Govcon Giants
264 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsAfter the real estate market crashed in 2007 Mr. Coffie launched a successful consulting company helping small business owners earn millions in revenues via federal small business programs. In 2012 he launched Evankoff Construction, a steel erection company building airplane hangars and metal buildings for government agencies around the country. In 2017 Mr. Coffie launched Scorecontracts @ YouTube a channel to help other small businesses achieve their revenue goals using the power of federal contracts.
The podcast Govcon Giants is dedicated to showcasing the scalability of growing a business harnessing the power of federal dollars. The marketplace is wide open for all that want to gain a piece.
Meet some of the world’s greatest masterminds behind the trillion-dollar behemoth.
We interview small firms, large firms, past and current contract officials, government agencies and their representatives all in the name of helping the small business get a leg up in the industry.
If you want to participate in this market then you are in the right place.
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164: How to use Federal/Military Unit funding to pay for certification training - Joshua Atkinson
March 22, 2023 04:00 - 59 minutes - 81.7 MBIn this episode, we have Joshua Atkinson, an experienced project manager with a passion for improving military leadership and helping veterans transition from active duty. Joshua Atkinson is a seasoned project manager with over 17 years of experience. He is dedicated to improving military leadership and bridging the transition divide through the integration of project management certifications as active duty PME. Joshua believes that people are the number one asset and we need to focus on ...
163: No competition contracts with Defense Logistics Agency (YouTube Live)
March 15, 2023 04:00 - 16 minutes - 22.4 MBIn this episode, I share one extremely helpful tool for conducting market research, the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS), which is a database of government contracts. By searching for contracts related to your industry or product, you can gain valuable insights into which agencies are buying what, how much they are spending, and who the top vendors are. To use FPDS effectively, it's important to understand the various codes and classifications used in the system. PSC codes, for examp...
162: Black Success in Federal Contracting | Black History Month (LA Live Event)
March 08, 2023 14:25 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBIn this episode, we have our recently concluded live session from Chase LA featuring six top executives from the government contracting industry. These executives, who have been previously featured on our podcast, come together to share their personal experiences and insights on government contracting. Throughout the episode, I'm sure you will gain valuable knowledge and advice from these Govcon Giants on various topics related to government contracting. From bidding on contracts to managi...
161: How Mr. Earl Coffie Sr. Started In Trucking
March 01, 2023 05:00 - 19 minutes - 24.8 MBToday’s guest is my Father. My parents have been married 60+ years and for most of that time (40+ years) he was a truck driver. He shares his experiences growing up during those times and fun times on the road driving trucks. We do not always get to capture the story of our parents and I thought it worth sharing this month with the world. Hope you enjoy.
160: Making a Giant - Winning two subcontracts in 3 months with Angela Chamberlain
February 15, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBIn this episode, we have Angela Chamberlain, founder of Kana Consulting. She was born in Manila and came to America when she was 6. Angela went to University in DC as a Business major and Division 1 athlete for Field Hockey. She worked in Finance / M&A in the corporate world for many years. While living in California she became a personal trainer and continued when moving to North Carolina. How did she start her government contracting journey? She heard Eric on the Truck N Hustle podcast w...
160: Winning two subcontracts in 3 months with Angela Chamberlain | AlchemyGov Student Interview
February 15, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBIn this episode, we have Angela Chamberlain, founder of Kana Consulting. She was born in Manila and came to America when she was 6. Angela went to University in DC as a Business major and Division 1 athlete for Field Hockey. She worked in Finance / M&A in the corporate world for many years. While living in California she became a personal trainer and continued when moving to North Carolina. How did she start her government contracting journey? She heard Eric on the Truck N Hustle podcast w...
159: Buy a small business versus start one from scratch with Shane Prosser
February 08, 2023 11:00 - 53 minutes - 42.7 MBShane Prosser is a US Army veteran and cofounder of FalconTek, an SDVOSB GovCon services firm, and GovBrew, a GovCon focused media firm. After his time in the Army, Shane worked as part of the corporate development team at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), focusing on m&a for the publicly traded company. Shane and his older brother Chad Prosser acquired a small professional services business in the public sector. Since they acquired it, the firm has grown from 20 personnel to 225 person...
158: Native Hawaiian Organization with Eugene Tinker
February 01, 2023 06:03 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBOur guest for this week’s podcast, Eugene Tinker, was born and raised in Alabama and is building two world class companies simultaneously. He is the CEO/Founder of CTE (Certified Technical Experts) and Creative Tech Group (CTG), a Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO) 8(a) providing Systems Engineering and Program Management Support. He has been in the government arena for more than 14 years with a vast knowledge and expertise in government contracting. Mr. Tinker has followed well, which has...
158: Systems engineering, war report, hiring interns, proposals versus relationships, learn from reading dummies books with Eugene Tinker
February 01, 2023 06:03 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBOur guest for this week’s podcast, Eugene Tinker, was born and raised in Alabama and is building two world class companies simultaneously. He is the CEO/Founder of CTE (Certified Technical Experts) and Creative Tech Group (CTG), a Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO) 8(a) providing Systems Engineering and Program Management Support. He has been in the government arena for more than 14 years with a vast knowledge and expertise in government contracting. Mr. Tinker has followed well, which has...
157: Using Ai tool ChatGPT for proposal writing
January 20, 2023 00:49 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBToday’s podcast was a Youtube live session that I recorded just a few weeks ago regarding the new open AI Platform, ChatGPT. In this Youtube Live, we go over some examples of how to use ChatGPT to help small businesses with proposal writing. As we know, a lot of people have difficulties and challenges with putting their proposals together and so in this particular episode, we’re taking this new AI platform and using it to create proposal responses for new businesses. Stay Tuned I hope yo...
157: Using Ai tool ChatGPT for proposal writing (YouTube Live)
January 20, 2023 00:49 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBToday’s podcast was a Youtube live session that I recorded just a few weeks ago regarding the new open AI Platform, ChatGPT. In this Youtube Live, we go over some examples of how to use ChatGPT to help small businesses with proposal writing. As we know, a lot of people have difficulties and challenges with putting their proposals together and so in this particular episode, we’re taking this new AI platform and using it to create proposal responses for new businesses. Stay Tuned I hope yo...
156: 3x Inc Award Winner provides IT Staffing support to industry and government - Manish Gorawala
January 12, 2023 02:14 - 36 minutes - 26.6 MBIn today’s episode, we bring our guest Manish Gorawala, a serial entrepreneur, Technology Expert, and a Chief Visionary and CEO of Tri-Force Consulting Services, Inc., headquarter in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA. Since 2000, under Manish’s leadership, Tri-Force has executed projects worldwide focusing on enterprise application development, business intelligence, process automation and mobile solutions for government and commercial clients. Tri-Force has managed a number of private and US ...
155: Which Certifications Matter the Most in 2023 and Why?
December 28, 2022 17:42 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBIn today’s podcast episode, we replay a recent Youtube Live interview that I did on the topic of minority certifications. In this interview we featured two guests, Kevin Williams of TekConnX and Heather Cox of CertifyMyCompany. Throughout the interview we discuss the Big 5 certifications that the Fortune 1000 recognize. Now, a little bit more about the guests, Kevin Williams of TekConnX, CEO and Strategic Advisor to emerging and innovative minority owned businesses. He’s also the Treasur...
155: Which Certifications Matter the Most in 2023 and Why? (YouTube Live)
December 28, 2022 17:42 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBIn today’s podcast episode, we replay a recent Youtube Live interview that I did on the topic of minority certifications. In this interview we featured two guests, Kevin Williams of TekConnX and Heather Cox of CertifyMyCompany. Throughout the interview we discuss the Big 5 certifications that the Fortune 1000 recognize. Now, a little bit more about the guests, Kevin Williams of TekConnX, CEO and Strategic Advisor to emerging and innovative minority owned businesses. He’s also the Treasur...
154 - Veteran certified businesses are booming find out how to start for FREE in 2023 - Renona Brown and Raffa Gibbard
December 21, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 38.9 MBIn this episode, Renona Brown and Raffa Gibbard discussed how veterans can get money for starting a business. That’s why I wanted to revisit this episode for those of you who missed out on this because there are a lot of veterans out here, but they specifically were in certain tracks that the government has that allows veterans to start their business and so we’re going to talk about that in this episode. Renona Riddle Brown is the CEO and Founder of HuRMAR Solutions, a Service-Disabled Ve...
153: Woman becomes 8a certified at 6o years old - Contract Solutions Inc President - Corliss Udoema
December 14, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBThe reason why I think this is a fascinating story for some of those persons who have not listened to her story is that she received her 8a Certification at the age of 60. Corliss “Mama U” Udoema served for over 20 years in the US Marine Corps, as an Assistant Officer in Charge for the Facility Supports Contracts, and as a Supervisory Procurement Analyst in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, respectively. Then, in 2006, she founded Contract Solutions, Inc. (CSI), a professional s...
152: Contracting Officer gives away Billions to small business - Donnie Harris
December 07, 2022 16:13 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBToday’s guest is Mr. Donnie Harris, is a former guest of ours on the show. However, given the fact that there’s so much money put into the infrastructure plan, I thought it would behoove me to bring him back on to let all the listeners out there to listen to the episode once again. Donnie Harris is a former senior contracting officer with an unlimited warrant, meaning he could sign off at any size contract. Over the course of his 20 years in government he managed complex and high-profile p...
151: How non citizens can win Government Contracts - Vicky Mangano
November 30, 2022 05:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBReal quick before we get started today, just want to let you know we have reopened Academy 3.0 our flagship program helping small businesses win large contracts, visit giantscourse.com for more info. Now back to our program. Given the current crisis between Ukraine and Russia. What is happening overseas withAmazon in China. The building of military commands within Africa, it is a common question that people ask me, "Eric can I get contracts as a non citizen of the United States?" My gues...
150: Environmental Scientist takes on Government Contracting - Lynn Petrazzuolo
November 02, 2022 04:00 - 59 minutes - 41.3 MBFor the last four years, I’ve interviewed all types of companies across various industries and sectors serving the government. But every now and then you will find someone doing something unique in the space. Lynn Petrazzuolo of Avanti Corporation has a unique offering that she's been providing for the last 35 years, in short, she’s provided federal agencies with environmental analysis that support their regulatory decisions. How much will it cost? What impacts could result? How might the ...
149: When do I need a CPA for my Small Business? - Staci Martineau
October 26, 2022 13:04 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBToday’s guest, Staci Martineau is the government contract manager at Diener & Associates. Having been with the company for almost 16 years she is one of the original associates and has a plethora of stories to share regarding the good, bad and ugly side of accounting. In today’s conversation we discuss: Cost accounting Labor Distribution Job Status Reports Staying DCAA compliant How having a cost accounting system alone does not make you compliant? I promise I know this stuff...
148: Government Contracting Pricing Mistakes - Marsha Lindquist
October 22, 2022 16:16 - 53 minutes - 42.4 MBIn this episode, we have Marsha Lindquist, a Strategic Pricing Specialist at Granite Leadership Strategies, she is one of the most positive entrepreneurs, influential Government contracting and professional women consultants in the United States today. Marsha is an inspiring strategist changing the way her clients view their business. Marsha Lindquist has built a tradition of quality consulting to Government contractors spanning more than 35 years. She dedicates her business expertise to ...
147: How to Get Ahead of the Competition on Legal Matters “Government Contracting” - Eric Crusius
September 28, 2022 04:00 - 45 minutes - 37.8 MBToday we have a sit down with Mr. Eric Crusius, a Partner at Holland & Knight. In this episode, Eric and I discuss the regulation changes between the current administration and the previous two administrations as it applies to certain topics related to government contracts, how he gets ahead of the competition on new and upcoming regulations, and cybersecurity. Eric is a Partner at Holland & Knight specializing in government contracts, internet and technology and representing businesses of...
146: Susan Thibodeaux - Government Contracts Small Business Champion
September 24, 2022 00:40 - 55 minutes - 44.8 MBIn today’s episode we bring on Susan Thibodeaux SBLO/ Director of small business programs at Acuity International formerly Caliburn International. The company was founded in 2018 with the acquisition of 5 different corporations to form Caliburn International. Susan brings more than 30 years of experience to the industry and she is the director of small business programs helping to match up small businesses with various divisions within the company, highlighting their strengths and giving t...
146: Government Contracts Small Business Champion - Susan Thibodeaux
September 24, 2022 00:40 - 55 minutes - 44.8 MBIn today’s episode we bring on Susan Thibodeaux SBLO/ Director of small business programs at Acuity International formerly Caliburn International. The company was founded in 2018 with the acquisition of 5 different corporations to form Caliburn International. Susan brings more than 30 years of experience to the industry and she is the director of small business programs helping to match up small businesses with various divisions within the company, highlighting their strengths and giving t...
145: Eric Coffie - Contracting Process for Acquisitions
September 02, 2022 05:18 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBIn today’s podcast, a replay from a recent Youtube live where I pulled up on the screen a DAU slide deck, which was labeled “Contracting Process for Acquisitions”. What we discussed over the next 60 minutes with a live audience is the contracting process for acquisitions which includes pre-solicitation, solicitation award, and post award. And so you’ll hear me discussing that with a live audience and in between I also took questions from the audience and so I hope that you enjoy this parti...
144: Jon Barker - Crushing the pricing game in government contracting
August 25, 2022 02:24 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBThis week’s podcast is my conversation with Jon Barker Founder at PTW (plan-position-price | target | win) Solutions Inc., he helps companies figure out the correct pricing to win government bids. He has spent the last 15 years as Contract and Consultant Administrator, Contracts Manager, Director of Contracts and Deputy Director of Contracts for a slew of companies from 2k employees up to 90K employees. Additionally Jon provided strategic support for an emerging small business that eventua...
143: Lynwood Owens, Jr. - How to build a global IT to be acquired
August 17, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBIn this week’s episode, we have Mr. Lynwood Owens, Jr. the sole executive President/CEO of LBO Technology, LLC. LBO Technology is an emerging SBA Certified HUBZone and 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Small Business operating on 11 contracts, 9 as a prime contractor. LBO Technology supports US Navy, DISA, WHS, DIA, ODNI, HHS, EPA, and DOI as a prime contractor. Mr. Owens provides oversight and direction to the Business Development on a variety of growth activities to include proposal development, ...
142: Marvina Case - Implementing synergy to businesses and government agencies to shape their future
August 12, 2022 12:40 - 51 minutes - 38.6 MBIn this episode, we have Marvina Case, the SwētSPOT.ai CEO, a Philanthropist, and Author II Cherry on the Tech. After publishing her book, The Mean, MEAN, Mother, Marvina Case dedicated herself full time to bringing synergy to businesses and government agencies around the world. Whether as a keynote speaker, workshop leader, or digital transformation expert she helps break through the boundaries with data that are limiting people and get them ready to shape the future. Her company, Swetspo...
141: Brian Sanvidge - Emphasizing the complexity of compliance on a project that has federal, state and local dollars
July 28, 2022 17:45 - 55 minutes - 45.7 MBIn this episode, we are mixing things up a bit. Instead of the usual suspects of SBA Award winners, former federal contract officers, program managers and fast rising small businesses we decided to feature someone in the (D&I) space... diversity and inclusion. If you have heard this is sort of the new buzz word floating around for what was formerly considered minority contracting. In today’s episode I bring on a company who is leading the regulatory compliance side of minority, women, disa...
140: Michael Sanders - Responsive leadership in providing innovative solutions to complicated problems
July 20, 2022 03:05 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBMichael V. Sanders is the Founder and CEO of Interactive Government Holdings, a global company serving defense and civilian agencies. Michael started IGH as a service-disabled, veteran owned small business in 2006 following his time in the U.S. Marine Corps. He's a graduate from Harvard Business School in 2018 and currently serves on the Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP) Board to help veterans in the government contracting field. In 2020 and 2021 IGH was recognized with the U.S. Depa...
139: Marti Hoffer - Small Business Lending For All Minority Firms (CDFI)
July 14, 2022 02:30 - 16 minutes - 19.3 MBThis week we are excited to bring to you a different type of episode with Marti Hoffer, the Founder and CEO of Lumenomics whom I met at the WBENC conference. I met Marti at WBENC as she was one of the guests on stage speaking discussing financing her small business. Part of her conversation was centered around CDFIs and how they were the first organization to provide her small business with capital. If you are wondering what a CDFI is, let me explain further. Community Development Financia...
138: Meet The SBA Team From Region X Over Alaskan Native Corporations
June 29, 2022 16:43 - 20 minutes - 21.4 MBHey Govcon Giants Family, in this episode, I pulled down some of the speakers from the 8a Conference, which was recently held at Anchorage, Alaska. So we’re going to meet the gentlemen from SBA to discuss their capacity, what their roles are and how they can help and share with us the things they discussed at the conference here in this episode. In this very special episode, we have Mr. Steven Brown, the Director of the Alaska District office for the U.S. Small Business Administration. He ...
137: Carol Craig - From Earth to Space She Isn’t Afraid to Put it all on the Line
June 23, 2022 03:38 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBToday we are going to take it back, in this episode, we are going to re-introduce an amazing podcast guest that we had back in September we featured in Episode 69 Carol Craig from Craig Technologies. If you guys don’t remember, this was a force that you had to know. Listening to this episode was an amazing experience, Carol Craig is the founder and CEO of Craig Technologies and Craig Technologies Aerospace Solutions, which is headquartered in Merritt Island, Florida. Just a few things ab...
136: Travis Mack - How He Pulled Off A Multi Million Dollar Company Acquisition
June 10, 2022 03:21 - 49 minutes - 56.6 MBPrior to doing the podcast, I met Travis at dinner in Las Olas through a mutual friend Patrick Cohen. Travis recently arrived here in S. Florida and had plans for connecting good people in business together. He wanted a community in S. Florida that would connect finance, developers and entrepreneurs in the same room. A few months later I attended the event sponsored by his company and since that time we’ve exchanged numerous texts, calls and emails back and forth discussing various business ...
135: Peter Gibbs - Construction Bonding for Infrastructure Projects
June 02, 2022 02:44 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBToday’s guest Mr. Peter C. Gibbs of Foundation Surety out Maryland is the former Director, Office of Surety Guarantees for the SBA. He served in that capacity for more than 15 years. When he retired last year he went out on his own and started a bonding company. “Any company who is interested in participating in the infrastructure and jobs act must have Bonding.” In today’s episode we discuss what it takes to get bonding? Is credit necessary? What about capital? How much capital is needed?...
134: Adam Oglesbee - Building a nationwide construction firm from the ground up to winning Oklahoma’s Small Business of the Year Award
May 25, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBToday’s guest was awarded as Oklahoma’s Small Business of the Year by the SBA, he is Adam Oglesbee, the President and CEO of Warfeather, LLC. As the leader of a nation-wide construction services firm, Adam Oglesbee has built a reputation on the safety, quality, and schedule adherence their client projects rely on around the country. Adam utilizes consistent tools, systems, and standards to safely deliver superior results even in the most challenging environments. Under Adam’s leadership, W...
133: Russell Teter III (Part 2) - 16,000 stories of what works and what doesn’t to get your business where you want it to be
May 11, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBToday’s guest Russell Teter blew us away on the last episode. If you missed part 1 go back to episode 132 and listen closely. We covered pitfalls to small businesses, where SMB should focus their energy, why are you working so hard, and building a business that works without the owner. In this episode we discussed really valuable tips for your business like Mapquest: where you are now versus where you want to go, getting your business valuation up to $10M, knowing math or know money, WIT - w...
133: Russell Teter III - 16,000 stories of what works and what doesn’t to get your business where you want it to be - Part II
May 11, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBToday’s guest Russell Teter blew us away on the last episode. If you missed part 1 go back to episode 132 and listen closely. We covered pitfalls to small businesses, where SMB should focus their energy, why are you working so hard, and building a business that works without the owner. In this episode we discussed really valuable tips for your business like Mapquest: where you are now versus where you want to go, getting your business valuation up to $10M, knowing math or know money, WIT -...
132: Russell Teter III - 16,000 stories of what works and what doesn’t to get your business where you want it to be - Part I
May 05, 2022 03:54 - 55 minutes - 41.2 MBToday’s guest is a special person from SBDC. Russell C. Teter III is an Internationally Certified Executive Coach / Director of Training for SBDC at University Of Maryland. He has been with the SBDC for 14 years as of this July. He was promoted to Director of the Northern Maryland Small Business Development Center Network in 2003. Russell has personally aided over 13,000 entrepreneurs in improving their economic situation; his assistance has led to the acquisition of tens of millions in eq...
132: Russell Teter III (Part 1) - 16,000 stories of what works and what doesn’t to get your business where you want it to be
May 05, 2022 03:54 - 55 minutes - 41.2 MBToday’s guest is a special person from SBDC. Russell C. Teter III is an Internationally Certified Executive Coach / Director of Training for SBDC at University Of Maryland. He has been with the SBDC for 14 years as of this July. He was promoted to Director of the Northern Maryland Small Business Development Center Network in 2003. Russell has personally aided over 13,000 entrepreneurs in improving their economic situation; his assistance has led to the acquisition of tens of millions in equi...
131: Jackson Dalton - Getting started with no past performance, no experience and a big dream
April 28, 2022 04:39 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBJackson Dalton and I met at the VIB Conference in San Diego California last year. During that time he was being celebrated as the VIB Advocate for winning the John K. Lopez Award! Jackson Dalton, a Marine Veteran and owner of Black Box Safety, was providing PPE to government agencies before the Pandemic. As fate would have it when Covid19 struck, his company was in line for the huge tailwind of opportunity coming his way. But that is not how he started. Jackson a former 3M Corporate Safe...
130: Likia Hawkins - Staying secure online with Steel Point Solutions
April 13, 2022 16:15 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBLikia Hawkins is President and CEO of Steel Point Solutions, LLC, an Information Technology and Business Solutions provider that specializes in delivering digital transformation, cybersecurity, and professional services. Ms. Hawkins possesses a wealth of business ownership, technology, analytics, policy, an economic insight central to positioning the company as a boutique business disrupter in the public sector space. She represents an award-winning small business that is recognized in the p...
129: Pierce Robinson - How to win IT contracts without traditional RFP process
April 07, 2022 17:31 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBFor the last 7 days I've been at conferences here in Miami as it is Miami Tech Month beginning with Miami NFT week. Followed by Solana Miami, NFT CON in the Metaverse, Bitcoin Miami, and we even had time for a Cybersecurity Summit by DarkTrace. While I did not personally attend Miami Bitcoin I did get a chance to speak at Miami NFT and NFT CON. So you're probably imagining what Eric is doing at an NFT conference? If you haven’t already heard, I announced the mint (that is bought in Web3 wo...
128: End to End Computing - Cybersecurity, System Engineering, BlockChain, AI/Machine Learning, and DevSecOps supporting DoD
April 01, 2022 02:23 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBToday I want to introduce you to a company that I admire greatly, End to End Computing. The company amongst a host of other things specializes in Application Development (DevSecOps), Cybersecurity (continuous defense detection and responses, Cloud & IT (engineering, integration & modernization) as well as Emerging Tech. Leading the company at the C suite are two amazing founders, Esteve mede and Carlton Harris. Esteve is a former Federal Chief Information Security Officer with over 17 ...
127: Nichelle Early - 8a Stars III Award Winner and CEO of BreakForth Solutions (BSi)
March 24, 2022 02:48 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBToday’s guest, Nichelle Early of Breakforth solutions previously episode #44 was recently awarded the coveted 8(a) STARS III contract after being in business for just a 8 years. We decided to bring back her episode because we thought it super important to honor women during this time but also showcase the journey of an entrepreneur as they progress in their business. For those who are not aware, 8(a) STARS III GWAC (Government Wide Acquisition Contract). This fourth-generation IT solutions...
126: Austin Tsosie - Navajo Nation Diné Development Corporation
March 18, 2022 03:50 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBToday’s guest Mr. Austin Tsosie is the CEO of Diné Development Corporation, a firm that advances the missions of government agencies and commercial firms by delivering IT, professional, and environmental solutions to elevate the Navajo Nation and its People. The corporation comprises 4 subsidiaries that specialize in IT (Nova, BRIC, Dine Source, DDC IT), 2 environmental companies (DDC 4C, BRIC) , an Aerospace company (Red Canyon) and R&D company (Seventh Emergence). Austin is an accompli...
125: Ronnette Meyers - 8a Stars III Award Winner and CEO of JLAN Solution
March 11, 2022 02:05 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBToday’s guest, Ronnette Meyers president/CEO of JLAN solutions was recently awarded the coveted 8(a) STARS III contract. On 2/23/22 GSA issue the notice to proceed for the second cohort of 8(a) STARS III GWAC (government wide acquisition contract). This fourth-generation IT solutions GWAC includes a focus on emerging technologies as well as performance outside of the continental United States (OCONUS). The STARS III contract has a ceiling of $50 billion. According to GSA Office of Small...
124: Jeff Stutzman - Former DoD Cyber Crime Director discusses Russia Ukraine Cyber threats
March 03, 2022 05:49 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBJust a few days before this recording Russia invades Ukraine. Within moments I was scouring my contacts to search for someone to discuss the story. All of my experts who worked previously overseas were activated to help provide expertise to our Government on the matter. Fortunately for me I met a charismatic guy at the 8a conference who knew a few of my podcast guests had some great stories of Ransomware cases and wanted to talk about Cyber security. Unbeknownst to me he was the former DoD...
123: Eric Coffie - Bid No Bid Decision Framework | Sources Sought | IDIQ | Capability Briefing | Two Must know FAR clause
February 24, 2022 04:05 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBWelcome to the Govcon giants podcast. I am your host, Eric Coffie and in today’s podcast episode we cover a lot of territory; bid no bid decision framework, sources sought, capability briefing debriefing, how i won an IDIQ from another firm and why they lost it - PLUS two must know FAR clauses. This entire 90 minute episode is centered around two FAR clauses: FAR 15.201 Exchanges with industry before receipt of proposals and FAR Part 10 - Market Research. FAR 15.201 Exchanges with in...
122: Chrissy Farrington - Military spouse and teacher turned government contractor
February 17, 2022 05:16 - 56 minutes - 43.7 MBToday’s guest, Chrissy Farrington is a military spouse and senior proposal specialist at H2L solutions. For those who may remember back to episode #40 H2L solutions CEO Jonathan Hard came on to our show and shed light on CMMC and NIST requirements. She is also the Co-Founder of Spouse 360, a non-profit organization dedicated to reigniting the traditions of the past while building the Military Family's future. In our show today, Chrissy brings her own unique voice to the show discussing...