The Company Snapshot Video adds a new dimension to your Capability Statement or Website, bringing it to life in a visually engaging format that resonates with your audience.

What is Company Snapshot Video?

A Company Snapshot Video is a short, tailored, 30-40 second video that encapsulates the essence of your business. It’s a creative blend of text, images, and music, all synchronized to tell your company’s story in a way that’s compelling. With your Company Snapshot Video, your business’s core values and mission are not just told, but shown in a format that’s readily digestible and shareable.

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Amplifying Your Capability Statement

Our Company Snapshot Video feature isn’t just a standalone service – it’s an integral part of your capability statement or website. When you purchase a capability statement from us, we don’t just provide a static document. We amplify your message through an impactful Image-to-Video-Link that not only complements your capability statement and website, but also serves as an engaging tool to attract your target audience.

Where Can You Use Your Company Snapshot Video?

Your Company Snapshot Video is versatile and can be used in various platforms to boost your brand visibility. It serves as a powerful addition to your company website, captivating visitors the moment they land on your page. Moreover, it can be shared across your social media platforms, YouTube channel, emailed to potential clients, or played at corporate events, enhancing your brand’s reach and influence.

Experience the Difference

The Company Snapshot Video feature is more than just a video – it brings your capability statement or website to life. It’s designed to engage, inspire, and resonate with buyers. And the best part? It’s included with your capability statement or website purchase at no extra cost when purchased at full price.

Let FedBiz Access help you create the attention your business deserves, and together, we can build a compelling narrative that will set your brand apart.

FedBiz Access (“FedBiz”) has an experienced team that works with small businesses and takes the time to get to know their business and ask questions to ensure they have a solid contracting plan. FedBiz is a leading government contracting business development and marketing firm that provides engagement strategy coaching, as well as SAM & DSBS registration, set-aside certification registrations, GSA Schedules, and targeted market research.

FedBiz has over 22 years of experience working with thousands of companies worldwide to help them win over $35.7 billion in awards. From registration to award, FedBiz helps businesses succeed in the government marketplace.

Your Government Registration Level (“GRL”) is your roadmap from registration to award.

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What Are Government Contracts?

Government contracts represent formal agreements between a private firm and a government body to deliver goods or services. They can vary from smaller, one-time purchases to comprehensive, multi-year projects worth billions of dollars. As the world’s largest purchaser of goods and services, the U.S. Government serves as a veritable gold mine for businesses capable of navigating the contracting landscape.

The Benefits of Government Contracts for Small Businesses

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Before delving into the process of becoming a government contractor, it’s important to understand the potential benefits that such contracts can offer to small businesses:

1. Consistent Workflow: Government contracts often ensure a consistent flow of work, which can help stabilize your business operations.
2. Financial Security: The government’s reputation as a reliable payer ensures that you can confidently plan your business’s finances.
3. Business Expansion: Successful execution of government contracts can open doors to additional opportunities, facilitating your business’s growth.
4. Economic Resilience: Government contracts can act as a buffer during economic downturns, safeguarding your business against market volatility.

These benefits underline the value of breaking into the government contracting space. However, navigating this landscape requires careful preparation, strategic planning, and an understanding of the procurement process.

Preparing Your Business for Government Contracting

• Ensuring Business Readiness – Before venturing into government contracting, you need to ensure that your business is ready to meet the demands of this new marketplace. This preparation includes having a robust business plan, demonstrating financial stability, and possessing the capacity to fulfill contractual obligations. A detailed business assessment can help identify areas of strength and improvement, setting the stage for a successful transition into government contracting.
• Registering Your Business – The first step towards becoming a government contractor is registering your business in the System for Award Management (“SAM”) and the Dynamic Small Business System (“DSBS”).

SAM serves as the primary database for companies registered to do business with the government and for open solicitations.  The DSBS is a Small Business Administration (“SBA”) database the government uses to locate potential contractors based on their capabilities. While the registration process is free and can be completed online, it’s crucial to ensure your business information is current, complete, and compliant. Mistakes can cost you thousands of dollars.

• Identifying Contract Opportunities – After registering in SAM & DSBS, the next step is to identify contract opportunities that align with your business’s offerings—a database like Market Intel provides specific information on who is buying what you sell. The right agency offices to contact, and when you should be reaching out to the buyer, as well as monthly consultation to review open solicitation opportunities.

The Market Intel database search engine provides instant access to open solicitations and expiring contracts based on a combination of keywords, industry codes, and geography, among other relevant information.  Opportunity alerts include federal, state, and local solicitations.

Conducting market research in government contracting involves several key factors. The first step is to conduct a keyword or industry code search of the specific services or products you are offering and then identify the contracting officers’ names who buy what you sell. Then researching when contracts will be up for renewal and contract value. This information is critical in determining whether a particular contract is worth pursuing.

• Bidding on Government Contracts – Once you’ve identified a contract that aligns with your business’s capabilities, the next step is to prepare and submit a bid. Bidding on government contracts can be a complex process, requiring a detailed understanding of the requirements and a well-articulated plan for how your business will fulfill the contract. This is where having expert guidance can make a substantial difference.

How FedBiz Access® Supports Your Government Contracting Journey

At FedBiz Access®, we are committed to providing comprehensive support at every stage of the government contracting process. Our suite of services includes:

1. Business Assessment: Our team of experts conducts a thorough assessment of your business to evaluate its readiness for government contracting.

2. SAM & DSBS Registration: We simplify the SAM & DSBS registration process, ensuring your business is accurately represented in the government’s contractor database.

3. Contract Search: We help you identify suitable contract opportunities that align with your business’s capabilities and objectives.

4. Bid Preparation: Our team assists in preparing detailed, compelling bids that can improve your chances of winning contracts.

5. Ongoing Support: We provide consistent support to help you manage your contracts effectively and identify new growth opportunities.

Our dedication to your success doesn’t end once you’ve won a contract. Instead, we continue to work alongside you, helping you remain current and compliant and preparing you for future opportunities.

The Long-Term Benefits of Government Contracting

Breaking into the world of government contracting not only provides immediate financial benefits but also contributes to the long-term sustainability and growth of your business.

Government contracts can enhance your business’s reputation, demonstrating your ability to handle large projects and deliver high-quality goods or services. This can lead to more opportunities, both within the government sector and in the private market. 

Furthermore, the experience of fulfilling government contracts can strengthen your business’s operational capabilities. The stringent requirements and high standards often associated with these contracts can push your business to improve its processes, boosting efficiency and quality.

Now is the Time to Take the Leap into Government Contracting

Entering the world of government contracting opens a vast landscape of opportunities for small businesses. Although the process may seem complex, with expert guidance and support from FedBiz Access®, you can navigate this terrain with confidence.

We’re here to help you at every step, from assessing your readiness to become a contractor, through the bidding process and beyond. We take pride in our relationships with our clients, offering personalized support and innovative solutions tailored to your business’s needs.

Join the countless small businesses that have expanded their horizons and succeeded with our help. Remember, at FedBiz Access®, your success is our success.

Let us be your trusted partner in your journey toward becoming a U.S. Government contractor. Explore the FedBiz Access® difference today and unlock your full potential in the federal marketplace.

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Despite consistent annual growth in federal contracting dollars spent, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) is struggling with the dual problems of the decline in the number of small businesses active within the federal marketplace and the decline in award dollar distribution to those small businesses registered to do business with the government in the System for Award Management (“SAM”) and the Dynamic Small Business System (“DSBS”).

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The SBA is now geared towards reversing these trends, with a focus on both increasing the proportion of federal contract spending across more small businesses and actively boosting the number of small businesses receiving government contracts.

Federal contracts awarded to small businesses in Fiscal 2021 amounted to a whopping $154 billion, equivalent to 27% of all government contract spending that year. The administration, aligning with its equity agenda, has further raised the bar to ensure a larger chunk of federal contract spending across small businesses in general and minority-owned small businesses in particular.

While this shift in spending trends is encouraging, the reduction in the number of small businesses participating in government contracts is a cause for concern. The decline has been particularly steep among new or recent entrants into the federal marketplace.

Despite more opportunities being available, fewer small businesses are participating. Since 2010, agencies have witnessed an alarming 40% decrease in the number of small businesses receiving prime contract awards. Over the same period, first-time small businesses working with the federal government have plummeted by about 60%.

This decline poses a threat to both the willingness of private companies to engage with the government and the government’s ability to source new services and innovative products. The SBA is now making concerted efforts to encourage small businesses to compete for federal contracts.

One of the strategies involves enrolling more companies in the SBA’s Small Business Certification Programs. Companies involved in these programs are more likely to continue in federal contracting, providing a reliable base for the government’s contracting needs.

Businesses can become certified based on a socio-economic category. These include small businesses certified in programs on the federal and state level such as:

• Women-Owned Small Business (“WOSB”)
• 8(a) Business Development (“8(a)”)
• HUBZone (“HUBZone”)
• Service-Disabled Veteran and Veteran-Owned Small Business (“SDVOSB/VOSB”)
• Minority Business Enterprise (“MBE”)
• Women Business Enterprise (“WBE”)
• Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (“DBE”)

As an example, the administration has pushed for all federal agencies to increase their contract spending with small disadvantaged businesses to at least 15% of their total contracting dollars by 2025, up from 11% in Fiscal 2022.

This is just part of the broader small business policies to create more award opportunities for small business. Executive Order 13985 – Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through the Federal Government aims to promote equity for underserved communities by making Federal contracting and procurement opportunities more readily available to all eligible vendors in impacted communities.

To support this effort, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) issued memo M-22-03 – Advancing Equity in Federal Procurement that, in part, requires the development of data tools to support achievement of government-wide goals related to equity in Federal procurement.

OMB and the General Services Administration (“GSA”) have created two tools to support this effort: the Supplier Base Dashboard and the Government-Wide Procurement Equity Tool.

The Supplier Base Dashboard allows the public to monitor the size and composition of the Federal supplier base, as well as track progress in attracting new small business entities to the Federal marketplace.

The Government-Wide Procurement Equity Tool is a market research tool for Federal users to find available vendors and view obligation data.

Small businesses are considered the backbone of the American economy, and the SBA goal is to increase their participation in government contracts, which is vital for the government to meet its missions and stimulate the economy.

Despite the challenges, the SBA’s dual approach of expanding contract spending for small businesses and increasing their number in the federal marketplace is a promising initiative. These efforts, coupled with policy support, can help to revitalize small business participation in federal contracting, ensuring a robust, diverse, and innovative industrial base for the nation’s future.

FedBiz Access (“FedBiz”) has an experienced team that works with small businesses and takes the time to get to know their business and ask questions to ensure they have a solid contracting plan. FedBiz is a leading government contracting business development and marketing firm that provides  engagement strategy coaching, as well as SAM & DSBS registration, set-aside certification registrations, GSA Schedules, as well as targeted market research.

FedBiz has over 22 years of experience working with thousands of companies worldwide to help them win over $35.7 billion in awards. From registration to award, FedBiz helps businesses succeed in the government marketplace.

Your Government Registration Level (“GRL”) is your roadmap from registration to award.

Schedule a Complimentary Consultation with a FedBiz Specialist

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