wish free assistance on matters of this nature through Micro Mentor please register at the below site and request an advisory input from me:
http://www.micromentor.org
I hope this answers your question.
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Please see the free guidance at the following article and best of luck with your product in 2012:
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Please see the SBA Guide to Small Business at:
http://archive.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/sba_homepage/guide_to_size_standards.pdf
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Hi, Diane,
I take calls at the Minnesota Veteran's Home, (651) 438-8500 from 6PM to 8PM CST.
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As a small business begins the proposal submission process to federal government agencies or to prime contractors the past performance challenge is a major challenge. By definition a start-up company in government contracting has no direct government agency past performance projects to site in meeting the requirement in requests for proposals (RFP’s) for historical references to similar projects in terms of size, duration and complexity.
Past performance data must be specific to the enterprise bidding a contract. It cannot site historical references to performance of individuals now in the company when they were with other firms, achievements by predecessor companies or successful projects that the current company did not perform as its current entity. The purpose for this rigid perspective by the government is to avoid "Fronting" a new enterprise with misleading information to obtain a high past performance rating.
The answer to your question lies in historical projects that may be similar in the commercial arena and a high quality proposal that clearly demonstrates an understanding of the requirement at hand, a unique and cost effective project plan and high performing personnel and/or products tailored to the statement of work to offset an interim, light past performance record.
Many small businesses work through prime contractors to "Grow" past performance history (subcontracts count). By teaming with a sizable firm a small entity can relate its participation to larger projects and ultimately graduate to a good library of references, carefully maintained and kept as a living, growing data base of good customer service records that can be sited again and again in proposals. For further details please see the below free
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60 more small business counseling cases at my present rate for the year.
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Sites have copied the entire content of my site (over 60 articles in one case) and pasted it into their web site, then begin charging a hefty fee for access to the materials.
I run a free blog for small business counseling foundations, distributing books and articles to anyone who wants them world wide to use in any way the wish. My materials are not copyrighted and my site is back linked by virtue of the actual text bearing links to locations through out my site by cross reference. The content is not worth much without the links and the borrower would find it very difficult to duplicate the wiring.
It would have been nice to be asked, but frankly these occurrences have actually driven traffic to my site and increased my clients. I can tell based on my site meter details.
Chasing the abuser is a waste of time better spent on other pursuits.
In essence people know when such individuals are plagiarizing anyway because your content shows up in searches identical to the plagiarist and usually his or her business performance is not authentic.
I suggest you consider plagiarism the ultimate form of flattery and get on with more positive constructive matters than chasing down shallow, greedy
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It is not complex. It is self-certifying and can be achieved easily at the CCR data base web site. You do need a Dunns Number and it is a good idea to fill out your On line Certifications and Representations at the same time. For free assistance on these matters please see the following links:
http://www.smalltofeds.com/2006/12/registering-your-small-business-for.html
http://www.smalltofeds.com/2011/02/sba-new-woman-owned-small-business.html
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The key words are, 100% and Total.
A 100% small business setaside would allow only small businesses to compete.
A total small business set aside implies that the prime contractor would be an SB but large business may qualify as subcontractors for less than 51% of the contract effort.
Please see the following links for further details:
http://www.smalltofeds.com/2010/07/what-is-small-business-federal.html
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Over 40 years in the Defense Industrial Complex. Veteran 2 tours US Army Vietnam. Subsequently spent over 30 years in federal government program and contract management and 10 years in small business consulting.
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