SAM.gov Registration in 2026: What’s Changed and What Trips Up New Contractors
The federal government awards more than $650 billion in contracts every year. A full 23% of that spending goes to small businesses through set-aside programs. To access any of it, your firm needs one thing first: an active SAM.gov registration. SAM.gov, the System for Award Management, is the government’s central database for contractors. No active registration means no contract […]
The Funding Is Back. The Real Bottleneck Isn’t Contracts – It’s Cleared Talent.
After 76 days of budget uncertainty, the freeze has lifted. DHS is funded through September. ICE and CBP now have a combined $70 billion modernization runway. Contracting officers are moving fast, and agencies that had programs on hold are restarting them simultaneously. For a lot of contractors, this feels like the moment they’ve been waiting for. Proposals that stalled are back in play. […]