Someone in this industry here. These kinds of procurements happen all over DoD. Small and large businesses. Sometimes it leads to employment of retiring senior officials who then become advisors.
That is an interesting bit of information. I’m not really well versed enough to craft an intelligent question about it, but I’d certainly like to hear more.
Well, if you want to go the boring way, look into Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).
If you want the shortcut, search for info about “RFI” (request for information), “LSJ” limited source justification, and “sole-source” contracts in government.
Basically, identify a capability in a product that only one vendor can provide and learn how to write a justification for why you need that specific capability.
A good use: “I need modules from a specific vendor to upgrade said specific vendor’s hardware” (HP server blades won’t fit into Dell blade chassis)
A bad use: “My wife’s boyfriend’s software company makes the only application that has some esoteric feature no one really needs but I wordsmithed a reason my government agency needs that feature. Please ignore the fact that I’m a shameless cuck and my wife said I could watch our bull next time if he gets the contract”
You the man! Thanks for the lead, our local activism is just out of infancy and is leading into toddler threshold. Our initial report on this problem is now busted because it lit a fire and tons of new contacts were made. As such, new info came to light.
Someone in this industry here. These kinds of procurements happen all over DoD. Small and large businesses. Sometimes it leads to employment of retiring senior officials who then become advisors.
That is an interesting bit of information. I’m not really well versed enough to craft an intelligent question about it, but I’d certainly like to hear more.
Well, if you want to go the boring way, look into Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). If you want the shortcut, search for info about “RFI” (request for information), “LSJ” limited source justification, and “sole-source” contracts in government. Basically, identify a capability in a product that only one vendor can provide and learn how to write a justification for why you need that specific capability. A good use: “I need modules from a specific vendor to upgrade said specific vendor’s hardware” (HP server blades won’t fit into Dell blade chassis) A bad use: “My wife’s boyfriend’s software company makes the only application that has some esoteric feature no one really needs but I wordsmithed a reason my government agency needs that feature. Please ignore the fact that I’m a shameless cuck and my wife said I could watch our bull next time if he gets the contract”
You the man! Thanks for the lead, our local activism is just out of infancy and is leading into toddler threshold. Our initial report on this problem is now busted because it lit a fire and tons of new contacts were made. As such, new info came to light.