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Hosted by Eric Coffie · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 822 episodes
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Hosted by government contracting expert, 8(a) business mentor, and founder of the Govcon Giants platform, Eric Coffie. With over 250K+ podcast listens, a thriving YouTube channel of 53K+ subscribers, and a LinkedIn community of 24k+ followers, Eric has built one of the most trusted voices in federal contracting. Govcon Giants isn't just another podcast it ranks on the U.S. procurement leaderboard and is recognized as the #5 overall creator worldwide in procurement, cementing Eric's role as a true authority in this space.On this podcast, you'll discover how to win more contracts, scale your small business into a sustainable government contracting powerhouse, and learn the insider strategies that have helped countless entrepreneurs break into the $700B+ federal marketplace. Through real conversations with industry leaders, agency insiders, and successful business owners, Eric brings you the playbook for success—covering everything from 8(a) certification and set-asides to subcontracting
Eric Coffie hosts Govcon Giants, a business show with 822 episodes published.
Selling a government contracting business triggers a 180-day eligibility rule that can void a set-aside bid if the buyer is not eligible on the day of award, wiping out the time and cost of the proposal. Isaias "Cy" Alba
Army Corps of Engineers roofing and construction contracts are often written against Unified Facilities Criteria that date back decades, and the person who defines whether the job is complete is the same person who relea
The number of new small businesses winning federal contracts each year has fallen from 58,000 to roughly 12,000, even as total small business awards doubled to 183 billion dollars, which means larger awards are going to
The GSA Multiple Award Schedule is a 20-year contract vehicle, and a business with no past performance can still get on it by subcontracting first to build a track record as a prime. Colin Nchako breaks down how to sub u
Two small businesses can form an 8(a) joint venture to pursue federal contracts neither could win alone, splitting accounting, bonding, and delivery responsibilities under the program rules. David Rambhajan, a contractor
Federal construction bids are won or lost in the estimate, where a single omitted line item like roof tubing can cost a quarter of a million dollars on a $19 million project. Eric Coffie breaks down the estimating checkl
Federal buyers control only one part of a contract, the requirement, and most program staff have never been trained to write a performance work statement, so the document that decides the winner is often written before a
Federal agencies signal upcoming contract dollars through the president's budget months before a solicitation ever posts, and the FY2027 budget was published just weeks ago. Tracy Marcinowski, a former Air Force contract
Federal agencies publish every contract they award, and that spending data reveals which offices buy your service and how much they paid last year, including one region where the Army alone obligated $27 million. ack Gol
On a federal prime-sub relationship, a scope review is a short document a prime walks through line by line so a subcontractor commits to payment terms, performance, and deliverables before work starts. David Rambhajan, a
On a federal construction job the government pays the general contractor within about 30 days, but the subcontractor gets paid only after hitting a milestone and floats the materials and labor in the meantime. West Edwar
Other Transaction Agreements, known as OTAs, are a federal contract vehicle that carries almost none of the standard bidding rules, and agencies now issue them at every project size rather than only for large awards. Eri
Federal contract opportunities are scattered across SAM.gov, agency forecasts, expiring contracts, and more than 70 other places, and the contact who decides an award is often findable before the solicitation ever posts.
GSA Schedule contracts account for most federal spending that never appears on SAM.gov, which surfaces only about 25 percent of all government contracts. Eric Coffie breaks down how a small business with $250,000 in annu
Winning government contracts in today's market means small businesses can no longer rely on outdated habits, and this episode breaks down exactly what separates the contractors pulling ahead from the ones falling behind.
Large prime contractors that are locked out of small business set-asides need a small business subcontractor to even bid on certain federal opportunities, and a non-exclusive partnership lets one small business support s
The Army buys professional services through a contract vehicle called MAPS, and once the award window closes, new vendors are locked out for the next 12 years. Eric Coffie breaks down what a contracting officer at Army M
Federal contracts often go to first-time vendors who never had the experience listed in the job description, and the fastest path in is a short, targeted proposal that answers one buyer's actual concern. David Rambhajan,
Federal agencies lease office and program space through contracts that can run four to ten years, and a bidder does not need to own or manage any property to win one. Eric Coffie coaches a live caller through the exact s
Government contracting proposal writing can make or break your bid long before price is ever compared, and this episode breaks down the three most common proposal red flags that quietly cost small businesses federal cont
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Govcon Giants is hosted by Eric Coffie. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 822 episodes.
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