Reporting on supplier diversity.

Supplier diversity in defense and aerospace: subcontracting your way to prime contracts

Defense and aerospace is the single largest sector for federally mandated diverse supplier spend. For most diverse firms, the entry point is …

· Mario Bailey

Procurement vs supply chain management: what suppliers need to know

Procurement buys things. Supply chain management runs the system those purchases live inside. The distinction decides which compliance rules apply to you, …

· Maya Okonkwo

Second-tier spend reporting in the supply chain: a how-to for primes

How prime contractors and corporate buyers actually capture second-tier spend: the direct vs. indirect allocation math, what FAR 52.219-9 requires in eSRS, …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to Find Government Contracts in 2026: 7 Steps + Where to Look

Start at SAM.gov, register your entity, filter to set-asides your business qualifies for, then mine SBA SubNet, agency forecasts, and APEX Accelerators …

· Maya Okonkwo

NAICS 561210 Federal Contracting Guide: How Diverse Businesses Win Facilities Support Services Contracts

The federal government spends over $10 billion annually under NAICS 561210, and DoD accounts for the majority of it. Large bundled contracts …

· Mario Bailey

Guide · 10 min

How to Get Past Performance When You Have None: Breaking the Catch-22

Federal agencies want past performance before they hand you a contract, and you can't get past performance without a contract. Here are …

· Mario Bailey

Supply chain resilience through diverse and small suppliers

A buyer-and-supplier guide to building a deeper supplier base that satisfies federal subcontracting law, Tier 2 reporting, and Scope 3 data demands. …

· Will Moss

Supply chain sustainability and supplier diversity: the overlap

Sustainability teams and supplier diversity teams chase the same data through different doors. The overlap is Tier 2 visibility, Scope 3 supplier …

· Maya Okonkwo

Guide · 7 min

How to become a Parsons Corporation diverse supplier

Parsons Corporation is a $6B+ defense and infrastructure prime with a formal small business subcontracting program. Here is how to get registered, …

· Mario Bailey

How to sell to the Department of Energy (DOE) as a diverse business

The Department of Energy runs one of the largest federal procurement programs in the government, but most of the money flows through …

· Mario Bailey

How to sell to the Intelligence Community (IC) Contractors as a diverse business

The Intelligence Community does not post most of its contracts publicly. Subcontracting through cleared primes like Booz Allen, Leidos, and SAIC is …

· Mario Bailey

How Singapore tech companies sell to US government contractors

US prime contractors including Leidos, SAIC, and CACI operate Singapore offices and subcontract locally. The entry path for Singapore tech companies runs …

· Mario Bailey

What is Tier 2 supplier diversity?

Tier 2 supplier diversity is the tracking and reporting of how much a company's own suppliers spend with diverse businesses. For certified …

· Mario Bailey

Guide · 10 min

How to become a subcontractor on a government contract

Subcontracting is the door into federal work that doesn't require past performance you don't have yet. Large primes are required to use …

May 6, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Northrop Grumman diverse supplier

Northrop Grumman spends more than $2 billion annually with small and diverse businesses. This guide covers registration, certifications, sourcing categories, and what …

Apr 22, 2026 · Mario Bailey

The 50% rule, explained: limitations on subcontracting for small business

On a set-aside, you can't just win the work and hand most of it to a big prime. FAR 52.219-14 caps what …

Feb 3, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Guide · 11 min

How to find federal contract opportunities (without wasting months)

Registered on SAM.gov and staring at a wall of solicitations? Here's where opportunities live, how to read the buy before it's a …

Jan 19, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to verify a supplier's small business and socioeconomic status

A supplier's word that they're an SDVOSB no longer counts toward your goals. Here's how to confirm SB and socioeconomic status against …

Dec 30, 2025 · Mario Bailey

Tier 1 vs Tier 2 diverse spend: what counts and how to report it

Tier 1 is the spend you pay diverse and small suppliers directly. Tier 2 is what flows through your suppliers. Here's what …

Dec 26, 2025 · Mario Bailey

How to meet your small business subcontracting plan goals

If you carry a subcontracting plan under FAR 52.219-9, the goals are contractual, not aspirational. Here is where the dollars leak, how …

Dec 17, 2025 · Mario Bailey

How to find WOSB and EDWOSB subcontractors

Your subcontracting plan commits you to a 5% women-owned spend goal, and eSRS counts only certified firms. Here's how to source WOSBs …

Dec 12, 2025 · Mario Bailey

How to find HUBZone subcontractors (and hit the 3% goal)

HUBZone is the smallest pool and the most volatile certification in your subcontracting plan, which is why the 3% goal trips up …

Dec 10, 2025 · Mario Bailey

How to find 8(a) and small disadvantaged business subcontractors

8(a) and SDB credit hinges on sourcing the right firms and proving status. Here's where to find them, what the certification changes …

Dec 9, 2025 · Mario Bailey

How to file the Summary Subcontracting Report (SSR) in eSRS

The SSR is the annual roll-up of your subcontracting plan performance, and the SBA scorecard runs on it. Here's who files, when, …

Dec 8, 2025 · Mario Bailey

FAR 52.219-9 explained: the subcontracting plan clause for primes

If your contract crosses the threshold, you owe the government a subcontracting plan with goals you have to report against. Here's what …

Dec 4, 2025 · Mario Bailey

Writing diverse and small supplier requirements into your RFPs

Building small and diverse supplier expectations into a solicitation is a sourcing and compliance problem, not a slogan. Here's how to write …

Dec 3, 2025 · Mario Bailey

How to build a supplier inclusion program in 2026

The 2025 DEI rollback hit voluntary corporate programs, not your federal subcontracting obligations. Here's how to build a program around compliance and …

Dec 1, 2025 · Mario Bailey