GSA Industrial Funding Fee (IFF) Explained

If you hold a GSA Schedule contract, a small percentage of every sale you make through it goes back to GSA. That percentage is the GSA Industrial Funding Fee, usually shortened to IFF. It is not a tax, and it is not a penalty. It is the mechanism that pays for the schedule programme itself […]

Why You Lost the Bid: 7 Common Reasons

Losing a bid you worked hard on is frustrating, especially when you were sure the proposal was strong. But the question of why lost government bid happens to so many capable small businesses has a practical answer: most losses are not random, and most are not about being a bad company. They come from a […]